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Clippers owner gets lifetime ban from NBA for racist comments
NEW YORK (AP) — Issuing about the strongest rebuke that he could, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling …
SC State on track to run out of money next month
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina State University is on track to run out of money next month, and school officials said Thursday they hope …
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Maryville College pairing students with autistic children
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A new course at Maryville College is pairing students with autistic children. WATE-TV (http://bit.ly/1blYHoB) reports the pilot project, which began this …
Fetal homicide, synthetic drugs on House agenda
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Lawmakers will debate fetal homicide laws, restrictions on synthetic drugs, buffer zones around facilities that provide abortions and more in this …
California lawmakers weigh rules for medicinal pot shops
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The California Legislature is considering multiple _ and conflicting _ plans to impose the first major statewide restrictions on medical marijuana …
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Michelle Obama to speak at Tuskegee University commencement
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address at Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Alabama. The May 9 event is one …
Florida school districts halt testing amid new problems
By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida school districts across the state were forced Monday to halt the latest round of state …
Schools nationwide struggle with substitute teacher shortage
By TOM COYNE SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Carrie Swing wasn’t alarmed when her fifth-grade daughter, Ivy, spent a day in a first-grade classroom at her San Francisco …