Teachers mull performance based pay at NEA meeting
Nearly 10 000 delegates at the National Education Association convention in Chicago weigh pay linked to teaching quality versus tenure. The debate on bonus pay faces critics who call it unfair to teachers with difficult students while supporters say it will raise standards and attract better candidates.
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Chicago
National Education Association
NEA
Ers
Bob Chase
New York
Saudi plan to raise output may ease oil and gasoline prices
Saudi Arabia plans to boost oil output by 500000 barrels a day, a move analysts say could lower crude costs and ease gasoline and heating oil prices for consumers. OPEC consensus and reactions from Iran Iraq Venezuela signal a complex path to stabilizing prices around 25 dollars per barrel.
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Saudi Arabia
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United States
Iran
Iraq
Amer Mohammed Rashid
Islamic Republic
Mehdi Varzi
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
Caracas
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Ali al-Naimi
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Classic cars light Ridge Spring July 4th celebration
A Ridge Spring July 4th cruise in drew vintage cars headed by a 1969 Vette and a parade of classics from 1931 Ford Roadster to 1947 Diamond T truck. Owners Mike and Debra Key and Nathaniel and Ruth Harper spoke on restoration and community ties as families joined games, a street dance, and a fireworks show jointly organized by the Brunson family and locals.
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Ridge Spring
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Debra Key
Trenton
Mr. Key
Harper
Southeast
Zion Pilgrim Baptist Sharch
Columbia
John Brunson
Brunson
Fourth claims third life in weekend crash report
Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend identified William M. Young, 22, of Wagoner, as the rider killed in a head on motorcycle crash on Aosiness Church Road near Wagoner. The truck occupants are hospitalized in Columbia in critical condition. Police say Young had just left a fireworks gathering when the collision occurred.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Sue Townsend
William M. Young
Gantt Street
Wagoner
Young
Townsend
Aosiness Church Road
Columbia
Young Ad
Tuana E. Sop Colop
Johnston
Saluda County
Rodriques Terrace Danley
Windsor
NAACP eyes national convention for boycott support
State delegates at the NAACP convention will seek national backing to extend an economic boycott of South Carolina. President James Gallman said the group aims to reaffirm calls to remove sovereignty flags from State House grounds and oppose tourism and events until changes occur.
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NAACP
South Carolina
State House
James Gallman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Capitol Dome
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Senate
Statehouse
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