June 19, 2013
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School turnarounds prompt backlash
LOS ANGELES — The federal government’s push for drastic reforms at chronically low achieving schools has led to takeovers by charter operators, overhauls of staff and curriculum, and even school sh...
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Associated Press House Speaker John Boehner, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations.
Boehner reframes deficit debate
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month, persuading his Republican caucus to pick its fights with Democrats more strategically. His impressi...
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Bullying study: It does get better for gay teens as they get older
CHICAGO — It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according to the first long-term scient...
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Associated Press Firemen work to remove injured passengers from a bus that hit an bridge as it traveled along Soldiers Field Road in the Allston neighborhood of Boston Saturday night. Officials said the bus carryinyg 42 people was traveling from Harvard University home to Pennsylvania when it struck the overpass.
After Harvard visit, students hurt in crash
BOSTON — The scene could hardly have been more frightening for a Pennsylvania high school student just returning from a tour of Harvard University when the bus she was on slammed into an overpass, ...
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Obama says Boy Scouts should allow gay members
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions ...
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Associated Press Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., (right) and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., join a bipartisan group of senators Monday to announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Republicans face a delicate balancing act as they embrace immigration reform.
Immigration bill splits GOP
WASHINGTON — The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican Party, pitting those who focus mainly on presidential elections against those who care mostly about congressional races. ...
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Associated Press University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies computer scientist David Traum (left) interacts with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, seen on a "Virtual Survivor Visualization," Tuesday at the USC campus in Los Angeles. A collaboration with the Shoah Foundation is digitalizing aging Holocaust survivors to create three-dimensional holograms that would not only be able to tell their stories to future generations but to engage in dialogue with them.
Stories of Holocaust survivors retold by holograms at USC
LOS ANGELES — For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a Nazi death camp’s gas chambers so quickly that...
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Associated Press Technician Marion Price operates equipment Friday during a CT scan of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy named Tjeby from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at the HCA Virginia Imaging center in Richmond, Va. The CT scan produced a detailed three-dimensional image of the mummy.
Fine Arts Museum unwrapping mummy’s story with CT scan
RICHMOND, Va. — Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond part...
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Goodbye Barney: Thousands mourn Bush’s terrier
DALLAS — Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush’s beloved black Scottish terrier. Bush and his wife, Laura, released a statement...
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Surgeon at center of Sen. Menendez trips
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — To some, Dr. Salomon Melgen was a miracle worker who brought sight to the blind. To others, he was a smooth political player known for rubbing elbows and jet-setting. Whi...
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