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1 day ago ago from Houston Style Magazine
Roland Martin When President Barack Obama signed the $410 billion omnibus spending bill, there were shouts of joy from both sides, as Republicans and Democrats got their cherished earmarks. Yet tucked into that bill was an amendment pushed by the president's former Senate colleague Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who used his influence to essentially kill the District of Columbia's school vouchers program. Oh, sure, it will be portrayed that ...
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer BEIJING – Eight youths were killed and 26 injured when students descending a crowded staircase after evening classes at a school in central China lost their footing amid a crush of bodies, state media and the local government reported Tuesday. Students were rushing out of evening study sessions at 9:10 p.m. on Monday (1310 GMT) at Xiangxiang city's private Yucai Middle School when some lost ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
BEIJING Eight youths were killed and 26 injured when students descending a crowded staircase after evening classes at a school in central China lost their footing amid a crush of bodies, state media and the local government reported Tuesday. Students were rushing out of evening study sessions at 9:10 p.m. on Monday (1310 GMT) at Xiangxiang city's private Yucai Middle School when some lost their footing and began to fall on top of one ...
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