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Poll: Forty percent would steer kids away from football

YoopyaJan 31, 2014November 1, 20230

Forty percent of Americans say they would encourage their children to play a different sport than football due to concerns about concussions, according to a

Obama Reaffirms Old Education Promises in State of the Union Address

YoopyaJan 30, 2014June 19, 20230

The president again vowed to expand access to preschool, and ‘shake up’ higher education. Although President Barack Obama did not lay out any new plans

Food stamps: how House, Senate negotiators agreed to cut $800 million a year

YoopyaJan 29, 2014November 25, 20230

The agreed-upon cuts to food stamps are significantly less than what the House had requested, but double what the Senate had proposed. The compromise could

Gov. Rick Scott proposes $542 million boost to education spending

YoopyaJan 29, 2014November 25, 20230

TALLAHASSEE — Facing one of the best state budget outlooks in recent memory, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday made a pitch to increase public school spending

Winter storm causes wrecks, gridlock in the South

YoopyaJan 29, 2014November 29, 20230

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says that he will send troopers to schools where students are stranded because they could not make it

In Annual Address, Obama Attacks Rich-Poor Divide, Maps Out Afghan And Iran Plans

YoopyaJan 29, 2014November 29, 20230

President Barack Obama has used his annual State of the Union address to announce what he called “concrete, practical proposals” to reduce the gap between

Text and Video of the G.O.P. Response to Obama’s Speech

YoopyaJan 29, 2014November 29, 20230

REPRESENTATIVE CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS (R-Wash.): What an honor it is for me to be with you after the president’s State of the Union. Tonight we

Obama speech: Big new theme, some familiar content

YoopyaJan 28, 2014November 29, 20230

WASHINGTON — Newly repackaged, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address will deliver familiar content along with some targeted first-time initiatives that both test

DEA Head Criticizes Obama For Telling The Truth About Marijuana

YoopyaJan 28, 2014November 29, 20230

During a speech to a conference of sheriffs in Washington, D.C., last week, Michele Leonhart, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), reportedly criticized President

Maryland women’s basketball rallies but falls short to No. 2 Notre Dame, 87-83

YoopyaJan 28, 2014November 29, 20230

In her most brilliant moments in a Maryland women’s basketball uniform, Alyssa Thomastransforms into an overwhelming brute force. Offensive rebounds are vacuumed into her hands.