NEW YORK—Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of Black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major Black director with The Learning Tree and the hit Shaft, died Tuesday. He was 93.

LOS ANGELES—The ensemble drama Crash pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history, winning best picture over the cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, which had been the front-runner.

Applications are being accepted for all five sessions of the 2006 Grace Institute Summer Art Camp. Each session will investigate a different aspect of the theme, "Greek Myths and Folk Tales."

SANTA ANA, Calif.—The inmates had to heat the letter to draw out the message, written in invisible ink. When they did, their orders were clear.

NEW ORLEANS—The slimy mildew clinging to classroom walls for years, the termite-eaten floors, the paint peeling from school ceilings — Hurricane Katrina washed all that way.

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The Community Emergency Services Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring…

The University of Portland is seeking a pair of self-directed and service-oriented team…

Joy Degruy-Leary, Ph.D., speaks before a group of young people at Garfield Community Center Feb. 28 about "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome," her term for the lingering psychological, social and spiritual effects of slavery.

OLYMPIA—MajorityDemocrats unveiled their go-home budget Tuesday, praising it as a compassionate, yet prudent use of the state's projected surplus of $1.6 billion.