How same-sex marriage foes won in Maine and California: Make the issue about schools Hartford Courant SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In one ad after another, voters in and were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring ga...
Student choices fueling those ever-rising college costs The Examiner | Chemistry class at California State University. | AP Photo/Eric Risberg | Universities pass current economic woes onto students. | Once upon a time, the idea of spending $40,000 a year on tuition, fees and room and board seemed utterly preposterous...
More than 20 Maine schools hit hard by swine flu The Boston Globe | BANGOR, Maine-Maine health officials say more than 20 schools across the state are reporting absentee rates of more than 15 percent because of the H1N1 swine flu. | Officials say affected schools are in all corners of Maine. | Dr. Dora Anne Mills o...
School Consolidation Remains in Place The Examiner | Insert photo caption or credit here | Voters rejected a repeal of school consolidation in Maine yesterday. Question 3 failed 58% to 42%. Pundits almost universally predicted Question 3's failure. Even those that called victory for...
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Sestak to get endorsement from former Conn. candidate Philadelphia Daily News | By Thomas Fitzgerald | INQUIRER STAFF WRITER | U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, trying to knock off a veteran Democratic incumbent senator in the primary, will get an endorsement Monday fro...
Teachers Helped Most by Stimulus Act CBS News State Reports to Show Tens of Thousands of Teacher Jobs Spared with Stimulus Money | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo | President Barack Obama speaks about the economy...
Katie Holmes chooses Suri school The Boston Globe | Katie Holmes has enrolled her daughter in a Catholic school. | The 'Thank You For Smoking' actress reportedly infuriated Scientologist husband Tom Cruise with her insistence that...
Mainers vote on taxes, medical marijuana, schools The Boston Globe | PORTLAND, Maine-Maine residents faced a full slate of ballot measures beyond the closely watched gay marriage vote on Tuesday. | Residents casted votes on questions involving taxes, medical marijuana, schools and transportation funding. | Outside o...
Mainers vote on taxes, medical marijuana, schools Houston Chronicle | PORTLAND, Maine - Maine residents faced a full slate of ballot measures beyond the closely watched gay marriage vote on Tuesday. | Residents casted votes on questions involving taxes, medical marijuana, schools and transportation funding. | Outside...
Mainers vote on taxes, medical marijuana, schools The Miami Herald | PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine residents faced a full slate of ballot measures beyond the closely watched gay marriage vote on Tuesday. | Residents casted votes on questions involving taxes, medical marijuana, schools and transportation funding. | Outsid...
November 6: Benjamin elected president without popular vote, UN ends relations with South Africa The Examiner | Maine Fast Fact: Maine has over 21,000 miles of public highways, more than any other New England state. | Births:1814: Adolphe Sax, Belgian musical instrument designer, inventor of the saxophone1851: Charles Dow, American journalist, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company1861: James Naismith, Canadian sports coach, inventor of basketball1893: Edse...
Fighting Obesity In Our Own Families The Examiner | Since Halloween has just passed and Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, this is a good time to examine how obesity in American children is increasing at an alarming rate. Understanding some of the reasons of how this has happened can help parents make wiser choices to help prevent or work on existing obesity problems in their own families....
