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First Lady Michelle Obama Announces Program To Bring Physical Activity Back To Schools
28 Feb 2013 | US Politics and Govt
First Lady Michelle Obama has launched "Let’s Move! Active Schools" – an unprecedented collaboration to bring physical activity back to America’s schools. read more »
President Obama Says Inaction Near Sequester Deadline 'Troubling'
19 Feb 2013 | US Politics and Govt
President Obama says it is troubling that just 10 days from now, Congress might allow a series of automatic, severe budget cuts to take place that will hit the U.S. economy hard.read more »
Transcript: President Barack Obama State Of The Union Address 2013
13 Feb 2013 | US Politics and Govt
President Obama has delivered a wide ranging State of the Union address including jobs, the economy, tackling inequality, withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, tax reform and reducing the deficit. Here's a full transcript of his speech as delivered. read more »
U.S. Teachers Report Alarmingly High Rates Of Student Violence
8 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
Teachers across the United States report alarmingly high rates of personally experiencing student violence and harassment while at school, according to an article published by the American Psychological Association.read more »
Man Arrested for Posting School Shooting Threats On Internet
20 Dec 2012 | U.S. News
The FBI has arrested a Grants, New Mexico man after he posted an alleged threat to shoot people at his school on the Internet.read more »
Academics Summarize What We know About School Shootings
20 Dec 2012 | U.S. News
An academic examination of school shootings at American elementary, secondary and higher education institutions over the past forty years has concluded there are not enough similarities to develop any distinctive profile of a potential shooter.read more »
Newtown Mass Shooting: Victims Named
16 Dec 2012 | U.S. News
Connecticut State Police have released the names of the 26 people murdered in the Newtown School Shooting, with most aged six or seven years old.read more »
Loveland Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Internet Extortion
16 Nov 2012 | U.S. News
A resident of Loveland, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit Internet extortion, where they threatened to release data from the University of Pittsburgh server.read more »
Federal Budget Deficit $1.1 Trillion in 2012, Which Was Lower Than 2011: CBO
5 Oct 2012 | Business
The federal government’s fiscal year 2012 has come to a close with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimating that the federal budget deficit for the year was about $1.1 trillion, approximately $200 billion lower than the shortfall recorded in 2011.read more »
Student Debt Reaches Record Number of Families
27 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
As college enrollment has risen the number of U.S. households incurring college debt has soared as well, engulfing one in five, according to new data.read more »
Baton Rouge Man Charged In Connection To LSU Bomb Threat
21 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a Baton Rouge man in connection with the bomb threat that on Monday caused the evacuation of LSU’s campus.read more »
Majority Of U.S. Schools Not Ready For Next Pandemic, Researchers Say
17 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
Many U.S. schools are not prepared for bioterrorism attacks, outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases or pandemics, despite the recent 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic that resulted in more than 18,000 deaths worldwide, Saint Louis University researchers say.read more »
Emanuel Seeks Court Order to End Chicago Teachers Strike
17 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is heading to court seeking an injunction to end the teacher's strike that is enterning its second week, reports said Monday.read more »
Kids Wont Eat Carrots? Try Calling Them "X-ray Vision Carrots."
17 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
Giving plain old vegetables such as carrots more attractive names such as "X-ray Vision Carrots" can dramatically increase kid's consumption of veges, according to a new study.read more »
Chicago Teachers Walk Out on Strike
11 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
Tens of thousands of Chicago teachers walked out on strike Tuesday, idling 400,000 students and forcing Mayor Rahm Emanuel to stop raising money for President Obama's reelection campaign so he can devote his attention to the crisis.read more »
26,000 Teachers Union Members To Strike In Chicago
10 Sep 2012 | U.S. News
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) says members will begin striking today for the first time since 1987 with over 26,000 teachers and support staff walking off the job.read more »
Shy Preschool Children At Greater Academic Risk
29 Aug 2012 | U.S. News
A new study by the University of Miami (UM) shows that overly shy preschool children are at greater academic risk than their chatty and boisterous peers.read more »
