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Stephen Knolls school suffered the ignominy of failure under federal law in 2006 and 2007 for low test scores. This year, the Kensington school finally made the grade in reading and math -- only to be sanctioned for poor attendance.

The Prince George's County Board of Education will conduct a search for a superintendent to replace the outgoing schools chief and hopes to name a new leader by June, the board's chairman said yesterday.

14th October 2008, 10:45 WST The National Seniors group has welcomed the federal government’s move to provide generous lump sum payments to pensioners and low income self funded retirees in time ...

ALTON BATTS is Fleetwing Corp.'s longest-serving employee, having worked there for 35 years. His wife, Mary Thad, joined him at the company about 15 years ago.

Candidates Allison Herr, right, and Ellen Spiegel listen to Dan Briggs address the audience at Monday’s candidate forum at the Paseo Verde Library.

An investigation sparked by a suspicious death at an upscale senior living facility in Calabasas has expanded to include the alleged abuse of three more elderly residents, including a 78-year-old woma...

Islamabad, Oct 14 : former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf spends most of his time in playing tennis, squash and bridge, besides meeting a lot of people. He has an extremely busy schedule throughout the day, and has several invitations for delivering lectures in foreign countries, but he is not availing them as it would give a wrong message, said Hammad Hussain, the architect of Musharraf's five-acre farm house who is considered as close to Musharraf.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - republican presidential nominee john mccain will unveil proposals on Tuesday aimed at helping Americans cope with a sharp plunge in the stock market, including tax relief for se...

Further fears about the safety of some pain-killing arthritis drugs have been raised after new evidence emerged of life-threatening risks associated with one of the medicines. A worldwide study invo...

SO, THE Joint Future Thinking Taskforce has had its final meeting and everyone in higher education is eagerly awaiting its final conclusions.