Monday, June 1, 2009

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Summer Learning

Monday, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:06 p.m.
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Parents worry at the beginning of every summer that their children are about to forget everything they learned during the school year. And with budget cuts squeezing this year's edition of summer learning programs, parents may have an even...

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"Code Wars"

Monday, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:06 p.m.
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When President Obama nominated judge Sonia Sotamayor to the Supreme Court last month, he set off a high-stakes scramble among allies and opponents. He also set off a flurry of coded statements in the media-- words like "empathy" taking on...

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Escaped Juvenile Offenders

Monday, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
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Last week, D.C. marked the end of an era bu closing its infamous juvenile facility at Oak Hill. But the city already has a new public relations problem on its hands -- a young offender escaped from the new facility over the weekend. We...

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