High schoolers sample college life at exploration day
Juniors and seniors toured Garden City Community College and sampled college life during Exploration Day. Students learned about two by two programs, fingerprinting, and required courses for future majors while touring campus and dining in the cafeteria.
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Garden City Community College
Martha Morales
Sandra Llamas
Sonia Infante
GCCC
Llamas
Infante
Deerfield High School
Obama and GOP clash over tax cliff plan and entitlements
President Obama presses to raise new revenues as part of a fiscal cliff deal while ruling out broad tax rate increases. Senate leaders and McConnell demand specific entitlement reforms. White House talks include labor, liberals, and corporate chiefs as lawmakers prepare for post election talks on tax reform and spending cuts.
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McConnell
Obama
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Jay Carney
Carney
Science takes a back seat in classrooms report says
The Lawrence Journal-World cites teachers reporting reduced science time in K-6 as focus shifts to reading and math. Griffith notes over 55 percent cut science, typically 30 minutes to an hour weekly, driven by test pressures and beliefs. Kansas waivers alter benchmarks but accountability remains for reading and math. Board member Willard seeks data on grading science without teaching it.
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Lawrence Journal-World
Griffith
Kansas
Ken Willard
Hutchinson
FBI agent in Petraeus scandal tied to emails and probe
The article recounts how FBI agent Humphries became involved after emails allegedly reaching Gen. John Allen raised concerns about a possible national security breach. It covers his FBI career, a past incident with Ahmed Ressam and a 2010 shooting at MacDill Air Force Base, where his actions were ruled justified.
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John Allen
Kelley
U.S
Afghanistan
Humphries
FBI Citizens Academy
Elley
Natalie Shepherd
Ampa TV
Allen
Petraeus
FBI
Broadwell
Dave Reichert
R-Wash
Reichert
House
Eric Cantor
Virginia
Cantor
Lawrence Berger
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Seattle
Ressam
Quebec
al-Qaida
Los Angeles
Tampa
MacDill
Ronald J. Bullock
Bullock
Kobach Loses Round Over Voter List in Kansan Race
U S District Judge J Thomas Marten ruled Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach cannot stop Democratic state Rep Ann Mah from obtaining a list of provisional voters in the 54th House District race against Ken Corbet. Mah sought to help voters correct provisional ballot issues as Kobach argued the disclosure would threaten voter privacy and the secret ballot.
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Topeka
Ansas
Krisobach
U.S
J. Thomas Marten
Kobach
Mah
Ken Corbet
Marten
Kansas
Douglas
Osage
Shawnee
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West Texas A&m University
Karen Savoy
HHS
Fort Hays State University
Savoy
Belen Terrones
Tech
Nical Education
Brad Nading
Berger
Washington State
Canada
Ahmed Ressam
Seattle Times
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