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Oregonians get a payday thanks to tax refund rules

2007-12-23T21:23:00-05:00

Orders bring diplomat revolt

2007-10-31T21:10:00-04:00

Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger and frustration Wednesday about the State Department’s decision to force foreign service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some likening it to a “potential death sentence.”

Democratic rivals target Sen. Clinton at debate

2007-10-30T22:54:00-04:00

Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards sharply challenged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candor, consistency and judgment Tuesday in a televised debate that underscored her front-runner status two months before the first presidential primary votes.

Feds trying to clamp down on nation’s ‘dropout factories’

2007-10-29T22:51:00-04:00

It’s a nickname no principal could be proud of: “Dropout Factory,” a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That description fits more than one in 10 high schools across America.

After all seemed lost, peace is taking root in Ramadi

2007-10-28T22:01:00-04:00

Violence in war-ravaged Ramadi has decreased significantly in the last year, with a developing trust between U.S. troops and Iraqis weary with war cited as a primary reason.

G.I., civilian deaths fall as October’s end nears

2007-10-23T21:34:00-04:00

October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths and Americans commanders say they know why: the U.S. troop increase and an Iraqi groundswell against al-Qaida and Shiite militia extremists.

Teachers preying on kids plague schools

2007-10-21T21:56:00-04:00

A widespread problem in American schools is sexual misconduct by the very teachers who are supposed to be nurturing the nation’s children, according to an Associated Press investigation.

Opposition grows to state test for graduation

2007-10-20T21:12:00-04:00

Opponents of a proposal to require Pennsylvania high school students to pass a state test before they can graduate are hoping to persuade the State Board of Education to come up with another way to measure students’ readiness for college or work.

FDA: Don’t give children under 6 cold medicines

2007-10-19T20:49:00-04:00

The cold and cough medicines long used by parents to treat their children’s runny noses and other symptoms don’t work and shouldn’t be used in those younger than 6, federal health advisers recommended Friday.

Locals may be deployed to Iraq

2007-10-18T20:40:00-04:00

Nearly 4,000 Pennsylvania National Guard members – including some from Mercer County – are being notified that they could be sent to Iraq within a year.