SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases

SF Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias

Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

Lucy Liu, producer of child trafficking film, says fight against illegal trade will be long

Lucy Liu film highlights child trafficking

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 celebrate

HIGHFIELD, 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 confusion

NEW 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.

At the Movies: capsule reviews of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and other films this week

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Michael Jackson’s wishes preserved after lengthy hearing, but not without a little drama

LOS ANGELES — The wishes Michael Jackson expressed in his will began to come into reality Monday during a lengthy court hearing, with his mother placed firmly in charge of rearing his children and the two men he designated still at the reins of his financial empire.

Evil children in film: Moviegoers can be chilled by subgenre that continues with ‘Orphan’

NEW YORK — Evil kids: Can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em.

Leading British children’s authors boycott school readings over criminal records check

LONDON — 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 check

LONDON — 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.

Road trip on a budget: Camping and long drives with kids for 3,000 miles cross-country

MARION, Mass. — With one set of grandparents on the West Coast and one on the East, my kids have seen the USA from the window of an airplane plenty of times.

Michael Jackson’s mother files for guardianship of the singer’s 3 children

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s mother is caring for the singer’s three children and asked the court Monday to declare her their guardian.

Famous moms offer Horton, Charlotte and a Christmas goose among their favorite kid-lit moments

Love and magic live in children’s books. Just ask mom!

AP Exclusive: For ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids, life is little changed

MUMBAI, India — Rubina Ali’s house is flooded with sewer water, and her feet itch. She’s discovered a world of creepy-crawlies in the opaque gray water: scorpions, rats and slithery creatures with lots of legs.

Myanmar refugee children in Malaysia publish a book to raise money for cyclone victims

KUALA 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 victims

KUALA 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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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS

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1. “First Family” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)

Animals, aliens, fantasy and fun: Summer’s family films from ‘Up’ to ‘They Came From Upstairs’

LOS ANGELES — Animated animals and pint-sized aliens. Museum relics that come to life at night. Magic rocks that make wishes come true. A bouquet of balloons big enough to lift a house into the sky.

Billy Joel piano auction to benefit NYC music students

NEW YORK — A baby grand autographed by the Piano Man is being sold to raise money for music students in New York City.

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