California boosts school funds, aims to help poorest districts
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - California will spend an extra $2.9 billion on public education over the next two years thanks to hi...
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Texas paramedic expected to plead not guilty to pipe bomb charge
By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas paramedic, who responded to a fertilizer plant explosion last month, is expected to p...
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Seattle schools back down from standardized test after protests
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle public school system, facing a rebellion that stoked the national protest movemen...
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DNA evidence may clear Honduran man sentenced to death in Florida
By Barbara Liston SANFORD (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to overturn the murder conviction of a Honduran man who has been on Florida's ...
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Bankrupt Alabama county has deal on $105 million of bonds
By Melinda Dickinson BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - As Alabama's Jefferson County readies a workout proposal for its landmark $4.2 ...
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New York woman charged with Newtown fundraising scam
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bronx grand jury indicted a New York woman on Tuesday on suspicion of posing as the aunt of...
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Mother's Day shooting in New Orleans spoils parade tradition
By Mark Guarino NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A Mother's Day shooting in New Orleans marred a century-old tradition: The second line, a co...
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Arrest of Saudi man with pressure cooker 'overzealous': lawyer
By Bernie Woodall DETROIT (Reuters) - The attorney for a Saudi Arabian man arrested at the Detroit airport over the weekend carrying...
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Cleveland women held captive will suffer long-term damage: sources
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Two of the women imprisoned in a Cleveland house in conditions described as similar to a prisone...
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Philadelphia abortion doctor gets life in prison after deal
By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia doctor avoided the possibility of the death penalty for murdering babies duri...
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