Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools 11.03.2010, 05:55:19 The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat. |
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Behind the scenes, crafting the U.S. no-fly list 10.03.2010, 21:39:50 It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home. It ends when a person is forbidden to board an airplane. |
U.S. lays out set of common school standards 10.03.2010, 10:19:15 New educational standards say 4th graders should know the difference between poetry and prose, 8th graders must be able to prove Pythagoras theorem. |
Female WWII aviators honored with medal 10.03.2010, 21:34:56 A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. |
Officials: Ex-TSA worker tried to sabotage computers 10.03.2010, 22:04:33 Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers and by attempting to introduce a virus into the computer system, according to news sources. |
Study: Law officers struggle to adjust after war 10.03.2010, 20:28:14 Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home. |
Once-revered lawmaker freezes to death alone 10.03.2010, 23:55:20 When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer. Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75. |
Boy, 7, who rescued family thanks 911 dispatcher 11.03.2010, 01:57:07 They have guns. Can you come really fast? And bring soldiers, too. That was the urgent message a Southern California boy gave a 911 operator he dialed from a bathroom when three armed robbers threatened his parents. A sheriff credited the boy with averting a tragedy. |