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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, Politics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Teachers
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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: NBC (tv network), Washington, DC, Prosecution, Politics, Barack Obama
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Canadian prime minister's top aide quits over expenses scandal
ReutersOTTAWA (Reuters) - The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in an mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government. Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, quit...Tags: Ottawa (Canada), Politics, Ethics, National Government, Parliament
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Obama tries to bounce back after tough week
ReutersATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger U.S. economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency. On a trip to Atlanta,...Tags: Morehouse College, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Entertainment Events, Barack Obama
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Political Notebook - 5/20
Craig to make June 3 announcement For months, speculation has been rife that Republican David R. Craig, the Harford County executive, would make a run for governor in 2014. Supporters will have to wait until June 3 to find out, said Josh Wolf,...
Tags: Harford County, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Freddie, Meet Eli
It’s always a magical collision of town and gown when Yale’s Class Day (the pre-Graduation Day event where the world-famous guest speakers hold forth) falls on the same afternoon as the Freddie Fixer Day Parade (a major community tradition...Tags: Culture, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, Arts and Culture, U.S. Senate
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Skiles emerges as Nets coaching candidate
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Skiles emerges as Nets coaching candidate Scott Skiles is a candidate for the Brooklyn Nets coaching vacancy. The Racine Journal Times reported that the former Milwaukee Bucks coach is on the short list of those being considered...Tags: Avery Johnson, Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies, Politics, Brooklyn Nets
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Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general...Tags: Murder, Voting, Shootings, Politics, Pakistan
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Humala's approval rating in Peru slips to 6-month low
ReutersLIMA (Reuters) - President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support for Venezuela's new government, an Ipsos...Tags: Hugo Chavez, Peru, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro
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County councilman hasn't disclosed outside jobs for years
A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...
Tags: David Marks, Port of Baltimore, Politics, Perry Hall, Employment
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With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
ReutersALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparing for a successor who for the first time will come from a generation too young to...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Newspaper and Magazine, France, Libya
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Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election
Reuters(Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls. But unlike most cities, Harrisburg's financial...Tags: Primaries, Financially Distressed Companies, Credit and Debt, Democratic Party, Politics
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