Study: Weather, not pollution controls, had bigger role in cleaning Beijing air for OlympicsBEIJING — Beijing’s notoriously dirty air was cleaner during last summer’s Olympic games, but pollution levels were still much worse than at recent Olympics, despite a massive Chinese cleanup campaign, a new report said. State police pilot, student hiker confirmed dead in New Mexico chopper crashSANTA FE, N.M. — Officials said both the pilot of a state police helicopter and the student hiker he was rescuing were killed when the aircraft crashed on a snowy mountain near Santa Fe. Searchers find hiker’s body after New Mexico police chopper crashes in mountainSANTA FE, N.M. — Searchers have found the body of a hiker who was in a state police helicopter that went down on a snowy Santa Fe mountain peak, but were still searching for the pilot. First lady tells high school graduates any doubts about college are not unusual.WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama used some high-profile examples — including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — to reassure high school graduates any doubts they have about how they will do in college and beyond are not unusual. US man who swam to Suu Kyi, prompting new charges against her, left confusion, anger back homeFALCON, Mo. — John Yettaw left his 10-year-old and three teenagers in southern Missouri, visited his former wife in California last month and told her he had to go to Asia to work on a psychology paper about forgiveness. That was bad enough for his ex-wife, but it got worse. Venetia Phair, who suggested Pluto as a planet’s name, dies at 90LONDON — Venetia Phair, who was 11 years old when she suggested Pluto as the name of the newly discovered planet, has died at age 90, her family said. Obama’s education secretary seeks parents’, educators’ comments on No Child Left Behind lawWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is committed to the testing and school accountability at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law championed by former President George W. Bush, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. Obama’s education secretary to seek input on No Child Left Behind lawWASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a man on a mission: to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush. Obama’s education secretary seeks input on No Child Left Behind lawBUNKER HILL, W.Va. — Embarking on a “listening tour,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan asked teachers, parents and students Tuesday how they would improve No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush. Obama’s education secretary seeks input on No Child Left BehindWASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a man on a mission: to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush. California high school and middle school teams win Energy Department’s science bowlWASHINGTON — An astronomical diagram pointed a Sacramento, Calif., high school team toward victory Monday in the National Science Bowl. Birds that boogie: Researchers demonstrate that animals can ‘dance’ to a musical beatNEW YORK — They wouldn’t blow away the competition on “Dancing with the Stars,” but it turns out that some birds got rhythm. After studying a cockatoo that grooves to the Backstreet Boys and about 1,000 YouTube videos, scientists say they’ve documented for the first time that some animals “dance” to a musical beat. Reading and math: Students show improvement on national testsWASHINGTON — Kids in the U.S. are improving in reading and math, with low-achieving students making the biggest gains. Reading and math: Students improve on national testsWASHINGTON — Kids are making strides in reading and math, though progress in math seems stalled among high school students, according to a federal report that tracked test scores going back to the 1970s. Religion News in BriefPITTSBURGH — State House officials say they have been inundated with protests about a policy that barred a clergyman from using the word “Jesus” in a prayer that was to open one of the lawmakers’ daily sessions. |
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