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Principal's suspension over student trip lifted
A superintendent has lifted the suspension of a principal over the handling of chaperone drinking on a senior trip by Signal Mountain students. The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/JFQOaH) reports Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith made the decision Saturday. The move allows Signal Mountain High School Principal Tom McCullough ...
Ohio teen who slept on park bench heads to Harvard
David Boone had a system. There wasn't much the then-15-year-old could do about the hookers or drug deals around him when he slept in Artha Woods Park. And the spectator's bench at the park's baseball diamond wasn't much of a bed. But the aspiring engineer, now 18 and headed to ...
Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent
Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks. Millions of dollars in international aid to build and repair Iraq's dilapidated schools have for years gone unspent. Now, Iraq's government ...
Ind. businessman earns associate degree at 87
Jerry Cole II takes great pride in his career as a businessman, during which he's sold millions of dollars in insurance policies. But there was one more thing he always wanted. Feeling as nervous as a 20-something, Cole walked across the stage on May 5 and got his associate degree ...
Tulane gets $18.7M for environmental health
Tulane University is getting $18.7 million for two multiyear environmental health projects designed to help Gulf Coast residents affected by the 2010 BP oil spill. The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will use $15 million from BP PLC's settlement of class-action medical claims to set up a network ...
SPOTLIGHT: Student endures despite cancer battle
During his first two years at Quincy University, Luke Weaver became a familiar figure to many of his fellow students. "I was the kid with the cane," he said. Many people didn't realize why Weaver carried that cane. It wasn't because of a sports injury, as most suspected. Instead, Weaver ...
After years of pain, Greeley teen diagnosed
Raven McGeen sat between her mother, Sandy, and her father, Dan, and petted her dog that, like most golden retrievers, was sweet, goofy and had a personality to match its size, which was close to a small pony. It was safe out here on the front porch of their Greeley ...
Researchers win $6.3M grant for paralyzed patients
University of Louisville scientists who have helped three paralyzed patients stand again have won a $6.3 million grant to bring their technology into patients' homes. The Courier-Journal reports (http://cjky.it/Lz7pz9) the work of Susan Harkema and Jonathan Hodes received wide attention last year when they and colleagues at the University of ...
Ga. ethics law ousts school board member from seat
A southwest Georgia school board member has to give up his seat because of state ethics laws. Lee County board member Greg Duke learned Friday he won't be allowed to seek re-election because his wife is an administrator for the county school system. The Albany Herald reports (http://bit.ly/MPMABG ) changes ...
Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself. Sometime in the next 15 to 30 years, the Kenyan-born paleoanthropologist expects scientific discoveries will have accelerated to the point that "even the skeptics can accept it." "If you get to ...
Illegal immigrants find paths to college, careers
Going to college seemed inconceivable when Adriana Sanchez, the 12-year-old daughter of farm workers, was brought from Mexico to Central California and the family overstayed their visas. Even though Sanchez excelled in high school, she was in the country illegally, lacked a Social Security number and work permit, and didn't ...
Illegal immigrants find paths to college, careers
Going to college seemed inconceivable when Adriana Sanchez, the 12-year-old daughter of farm workers, was brought from Mexico to Central California and the family overstayed their visas. Even though Sanchez excelled in high school, she was in the country illegally, lacked a Social Security number and work permit, and didn't ...
New England editorial roundup
Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer, May 22, 2012 On Monday, an alliance of Catholic-affiliated institutions filed suit against the Obama administration, challenging the mandate that their health insurance plans provide coverage for contraception. Catholic bishops contend the contraception rule is an "unprecedented attack on religious freedom." "Time is running out and our ...
Ore. students adopt a link with Coast Guard ship
The scene was surreal: a group of sixth-graders, each at a 45-degree angle inching forward, dragging 600 pounds of 11?4-inch buoy chains back and forth across the pier in front of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Fir, rain pouring down on them from above while guardsmen timed their progress and ...
Worcester could get new DNA test for Down syndrome
A simple blood test done on maternal serum early in the first trimester of pregnancy to determine if a baby has Down syndrome, or Trisomy 13 or Trisomy 18, more severe genetic syndromes, will likely be offered to mothers in Worcester County later this year. The test, which analyzes fetal ...
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