High school students view college statistics online soon
A fragmented notice indicates students will access new college statistics via an online gateway. The project, attributed to an education authority, aims to provide improved data on higher education options.
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Eucation
Tae Geveint
Vermont court upholds civil union groundwork in state
Vermont Supreme Court rejects immediate ceremony bans as couples move toward civil unions. Gov Dean backs the plan while the Legislature halts at calling unions marriage. Clerks plan to issue licenses this weekend and piecemeal ceremonies start in April, with broader recognition in other states uncertain.
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Glanders Case Traced to Lab Exposure at Work
Frederick, a Army scientist, controlled 2 rare equine diseases and reportedly handled live bacteria without gloves. The CDC report notes the glanders case likely arose through skin exposure, not ingestion, marking the first human case since 1945. No colleagues or cohabitants were affected.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Man who beat dog gets 6 months in jail
In Ocala Florida George Stephens Finley 58 was convicted of felony animal cruelty for beating a dog with a vacuum wand and throwing it at a tree. The dog later died after a coma and euthanasia. Witnesses said Finley acted after the dog attempted sexual advances toward another dog. He was sentenced to six months and ordered to attend anger management.
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Columbus police move to curb racial profiting plan
Columbus Mayor Michael Cole unveiled a plan to cut discrimination in police work two days before a possible U S Justice Department decision to add racial profiting to its lawsuit against the city police. Columbus leads in challenging a Justice Department suit accusing a pattern of civil rights violations by officers. The suit, filed Oct 2, alleges officers abused civil rights by filing false charges using excessive force and conducting illegal searches and seizures.
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Ohio
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U.S. Department of Justice
Justice Department
Judge hints plea talks in Wen Ho Lee case at Los Alamos
U S District Judge James Parker urged Monday that prosecutors and Wen Ho Lee reach a plea negotiation with Ridge serving as mediator to discuss a potential release on bail. Lee has pleaded innocent to 59 counts alleging transfer of restricted nuclear data. Trial is scheduled for November 6. if convicted he could face life in prison.
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Colorado
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
U.S. Distret
James Parker
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Coastal erosion threat highlighted in FEMA study
FEMA Director James Witt and researchers warn that unchecked coastal development and rising sea levels will magnify erosion. The study estimates 338000 structures within 500 feet of coasts, with annual erosion losses around 0.53 billion and community costs near 0.42 billion, urging maps, higher flood insurance, setbacks, and buyout programs.
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Chelsea Clinton to campaign with mother in summer tour
Hillary Rodham Clinton held a New York City news conference with her daughter Chelsea Clinton, who said she will campaign intermittently this summer. Chelsea, 20, recently finished junior year at Stanford and has begun a growing public role alongside her mother in campaigns and official events.
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Stanford University
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the State University of New York
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Chelsea
Israel
Malcolm Hoenlein
Clintons
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Morocco
Washington
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South Asia
Lential Palace
New Delhi
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Hoenlein
Iran
Sro Aesoerae
New York City Hall
Textbooks Fail to Teach Core Biology Concepts
Scientists critique 10 widely used high school biology texts for overemphasizing cell labeling and trivia while neglecting core ideas such as structure and function, energy transformations, heredity, and evolution. Publishers defend standards. Carnegie Foundation funded the review.
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U.S
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George Nelson
Stephen Driesler
The
Association of American Publishers Inc
Driesler
Carnegie Foundation
Nelson
Clinton projects $1.3 trillion more surplus for next decade
President Clinton raised the 2001 2010 surplus forecast by about 1.3 trillion to nearly 4.2 trillion, tying tax cuts to Medicare drug coverage and pushing to erase the national debt by 2012. He proposed sharing windfall with Republicans and tied a tax cut for married couples to his drug plan.
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Clinton
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al Gore
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