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Officials to step up civil rights enforcement

The federal Department of Education wants to intensify its civil rights enforcement efforts in schools around the country.

 

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U.S. - msbbc - 2010-03-08 18:02:14.

Court to rule in military funeral protest case

The Supreme Court is entering a dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers."

 

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Ethics cases bruise Harlem’s political heart

Rep. Charles Rangel admits an ongoing ethics probe is Ethics clouds over Rangel and Paterson produce moods ranging from anger to soul-searching.


 

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Obama appeals for support on health care

President Obama made his appeal as Democratic leaders in Congress worked on a rescue plan for sweeping changes in health care that seemed earlier in the year to be on the brink of passage.President Barack Obama ratcheted up his attacks against insurance companies Monday in a last-ditch attempt to get a reluctant public and skittish Democrats behind his health overhaul legislation.


 

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At universities, is better learning a click away?

Professor Michael Dubson teaches a physics class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. Some professors like Dubson endorse simple, straightforward devices that stick to multiple choice questions. Others embrace fancier models or newer applications for smart phones and laptops that allow students to query the professor by text or e-mail during the lecture or conduct discussion with classmates.As classroom clickers have become more commonplace across U.S. campuses, a divide has emerged over just how sophisticated they should be.


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Execution delayed for inmate who overdoses

Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, who was sentenced to die for killing his neighbor in 1994, was found unconscious around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn said. Gov. Ted Strickland postpones the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before his execution.


 

 

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