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Jul 5 2008, Julie

When a group of school students here asked him about his marriage plans, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi smiled and said he was not averse to the idea. “I don’t know when I am getting married. I am looking for an open-minded girl,” was all that he...

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Jun 24 2008 by AP0 Comments

These days, everyone’s feeling the pain at the pump, but for Houston’s lowest-paid school district employees _ who make as little as $15,000 a year _ some relief may be on the way.

 
 
Jun 20 2008 by AP0 Comments

Northwestern University School of Law will offer an accelerated, two-year program for law degrees starting in 2009, becoming the only law school among top-tier institutions to offer both two- and three-year programs, university officials said.

 
 
Jun 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Officials say a Brooklyn elementary school was evacuated after a man with a gun was reported in the building. No students or teachers were injured, and police have arrested the man.

 
 
Jun 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Officials say a Brooklyn elementary school has been evacuated after a man with a gun was reported in the building. No students or teachers were injured, and police have arrested the man.

 
 
Jun 14 2008 by AP0 Comments

Officials at a Northern California high school have reversed their decision to shut down a school newspaper that published a front-page photo of a student burning an American flag.

 
 
Jun 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

A teenager accused of planning a Columbine-style attack at his high school pleaded guilty Wednesday to a juvenile count of conspiracy to commit murder and was ordered to remain in custody.

 
 
Jun 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

State troopers say an Enfield man was charged with stealing a school bus after telling officers he needed a ride home after a friend’s arrest.

 
 
Jun 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

A high school principal in Redding, Calif., says there will be no student newspaper next year after its front page featured a photo of a burning American flag.

 
 
Jun 9 2008 by AP1 Comments

Last minute funding to buy rice has allowed the U.N. World Food Program to resume free breakfast for hundreds of thousands of Cambodian children, the agency said Monday.

 
 
Jun 5 2008 by AP0 Comments

A 17-year-old student tried to hire a classmate to kill a girl he suspected of interfering in his relationship with another girl, police said.

 
 
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Jul 2 2008 by Gabriel A0 Comments

Beer has been savored through the ages by men of every calling and conviction, but never like this. Of all the drinking paraphernalia out there, this appears to be one of the few that was thought up while the inventor didn’t have any beer in his...

 
 
Jan 17 2008 by Geetanjali Singh0 Comments

 
Here is a list of schools that stand apart from the
traditional school layouts in their unconventional concepts,
locations and patterns. Have a look and search for the one that fascinates you
the most.
1. The
Cave School,
Ziyun,...

 
 
Nov 15 2007 by Rhapsodysinger0 Comments

The West hates us for the caste system. Yet it has its own system of extreme and worse discrimination. Gypsy kids like the Roma children are not allowed to study in mainstream Czechoslovakian schools. Now the European Court of Human Rights has ruled...

 
 
Oct 30 2007 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

Oprah Winfrey was in tears begging for forgiveness from the parents of her school in Henley-on-Klip for allegations of abuse of pupils at her girls school.

The talk-show queen had started a girls school at Henley-on-Klip near Vereenigin, South...

 
 
Sep 19 2007 by Mandira0 Comments

As we are seeing global warming is increasing, the most wise, intelligent species of the earth, Homo Sapience is loosing there temper and patience very fast resulting in clashes, fired arguments, deaths etc. In other word, no body wants to compromise...

 
 
Apr 27 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

Andrea Peterson had not even imagined that one day she will be honored with national teacher of the year award.

When she joined this profession she faced a daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for supplies in a climate where...

 
 
Apr 26 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

The Institute of Medicine has put forward a proposal, which would encourage healthy eating habits among the school goers by restricting calories, fat and sugar while encouraging more nutritious eating.

The parameters have been developed by keeping in...

 
 
Mar 2 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

A second-grader boy had to pay very heavy for talking in class. As a part of punishment, his teacher chopped off his tongue with a pair of scissors.

The 7-year-old boy, who has not been publicly identified, needed six stitches in his tongue from the...

 
 
Feb 19 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

Evening slumber is pretty important for kids, if they are not able to get enough sleep at night, then it could lead to poor performance in school.

Dr. James F. Pagel of the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine and group observed the results of...

 
 
Feb 13 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

Couples who go in for adoption tend to invest more on their children and are apt to spend more time in involved activities like reading to them, eating together and discussing with them about their problems.

A reason put forward by a scholar is that...

 
 
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Li Xiaomu, 21, a member of the Beijing Archery team, shoots at her target during training at the Beijing Lucheng Sports School in Beijing Tuesday July 1, 2008. Founded in 1986, the school is a training base of the Beijing Bureau of Sports, part of...