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Arena Football League set to touch down in China
The AFL is set to go long — really long — and touch down in China. The Arena Football League is taking expansion to a global level with plans to export their 50-yard fields and high-scoring offenses to Asia. Are you ready for some "Mei shi gan lan qiu!?" That's ...
Arena Football League set to touch down in China
The AFL is set to go long — really long — and touch down in China. The Arena Football League is taking expansion to a global level with plans to export their 50-yard fields and high-scoring offenses to Asia. Are you ready for some "Mei shi gan lan qiu!?" That's ...
House votes to let Ore. community colleges compete
The Oregon House has given final approval to a bill that would overturn a law barring public community colleges from creating new programs that compete with offerings of for-profit career colleges. The House vote on Thursday sends the bill to Gov. John Kitzhaber, who intends to sign it. Supporters say ...
Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal
An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government. These exemptions have generated widespread resentment ...
Taveras: graduation test a "questionable" gauge
The mayor of Providence says he is concerned about using a standardized test to determine whether high school students are ready to graduate. Mayor Angel Taveras (tuh-VEHR'-us) said Thursday that the New England Common Assessment Program tests were never intended to be a graduation requirement and are a "questionable" measurement ...
Jordan adds two to Rutgers coaching staff
Eddie Jordan has started putting together his coaching staff at Rutgers. Jordan announced on Thursday that Kyle Triggs will serve as assistant coach and Dalip Bhatia will be the program's director of basketball operations. The 29-year-old Triggs worked with Jordan in the NBA, with the Los Angeles Lakers, while Bhatia ...
Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade
Gov. Jerry Brown warned scientists and policymakers Thursday that they are losing the war on climate change and urged them to become advocates for the planet. "We've got a big challenge. It's daunting," Brown said. "This is not just about science, this is about activism." A team of climate change ...
Financial literacy program aimed at Neb. schools
High school teachers throughout Nebraska will have a new tool this fall to help students learn about credit cards, student loans, savings and taxes. The program will offer financial lessons through video, animation, 3-D gaming and social media to both public and private high schools. It's part of a five-year ...
Neb. student suspended over vandalism of yearbook
A Lincoln middle school student was suspended Thursday for marring another student's yearbook photo by labeling it with an offensive three-letter acronym. Now, school officials are asking students and parents to "immediately mark out these letters" next to the Irving Middle School seventh-grade student's photo in the yearbooks they received ...
Michigan budget panel OKs fund boost for colleges
Michigan's community colleges and universities could receive roughly 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year. Republican-led conference committees approved the community college and higher education budgets Thursday. The education budget proposals now head to the House and Senate floor for final approval. Under the higher education proposal, Michigan's ...
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