2011年2月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Education News


NYC schools chief weathers rough first 6 weeks (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, New York City's new Chancellor of Public Schools, Cathie Black, smiles during a news conference announcing her appointment, at City Hall in New York. In her first six weeks as head of New York City schools, Cathie Black has been heckled by parent activists — and heckled them back. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - In her first six weeks as head of New York City schools, Cathie Black has been heckled by parent activists — and heckled them back. She joked that birth control was the solution to crowded schools.


Suspect in deadly CA crash had poor driving record (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST

AP - A California man suspected of running his pickup truck into a group of girls, killing one and critically injuring another, has a history of traffic violations, public records show.

Third of Russians think sun spins round Earth: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:20 AM PST

An orthodox cathedral is silhouetted as the sun sets in the village Zelyonaya Sloboda 50 km southeast from Moscow in this picture taken late on July 12, 2004.Reuters - Does the sun revolve around the Earth? One in every three Russians thinks so, a spokeswoman for state pollster VsTIOM said on Friday.


1 dead after pickup plows into Calif. schoolgirls (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:04 PM PST

AP - The driver of a pickup truck ran a stop sign and plowed into a group of California junior high school students, killing one girl and injuring four others, police said as they interviewed witnesses Thursday to determine what caused the crash.
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