The letters Betsan Corkhill read at her magazine job poured in. One 14-year-old hospital patient wrote that she'd discovered a drug-free alternative to pain medication. Another reader wrote about how ...

JESSUP, Md. (AP) -- In a library room with bare shelves, Lynn Zwerling dumped balls of yarn, needles and scissors onto two folding tables and sat down to knit with her class. A new student entered the ...