Student boom strains U.S. schools with rising enrollments
More than 20 million children will reach high school age in four years, increasing class sizes and crowding. The 2000 census shows sharp rises in ages 10 to 14 and under 5, with Nevada and Arizona showing large jumps. A mother from Silver Spring notes a daughter lacking a lunchtime seat.
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Kathleen Lyons
National Education Association
Martha Farnsworth Riche
Census Bureau
Nevada
Arizona
Jennifer Schmidt
Schmidt
Silver Spring, Md
Wal-Mart shooting ends with suspect killed by police
In Rockford Illinois a suspected shoplifter identified as Laura Gassaway 33 pulled a handgun at a Wal Mart after shoplifting and attempting to buy bullets. Security officers detained her and police arrived firing when she shot three employees. she was killed.
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Rockford, Ill
Wal- Mart
Joe Westmoreland
Laura Gassaway
Gassaway
Westmoreland
Kerouac scroll sells for record auction price
The original On the Road manuscript by Jack Kerouac sold at Christie’s for 2.43 million dollars setting a new world record for a literary manuscript. Indianapolis Colts owner James Irsay outbid rivals for the 120 foot scroll that became a literary sensation. Francis Wahlgren called the price a new world record for a literary manuscript at auction.
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New York
Jack Kerouac
America
James Irsay
Indianapolis Colts
Christie’s
Francis Wahlgren
Data on mobile phone safety needs more evidence
GAO investigators say current research cannot prove mobile phone emissions pose no health risk. Long term studies are underway and it may take years to reach a definitive conclusion. Calls grow for a consumer information Web site and call center by FCC and FDA.
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General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Ed Markey
D-Mass
Joseph Lieberman
D-Conn
Federal Communications Commission
The
Food and Drug Administration
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