By Amanda Paulson STAFF WRITER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The news from a major new education study is encouraging: Student achievement is going up, and the gaps in test scores between subgroups – such as between African-Americans and whites – are closing across all grade levels and subjects. More...
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
By Greg Reineke CONSERVATION DISTRICT
On Saturday, October 24, the Fulton County Conservation District, in conjunction with the PA Department of Environmental Protection, and the Bedford, Huntingdon and Fulton County commissioners, will host a household hazardous waste collection event. More...
GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) – A Virginia crabber has net an interesting catch – an all baby blue crab. On a recent crabbing run up the James River near Craney Island, a crab plopped out of a pot that caught Sally Epps’ eye. More...
By Andrew Taylor ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers from dairy-producing states announced agreement Wednesday on $350 million in aid for struggling milk farmers. More...
By Raf Casert ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
BRUSSELS (AP) – Farmers drove hundreds of tractors and a lone cow to the heart of the European Union bureaucracy on Monday, pelting police with bottles and chickens and dumping milk and manure onto the streets of Brussels in a protest against More...
By Jessie L. Bonner ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Elevenyear old Sage Aragon and her older brother set out in the snow on Christmas Day, hiking along a frigid, desolate stretch of Idaho highway on their way to their mother’s house. More...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A python sold to an Ohio zoo in 2008 by an Oklahoma City man is being checked to determine if it’s now the longest snake in captivity. More...
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – A 74- year-old Lakeland woman was hospitalized after being mauled by a pack of raccoons she tried to shoo from her yard. More...
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