From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:26 PM

11Alive’s Julie Wolfe looks into the policies and procedures for administering the CRCT test. Could those policies be strengthened to prevent cheating the future?

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:26 PM

Who’s to blame for cheating in Atlanta's Public Schools? Teachers, principals or high-level administrators?

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:25 PM

President Barack Obama says the uncertainty over whether lawmakers will raise the nation’s debt limit is keeping businesses from hiring. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:25 PM

A student recounts how a teacher in elementary school gave her and others the answers to the CRCT when they got stuck on problems. Now her parents are contemplating legal action against the APS system.r

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:25 PM

Dutch authorities say a second worker has died of injuries sustained when the roof of a football stadium partially collapsed during construction work. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:25 PM

Atlantis blasted off on NASA’s last space shuttle launch Friday morning. The historic liftoff occurred 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:18 AM

Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 9:13 AM

The crew of the shuttle Atlantis arrived Friday morning ahead of the last space shuttle launch. Rain in the forecast may delay the shuttle’s launch. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:07 AM

Mexican authorities said Thursday they will continue searching for seven U.S. men missing since a tourist fishing boat capsized and sank off Mexico’s coast, pushing the effort past the standard 96 hours. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 7:02 AM

The Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday it has opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 5:56 AM

Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk says the man suspected in seven Michigan shooting deaths has killed himself and two hostages he was holding are safe. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 5:56 AM

Ten members of Congress are urging the FDA to investigate some popular hair smoothers, often called Brazilian keratin treatments, after dozens of complaints linking the products to burning eyes, skin rashes and difficulty breathing. (July 8)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:43 AM

Prince William and Kate appeared to initially snub their Western Canadian hosts by declining a tradition of trying on cowboy hats given to them by the city’s mayor. But the couple later donned the white hats on a stagecoach downtown. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Fri, Jul 08 2011 2:43 AM

Conrad Podolski-Dowel earned a Purple Heart for his time serving in the Korean War. He was never awarded the medal until now. An official ceremony was held today in Northville and Dowel finally got his Purple Heart. ALEXANDRA BAHOU/Detroit Free Press

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 10:39 PM

Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell says seven people have been fatally shot in related shootings at two homes in the southwest Michigan city and police are searching for a suspect. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 10:39 PM

Grand Rapids Shootings - 5:30pm Report - Plainfield

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:37 PM

For the first time, an annual obesity study is ranking states by obesity levels, showing a continued increase. Forty-nine states have an obesity rate of at least 20 percent. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

The Obama administration is making it easier for out-of-work homeowners to stay in their homes, as it tries to revamp its signature but troubled foreclosure-prevention program. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

A woman’s dismembered body found outside a Macon, GA, apartment complex was identified as the remains of 27-year-old Lauren Giddings, a recent law school graduate who had been reported missing days earlier, police said Wednesday. (July 7)

From: USA TODAY on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:36 PM

Verizon Wireless has killed off its unlimited data plan for new smartphone customers, marking another blow for endless Web surfing and video streaming. (July 7)