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Business owners go back to school to learn new skills
The Associated Press NEW YORK — With the start of the new school year, many small business owners have become students. Some are brand-new entrepreneurs …
Attorney general takes on mortgage scams
Homeowner Michael Cunningham bought into his Miami Gardens neighborhood in 2003, during the height of the real estate boom. To cover the $75,000 cost, Cunningham …
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Oregon panel considers bill banning ‘gay conversion therapy’
SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ People who say they used to be gay but are now straight are asking an Oregon Senate panel to say no …
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I often realize, where I enter so enters my profession. A challenge and burden I willfully accept. I see being a veterinarian as a privilege …
Nearly 200 Bosnian preschool children suffer food poisoning
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) _ Authorities in Bosnia’s capital have declared a food poisoning epidemic after nearly 200 preschool children became sick at public day care …
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Florida Assessment tests, recommended reduced
By Alexis Gary The Florida Department of Education has recommended that the state reduce the amount of assessment tests students take. The recommendation came after …
Wesleyan says 12 treated after taking drug ‘Molly’ on campus
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University’s president says 10 students and two visitors to the school received medical treatment after taking a version of the party drug …
New Mexico Senate approves Hanna Skandera as education boss
By VIK JOLLY SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate on Monday confirmed Hanna Skandera as education secretary _ four years after she took the …