Budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer nutrition programs.

The latest of the four Amazon activists to be killed was Adelino Ramos, a farmer and leader of the Corumbiara Peasant Movement.

"There are many terrible scenarios that are pointing to war," Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala said.

John Garvey, president of Catholic University, said the school will be taking a stand against the "culture of hooking up" by phasing out coed dorms.

While the Palestinians welcomed the president’s proposal, they doubted that Israel would easily back away from Palestinian territory.

Five patients and one visitor at St. John’s Regional Medical Center lost their lives in the twister.