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Bill Clinton eulogizes Claiborne Pell - Grand Forks Herald
NEWPORT, R.I. — Former President Bill Clinton praised the late Sen. Claiborne Pell during his funeral service today as a quirky multimillionaire who served the less-fortunate and enabled millions of Americans to afford college. The Rhode Island ...
Read more...Fla. Lawmakers Consider $1B In State Budget Cuts - CBS 4 South Florida
Budget deficit reduction is taking on a partisan tone in the Florida Legislature. Committees in both chambers will consider about $1 billion in proposed spending cuts Wednesday. Substantial cuts to education funding, longer waits to renew your ...
Read more...National Report Card Gives Florida a B-minus - First Coast News
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A new study shows Florida's schools are continuing to improve, but notes a significant performance gap between students who are fluent in English and those still learning the language. Education Week's annual Quality Counts report ...
Read more...Minn.'s Pawlenty to give annual address at Capitol - Duluth News Tribune
Gov. Tim Pawlenty won't travel far to deliver his annual State of the State address next week. The Republican governor will give the speech in the Minnesota House chamber, just down the hall from his office. The speech _ Pawlenty's seventh _ is set ...
Read more...ACLU sues NC school system over recruiting access - Seattle Times
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a rural North Carolina school system that barred a peace activist from talking to high school students about alternatives to joining the military. The lawsuit, filed Monday, says the ...
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