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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US launches trial of facial, eye scans on Mexican border
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Nearly half of the people living in the U.S. illegally are believed to have entered the country legally and stayed on expired visas. To combat the problem, the federal government on Thursday is launching one of its most ambitious efforts to track them. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin capturing…
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Clinic suspect says he’s a ‘warrior’ for babies
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic says he's guilty and that he's a "warrior for the babies." Robert Lewis Dear made the comments Wednesday during a court hearing for prosecutors to announce charges filed against him. The 57-year-old said he was guilty and that…
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