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Under No Child Left Behind, Idaho is supposed to identify a growing number of schools as failing because they can't get enough students to pass a state test.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137476810/states-threaten-to-defy-no-child-left-behind?ft=1&f=1003
Unused dollar coins have been quietly piling up in Federal Reserve vaults in breathtaking numbers, thanks to a government program that has required their production since 2007.
And even though the neglected mountain of money recently grew past the $1 billion mark, the U.S. Mint will keep making more and more of the coins under a congressional mandate.
The pile of idle coins, which so far cost $300 million to manufacture, could double by the time the program ends in 2016, the Federal Reserve told Congress last year.
A joint inquiry by NPR's Planet Money and Investigations teams found that the coins are the wasteful byproducts of a third, failed congressional effort to get Americans to use one-dollar coins in everyday commerce.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137394348/-1-billion-that-nobody-wants?ft=1&f=1014
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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/28/the_media_is_wrong_about_bachmann_258329.html
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(CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made a public appearance Monday evening in Houston with her astronaut husband at a NASA function, a spokesman said.
The Arizona congresswoman appeared alongside Mark Kelly, who received a Spaceflight Medal during an awards ceremony at Space Center Houston.
"Personally, I was not surprised at all," Giffords' spokesman C.J. Karamargin said. "For us it is clear the congresswoman's physical strength is improving as well as her cognitive and verbal abilities."
Released from the hospital June 15, Giffords continues to recover from a January gunshot wound to the head. Six people were killed and 13 others were wounded, including Giffords, when a gunman opened fire in front of a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8.
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Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137480118/lawmakers-butt-heads-in-high-speed-rail-debate?ft=1&f=1003
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(CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made a public appearance Monday evening in Houston with her astronaut husband at a NASA function, a spokesman said.
The Arizona congresswoman appeared alongside Mark Kelly, who received a Spaceflight Medal during an awards ceremony at Space Center Houston.
"Personally, I was not surprised at all," Giffords' spokesman C.J. Karamargin said. "For us it is clear the congresswoman's physical strength is improving as well as her cognitive and verbal abilities."
Released from the hospital June 15, Giffords continues to recover from a January gunshot wound to the head. Six people were killed and 13 others were wounded, including Giffords, when a gunman opened fire in front of a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/kUxoohQ5v6E/index.html
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