Community colleges add dorms to boost appeal

In Mammoth Lakes and elsewhere, some campuses are offering housing with cool amenities -- like maid service -- to help draw students to the traditionally commuter-oriented schools.

Byron Herman rolled out of his dorm bed, yanked on snow pants and a beanie and stumbled across the parking lot to his 8 a.m. math class.

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Democratic, GOP parties win dubious Muzzle Awards

Democratic, GOP parties win dubious Muzzle Awards
The Democratic and Republican parties both earned dubious Jefferson Muzzle Awards Tuesday for what a free-speech watchdog described as tacit compliance with restrictions on where protesters could demonstrate during their national conventions over the summer.