NEW YORK CITY
Gamers rush to buy Halo 3
GREEN BAY, WIS.
Favre ties touchdown-pass record
HAVANA
Castro resurfaces in taped television interview
LIMA
Former President extradited to Peru
MUNICH
Oktoberfest kicks off
BEIRUT
Bomb kills anti-Syrian lawmaker and others
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Emancipation Proclamation on loan
THE MAP
Education Report Card
The good news, according to the Department of Education, is that 48 states and the District of Columbia either improved academically or held steady in all categories since the most recent set of national tests in 2005. (Only Rhode Island and North Dakota missed the mark.) Reading scores among...