Protestors disrupt Donald Trump speech at NYC luncheon
NEW YORK (AP) - About a dozen protestors have stormed a $1,000-a-plate New York City luncheon where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was delivering a speech. Four protestors crashed the lunch Friday through the side stairs at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. They were forced out by hotel security staff as they chanted: "Trump is…
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B.B. King gravesite marker dedicated in Mississippi
INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) - A black granite slab now marks the gravesite of B.B. King, the blues icon who died nearly seven months ago in Las Vegas but was returned for burial in his native Mississippi. Family, friends and fans gathered Friday to dedicate the stone, engraved with King's signature, that will become the centerpiece…
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Obama signs education law rewrite shifting power to states
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a major education law setting U.S. public schools on a new course of accountability. Obama signed the bipartisan rewrite of No Child Left Behind at the White House on Thursday. The law will change the way teachers are evaluated and how the poorest performing schools…
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