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By almost any measure, Norma Butler Bossard Elementary is a top performing school in Miami: It has consistently been rated an `A' by the state, and students have achieved high scores on Florida's standardized math and reading exams. Complete Story...
US Marines posed with banner of Nazi SS - TelegraphPoll: Joe Kennedy III has huge lead in U.S. Rep raceStates Are Refusing To Lock Up Americans Without Due Process - Business InsiderMan Beats Wife, Judge Orders Him to Take Her Out to Red Lobster and the Bowling Alley Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show - NYTimes.comElizabeth Warren lags in key districtMarines spared punishment for posing with Nazi-like flag
sandra-359026: Why 98% of Catholic Women use contraceptives.
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mountainfirefall: A Cancer on Occupy?.... Hedges misdiagnosis of Citizens who've had Enough
Media Checker: Atlanta police officer struck and killed by suspected drunk driver
Newbigtech: What Would JFK do? W /Poll
Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.
Well, now we know how she does it: With lots of YouTube breaks and double-brewed coffee. In this so-much-information era, designer Cynthia Rowley spilled her work habits to the audience gathered Thursday night for the runway preview of her fall collection during New York Fashion Week.
The stepfather of Oscar- and Grammy winner Cher has died in Oklahoma City.
A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Barack Obama order an investigation and hold the troops accountable.
Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.
A central Pennsylvania couple say they've captured a purple squirrel in their backyard.
An Uzbekistan national charged with threatening the life of President Barack Obama was also charged Thursday with providing material aid to terrorism.
A prosecutor in a case against a North Carolina woman accused of snatching a newborn from a New York City hospital more than two decades ago says she will plead guilty Friday to criminal charges.
A county coroner says he examined the body of late Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua (beh-vih-LAH'-kwah) at the request of prosecutors because of the odd timing of his death a day after he was found competent to testify at a high-profile church sex abuse trial.
It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.
All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday.
Paris has its scarves and skinny suits, Milan has its luxe leather and London its swinging miniskirts, but ask American designers what they've added to fashion and the collective answer is democracy, from wrap dresses worn by working women in the 1970s to a dress worn by the first lady.
Ken Webber still proudly flies his Confederate battle flag with the word "Redneck" emblazed across it from the CB antenna on his pickup truck. He hopes that his lawsuit in federal court will get his job back driving a school bus.
A state worker is facing disciplinary action after sending an official email to hundreds of people Thursday that contained an off-color term for breasts, the Oklahoma Insurance Department said.
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Authorities say five people were killed when a driver going the wrong way crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 10 outside New Orleans.
Some of the nation's largest states are questioning whether the Obama administration's offer to let them escape certain mandates of the No Child Left Behind law is a helping hand to improve education or a means to impose more federal control.
Budget debate pits military retiree interests against those in active duty, analysts warn - Defense - GovExec.comThe conflict between veterans/retired military personnel and the active duty budget has begun.
Anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church to protest at slain Powell boys' funeralWestboro Baptist Church, an anti-gay church best known for protesting military funerals, says its members will be at Saturday’s memorial service for Charlie and Braden Powell, the two children who died when their father allegedly set fire to his house. The small Topeka, …
Peter Gabriel: A WITNESS for human rightsSinger talks about the power of recording, documenting abuses
80% of Murderers Eligible for Parole Released in California by Gov. Brown SACRAMENTO (KABC) -- State officials released new numbers on prison parolees: Governor Jerry Brown has released about 80 percent of convicted murderers eligible for parole. Victims' rights activists are speaking out.
NBC Details How Easy It Is To Buy Guns This morning on NBC's Today, national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen presented the results of his hidden-camera investigation exposing how simple it is for anyone — even dangerous criminals — to legally purchase firearms, including assault weapons, without …
Treated Wastewater Used for Drinking SuppliesAlmost hidden in the northern hills, the pilot water treatment plant here does not seem a harbinger of revolution. It cost $13 million, uses long-established technologies and produces a million gallons a day.
Initiative to legalize marijuana will go to votersAn initiative seeking to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters, Washington state lawmakers said Thursday. If passed, Initiative 502 would make Washington the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. …
Good News: China and Canada 'Deepening Economic Relations' After Keystone Fail - Erika Johnsen Canada has a new best friend now that President Obama has, for all practical purposes, killed the Pipeline XL deal. China is eager to talk to Canada about its "dirty old oil."
Occupy Wall Street Claims the City Ruined Its Library..A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement filed a claim on behalf of the group Thursday that the city had damaged or destroyed $47,000 worth of books and other property while clearing its protest site at Zuccotti Park last fall.
Woman to admit 1987 kidnapping baby in New York, court document saysAnn Pettway originally pleaded not guilty to charges snatching Carlina White
IDOT Looking at Ways to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes..Despite plenty of standard highway and tollway protocol -- mainly oversized "do not enter" and "wrong way" signs -- the crashes continue to happen.
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