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Improvement in Reading Proficiency But large Gaps Remain Among Minorities
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Improvement in Reading Proficiency But large Gaps Remain Among Minorities

enero 28, 2014

Providence, RI (January 28, 2014) – The national Annie E. Casey Foundation released a report, Early Reading Proficiency in the United States, highlighting fourth grade reading proficiency rates over a ten‐year period in the United States. Data from the  National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that all but six states have made progress in improving reading proficiency rates from 2003 […]Load more...

Colorado High School Student Sets Himself On Fire
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Colorado High School Student Sets Himself On Fire

enero 27, 2014

In what police said was an apparent suicide attempt, a 16-year-old student walked into his Denver high school cafeteria around 7 a.m. on Monday and set himself on fire. Using a fire extinguisher, a school custodian quickly doused the flames. No one else was hurt. Before the incident at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, […]Load more...

GOP Republican Trey Radel resigns from Congress
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GOP Republican Trey Radel resigns from Congress

enero 27, 2014

Freshman Florida Republican, Trey Radel, who was caught trying to purchase cocaine in a Washington, D.C. sting operation in October, has resigned from Congress Monday. Due to heavy pressure from party leaders, Radel was forced to step aside rather than hold onto the seat he had won in November 2012. As a result a special […]Load more...

Maryland Mall Shooter Identified By Police
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Maryland Mall Shooter Identified By Police

enero 26, 2014

Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park, MD, was identified as the shooter by police Sunday morning. An hour before the shooting he took a cab to the Columbia mall. A link between the shooter and the victims has yet to be established. He killed killed Brianna Benlolo, 21, and Tyler Johnson, 25, who both worked at […]Load more...

Brain-dead Texas woman taken off ventilator
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Brain-dead Texas woman taken off ventilator

enero 26, 2014

An emotional court fight came to an end Sunday when a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman was taken off a ventilator. In a case where who is considered alive, dead, and how it all changes in presence of a fetus culminated at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday when the devices that had kept Marlise Munoz’s heart and lungs […]Load more...

Rising unemployment
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Rising unemployment

enero 24, 2014

Rhode Island – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island rose slightly in December to 9.1 percent, compared with 9.0 percent in November. It is lower than the rate of 9.9 percent from a year ago, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor and Training Rhode Island. The state lost 1,500 jobs in […]Load more...

Winter Storm and Blizzard in the region
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Winter Storm and Blizzard in the region

enero 21, 2014

Rhode Island – The National Weather Service has issued Winter Storm Warning for parts of Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts. The coastal area of ​​the Cape, Islands and Southeastern Massachusetts is under observation by Blizzard Winter in effect from Tuesday until 1pm Wednesday afternoon. The snow arrived Tuesday night with frigid temperatures and strong winds. […]Load more...

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