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Ministers Join Effort to Defeat State Slots Measure. A group of prominent Southern Maryland ministers says it will work to defeat the Nov. 4 measure to legalize slot machines by preaching anti-gambling messages from the pulpit and distributing anti-slots literature until Election Day.

Writing the Book on Efficiency. To fill a new Loudoun County school library, don't spend months on the phone with book publishers. Just dial up a warehouse near Minneapolis, and it will freight over seven heavy pallets.

Loudoun Voters Consider Meals Tax to Fund School Construction. In what is probably the region's most significant test this fall of public sentiment on taxes and school funding in the worsening economy, Loudoun County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to endorse a meals tax to raise money for school construction.

Duncan Resigns from U-Md. After 17 Months. Former Montgomery County executive Douglas M. Duncan resigned yesterday from the University of Maryland at College Park, less than five weeks after he apologized for telling reporters he was forced to drop out of a political forum at the direction of Gov. Martin O'Malley's office.

Fairfax, Other Area Systems Haul Out the Budget Ax. Fairfax County is considering reductions in campus police officers, school health aides and preschool classes for needy students, while the Prince George's County school system has begun a hiring freeze and is drafting plans for a possible 10 percent budget cut as educators confront the fallout o..

Team Staffs Meet With U.S. Mediator. The coaching staffs of two high schools whose Sept. 19 football game was broken up by accusations of racism met yesterday with a mediator from the U.S. Justice Department, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

Lehman Is Subject of Federal Criminal Probes. Lehman Brothers, the giant investment bank that last month filed the largest bankruptcy in history, is the subject of at least three federal criminal investigations that have subpoenaed a dozen top executives, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Economics Class Becomes a Study in Current Events. According to her syllabus, the topic of the day in Professor Lynne Kelly's graduate microeconomics class at Howard University yesterday was to be cost analysis. But the headlines highlighted another shift in the government's bank-bailout strategy; another toilet flush of the stock market; another..

Walking Back A Celebration Of Teen Motherhood. Heather MacDonald thinks conservatives have put themselves in a pickle on the subject of Bristol Palin's baby: Conservatives will also have a hard time backpedaling from the hypocrisy they displayed regarding..

Northern Rock directors and auditors escape legal action. Northern Rock is dropping a potential legal claim against its former chief executive, Adam Applegarth, and other directors, saying there are "insufficient grounds to proceed". Northern Rock customers line up to..

Feds investigating failure of WaMu. Federal authorities said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into the failure of Washington Mutual Inc., the nation's largest bank failure.

US stocks set to open higher after Wednesday drop. Wall Street was headed for a mild rebound Thursday after its steep dive in the previous session, but investors remained anxious ahead of data expected to suggest that the economy is in a recession.The market is also awaiting third-quarter results from Citigroup Inc. Analysts predict that the bank will report its fourth straight quarterly loss. Merrill Lynch & Co., which recently agreed to be acquired by Citigroup Inc. rival Bank of America Corp., early Thursday posted a net loss of $5.1 billion.

GM, Chrysler deal talks accelerate - report. Merger talks between ailing automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. are reportedly picking up amid increased interest from lenders eager to close a deal.

Tony-winning actress, TV star Edie Adams dies. Edie Adams, wife of Ernie Kovacs, stands next to posters of Kovacs in New York following a seminar on the work of Kovacs in this 1986 file photo.

Sen. Boxer Urges More Help From Mortgage Servicers. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Friday pressed for action from 21 banks and lenders that an advocacy group has accused of insufficient support for at-risk homeowners in California.

Arizona teacher salaries at stake in November election. Voters will decide in November whether to consolidate 76 of Arizona's school districts as part of an initiative to save on administrative costs and possibly boost teacher salaries.

Car hits school bus in Louisiana and catches fire. Nine people are at a hospital after a car struck a school bus in Lafayette, La. and caught fire.

Bomb scare sends Sparks students home. Tribune/Dan McGee - Tribune/Dan McGee A member of the Consolidated Bomb Squad inspects the second of two suspicious packages found by Sparks High School on Monday morning.

Tucson school district wants more minority teachers. Tucson's largest school district has launched a $550,000 effort to recruit minority teachers, hoping to diversify its staff and give minority students a better chance of seeing themselves as part of the..

Biden says McCain short on new ideas for economy. Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republican John McCain is offering no new ideas for a financially distressed nation, only the same negativity toward rival Barack Obama.

Govt wants kids to buckle up on small school buses. Smaller school buses will have to be equipped with three-point, lap-and-shoulder seat belts for the first time and larger buses will have higher seatbacks under a government rule announced Wednesday.

Little hope for true ethics reform despite recent bribery claims. The allegation that one Utah state legislator "propositioned" another with $50,000 in campaign money to switch positions on school vouchers has sparked the strongest push for ethics reform in Utah in years.

GOP sought Norrell school records. Lots of boogers to scare you at Haunted Forest A steady flow at Kershaw event Cole, Grier face off in County Council District 3 race Republicans for Norrell? GOP sought Norrell school records Photo by File..

School voucher adoption affected by political decision-making. October 15, 2008 - In many countries, school vouchers have come to be a controversial policy which allows parents to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public..

Home schooling: one month on and we still think we're right. Probablya. One month in and our world order hasn't collapsed. Our four-year-old daughter hasn't become shy and awkward and unable to do anything other than pull the legs off small insects.

Some Miss. parents home-schooling kids to avoid vaccinations. Debra Barnes has a thriving chiropractic practice in the Jackson metro area, a nice home and family members who love living in the South.

Girl, 14, found starving in home; parents charged - AP. A father and stepmother were charged with withholding their 14-year-old daughter's food and water so drastically that she weighed only 48 pounds, authorities said.

Goochland girl raises guide dog. Photo by Ken Odor Abbie Allison is training 14-month-old Waldo to be a future guide dog for the Guiding Eyes for the Blind organization.

Utah governor approves computer-adaptive testing pilot. Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed a bill Oct. 6 that will allow as many as five school districts and five charter schools to change the way they test students by piloting computer-adaptive testing, reports the..

Westfield student news. Twenty-nine Westfield High School students have been named commended students in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program.

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