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Scholarship Funds, Meant for Needy, Benefit Private Schools
A growing number of states are passing laws that allow taxpayer-supported scholarship funds, but they have been twisted to benefit private schools at the expense of the neediest children.
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Euro Watch: O.E.C.D. Sees Euro Zone Crisis Hurting World Recovery
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth forecast for the 17-nation zone and said Europe risked creating a cycle of decline.
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Space X Rocket Heads to Space Station
Success of the SpaceX rocket would mark a key step in efforts to turn over some missions to the private sector.
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U.N. Nuclear Monitor Strikes Deal with Iran, Reports Say
The leader of the United Nations nuclear monitoring arm said Tuesday that he expects to sign a deal soon on an investigation into potential military uses of Tehran’s nuclear program.
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Putin Moves Confidants to the Kremlin
President Vladimir V. Putin’s choices for his Kremlin administration will be the political heavyweights who have accompanied him for more than a decade.
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Craig Becker Appointed to A.F.L.-C.I.O. Role
Craig Becker stepped down from the board in December after serving under a recess appointment by President Obama since March 2010.
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New Republican Ad Takes a Soft Shot at Obama
Using the story of a struggling family, a Crossroads GPS commercial seeks to appeal to swing voters who had supported President Obama, and may still like him, but are disappointed.
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Opera News Will Stop Reviewing Metropolitan Opera
Opera News magazine said it would stop reviewing the Metropolitan Opera, a policy prompted by the Met’s dissatisfaction over negative critiques.
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Zinder Journal: Niger Children Miss School to Search for Water
In drought-racked Niger, the difficult search for water frequently falls to children as young as 10, and they often arrive late to school, or not at all.
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Kakha Bendukidze Holds Fate of Gene-Engineered Salmon
AquaBounty Technologies, which wants to produce genetically engineered salmon, is reliant on its largest shareholder, Kakha Bendukidze.
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