Montgomery County is a large school system that included a mixture of high-performing magnet schools and schools with low test scores. State law allows the Alabama Department of Education to intervene in school systems because of problems with academics or fiscal management.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has today announced that legendary footballer Steven Gerrard is to receive the Freedom of the City of Liverpool.
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Independent film producer Roger Corman is known the world over for being one of the most successful producers ever in the movie business, thanks to his ability to create popular low-budget films since the 1950s.
Whether working on cult B-horror movies like “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and “Teenage Cave Man” or helping future iconic directors like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese get their start, Corman has always had a knack for making movies... Читать дальше...
Perhaps impressions are best left with comedians. Tom Brady has teamed up with Under Armour to sell performance-enhancing sleepwear (snazzy term for recovery pajamas), so he decided to...
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani explained how he will help Donald Trump combat cybersecurity threats.
In the latest addition to luxury travel, Crystal Cruises offers passengers a getaway by air to multiple cities across the globe for as many as 29 days. Tours are booking now and the first one takes flight in August 2017.
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Aggressive fiscal policies would raise inflation risks unless coupled with strategies to boost productivity or expand the labor market, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said.
DEN HAAG (ANP) - De Nederlandse staat doet opnieuw een pluk aandelen van verzekeraar ASR van de hand. Dat maakte NLFI, de stichting die namens de Nederlandse staat de overheidsbelangen in financiële instellingen beheert, donderdag bekend.
Chandrasekaran appointed as India’s biggest group fights governance allegations
RAMSEY, Minn. — Police stopped a stolen vehicle in a Twin Cities suburb and found the driver in labor and some of her seven child passengers with their mouths taped shut. Police say an officer stopped the vehicle in Ramsey, Minnesota, just after midnight Tuesday for a traffic violation and learned it had been stolen.
One of Donald Trump’s signature policy proposals is to raise tariffs — he likes to call to call them “border taxes.” The president-elect hasn’t announced a specific proposal yet. But transition officials have said that they’re considering a 10 percent across-the-board tariff on everything imported into the United States — an effort to prevent manufacturers from moving working-class manufacturing jobs overseas.
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The former Reading and Brighton man turned down offers from China and the United Arab Emirates to emulate his idol in Sao Paulo
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• Clothing symbols are much easier to decipher than you think.
• Here's a handy chart that translates everything for you.
• It'll help you understand which clothes to dry clean and which not to.
Interpreting the laundry symbols on your clothing tags can be like walking into a pyramid and trying to read the hieroglyphics. They're opaque, minimalist, and may have been written by an ancient alien race.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The capital of California and an apartment complex have agreed to pay $1.35 million to an elderly stroke victim who was raped several times by an off-duty Sacramento police officer. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2jAm42C ) that the city and the senior complex in which the woman lived will each pay $675,000
But they've lost the services of Jamie Oleksiak to a hand injury.
The Federal Reserve on Thursday released the transcripts of its policy meetings in 2011, a year when it held interest rates near zero, let one bond-buying program expire and created a new one in its continuing efforts to boost the modest U.S. economic recovery.
The Federal Reserve's all powerful committee is poised for a major shake up as positions remain open and regional presidents are retiring.
(AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education is considering a plan to replace the current Smarter Balanced assessments with end of course exams tied to a student's final grade. The Smarter Balanced exams, which are aligned to the Common Core math and English language arts standards, don't count toward students' grades or graduation.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Caitlyn Jenner has accepted an invitation to attend the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Cari Ann Wright pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder while mentally ill.
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The Great Secret of Adulthood is that no one ever really feels like an adult.
All around you, 30-somethings in business suits eating fancy salads and sending important client emails are desperately hoping you won't discover that they're really an eight-year-old who'd so much rather be watching cartoons and eating ice cream.
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