Gay marriage foes win in Maine and California with message about schools
Gay marriage foes win with message about schools A year after Zimbabwe’s power-sharing deal, schools have little to celebrateHIGHFIELD, Zimbabwe — Stinking waste flows into the yard from the classroom toilets of B Block. Teachers hold lessons in the shade of trees outside: Much of the schoolroom furniture is piled into heaps of broken wood. Federal judge: Seinfeld book won’t cook up consumer confusionNEW YORK — A federal judge Thursday tossed out a cookbook author’s claim that comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s wife was a culinary copycat when she came out with her own book explaining how to entice children to eat vegetables. Leading British children’s authors boycott school readings over criminal records checkLONDON — Some of Britain’s leading children’s authors are refusing to do readings in schools because of a new policy requiring them to be registered in a national database and undergo criminal background checks to prove they aren’t sex offenders. Leading UK children’s authors to boycott school readings because of new criminal records checkLONDON — Some of Britain’s leading children’s authors plan to boycott school readings when a new government rule requiring them to undergo criminal record checks takes effect in October. Famous moms offer Horton, Charlotte and a Christmas goose among their favorite kid-lit momentsLove and magic live in children’s books. Just ask mom! Myanmar refugee children in Malaysia publish a book to raise money for cyclone victimsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — When the teacher asked her class how it can help Cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar, Steven Bawmying suggested laying a long underground pipe to send drinking water from Malaysia. Myanmar refugee children in Malaysia publish a book to raise money for cyclone victimsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — When the teacher asked her class how it can help Cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar, Steven Bawmying suggested laying a long underground pipe to send drinking water from Malaysia. USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
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