DENVER, April 1 (UPI) -- Colorado's House of Representatives voted 36-28 this week to provide $5,000 scholarship vouchers to qualifying low-income students in the state. When the bill is signed in mid-April -- a certainty, according to sources close to Governor Bill Owens -- Colo

LOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- John Gardner is a formidable man. With his shock of unruly gray hair, brawny forearms, massive fingers and deep voice, he appears to be the very model of the ol

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- John Gardner, founder of Common Cause and famous as an effective innovator in a field he helped establish -- urban improvement -- died at his home on the Stanfo