10 Easy methods to Slash Your Family's Food Bill

So many people offer couponing and double couponing as an easy method to save on groceries. This article isn?t one of them. My family hasn?t clipped a coupon in months. Yet, we tend to live on $20 to $60 per week on groceries for a family of three. ?Back before we were three and had a bottomless pit known as the kiddo, I lived on $60 per month for groceries and he lived on $20 per week. ?We still eat fairly well and you can eat better for less sans coupons, too.

Know where to shop.

The neighborhood grocery store will always be the most expensive place to shop for most items. Expect to pay at minimum 30% more for groceries. Instead, shop your local ethnic markets and farmers markets for less expensive produce and better tasting, yet cheaper meats.

Reduce the meat in your diet.

If you can learn to eat meat just two to three meals per week, you can save on the daily budget for food. Get plenty of protein the same way our grandparents did, beans, rice, nuts, nut butters, and cheeses. A vegetarian chili bean soup over brown rice is an excellent and inexpensive protein source that?s filling and easy on the waist. Other healthy protein sources include: Lentils, Quinoa, Peanut butter, Nuts, some vegetables, Cheeses, and Grains.

Serving sizes are essential.

Paying attention to serving sizes is not only great for keeping our family in shape and healthy, but can make a 4-serving dish actually stretch for four servings. Keeping portion sizes in check can mean the difference from running out of food quickly and making our budget go farther. So pick foods that are more filling and keep to the suggested serving size.

Buy in bulk.

Rather than buy just enough to last the week, buy things like flour, sugar, grains, beans, and cooking or baking supplies in bulk. Often local ethnic markets will sell bulk items in 10-pound packages or larger, at a reduced price than smaller ones. Store them in air-tight containers in the freezer to make them last longer.

Seek out local dollar stores.

The dollar stores that actually sell items $1 or less are great places to find inexpensive spices and cooking supplies. Generally avoid the snack foods, which are often smaller package versions of their non-generic counterparts and actually more expensive per ounce. Our local dollar store had two to six ounce packages and jars of spices at a dollar each, well below the local big box chain price for the same or smaller sizes priced at $3 to $5 or more each. (We also found bake ware and kitchen supplies of the same quality for a fraction of the cost too.)

Cook treats at home.

If you don?t know how to cook or bake, take a class, get a friend or family to help you learn, experiment, or have someone help who does. Rather than buying treats and snack packs for lunches, cook your own from basic ingredients. It may cost a little bit more time, but the food will have less chemicals, preservatives, fat, salt, and sugar and cost a fraction of prepackaged foods. For example, I can make 24 snicker doodle cookies for about $1 or buy a prepackaged mix that makes eight to ten for $2 to $3. Before buying that prepackages mix or box of treats or even meal packs, calculate how much it would cost per serving to make that same food at home.

Shop store sales and ads.

Learn the rhythm of store sales and learn to shop that rhythm to stock up on bulk items and other foods. Keep an eye on the prices of your regular stores when you drop by a dollar store, ethnic store, or big box chain. By knowing what you will pay for an item at one store, you can make a snap decision if you know it is cheaper at another store. Learn to pay attention to in-mail or online sales ads too, so you know where to go first for deals before going out. That extra fifteen minutes spent price checking can mean $5 to $30 or more in savings a month.

Take advantage of local co-ops for deals.

By prepaying for co-op food bundles and maybe volunteering an hour of your time per month helping bag foods, you can often get a bag or more of food for 50% or less of the cost. Check out local government, food stamp, whole food, food shelf, or co-op food site to find the co-op food groups near you. These are groups of volunteers, who glean local crops, buy bulk purchases, and take advantage of other low-cost food opportunities. Co-op members, such as us, volunteer time and prepay to buy the food in bulk to lock in the discount rates.

Eat low-glycemic index foods.

Foods with white flour and sugar are not as satisfying and often lead us to hunger sooner than their low-glycemic index counterparts. By reducing the amount of sugar, artificial sugar, and over processed foods we eat, we will eat less and feel full longer, leading to slimmer waist lines and fatter wallets. (Think of cutting out fast food, TV dinners, prepackaged foods, and foods with added sugar, mono-sodium glutamate, food starch, and corn syrup on the labels.)

Eat more fiber.

While we have had eating fiber for health drilled into our heads so we know how important it is to eat fiber for digestive health; it is also healthy for our wallets. For the same reasons we eat low-glycemic foods above, eating high fiber reduces hunger and improves digestion and makes us feel full longer, thus making us eat less and helping our budgets go farther. But skip the so called bran cereals and whole wheat breads. Reach instead for oatmeal, brown rice, berries, apples, grapefruits, and leafy greens. And finally, don?t go low-fat. Instead do right fat. Low-fat foods will make you hungry because they are not low-glycemic and not satisfying because we will crave the fats we need for energy.

By paying attention to how we spend our food budget and what we buy, we can ease our family budget and live on less. Be creative, get the entire family involved, eat out less, cook from basic ingredients more, and your wallet will get fatter and your family fitter.

Source: http://www.untrainedhousewife.com/10-easy-methods-to-slash-your-familys-food-bill

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Superstorm Sandy Liveblog: Moving slowly, still a big storm

Sandy is now centered in western Pennsylvania, but creating big waves ? as high as 27 feet ? on Lake Michigan. Expect rain, snow, and gale force winds across a wide swath of the US.

By Staff,?CSMonitor.com / October 29, 2012

Tuesday 9:25 a.m.

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Sandy continues to churn and covers almost half the United States. In Chicago and Wisconsin, meteorologists are warning of high waves churning up in Lake Michigan today ? as high as 27 feet.

The center of Sandy is moving at about 15 mph through western Pennsylvania in a west-northwesterly direction, and slowing. It is expected to turn north into western New York state tonight and into Canada on Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center is warning of gale force (39 to 54 mph) winds Tuesday across a swath of the US from Virginia to New England. East Coast storm surges could still be as much as four feet at high tide, which may not sound like much given the surges of the past 24 hours but remember that the peak surge in Battery Point in NYC during Hurricane Irene was just over four feet.?

?Sandy's still got a load of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.

And snow too.

SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEE BORDER AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR WESTERN MARYLAND.

SNOWFALL TOTALS TO DATE:

NORTH CAROLINA...?

BAKERSVILLE 8 INCHES

?LANSING 5 INCHES

FAUST 6 INCHES ...

PENNSYLVANIA...

MOUNT DAVIS 9 INCHES ..

VIRGINIA...?

TAZEWELL 5 INCHES ..

WEST VIRGINIA...
BOWDEN 14 INCHES

CANVAS 12 INCHES

COAL CITY 12 INCHES

SUMMERSVILLE 10 INCHES

ELKINS 7 INCHES

KITZMILLER 6 INCHES

?BLUEFIELD 6 INCHES

Tuesday 12:15 a.m.

The National Hurricane Center has issued its final public advisory for Sandy, the hybrid storm that has shut down stretches of the US East Coast from Virginia to Maine.

New York City is still reeling. The Associated Press reports that powerful storm surges have overwhelmed the financial district and inundated the city's subway system. More than one million people in the city's metro area are without power.

At a press conference, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has warned residents not to call 911 unless it is a life-threatening emergency, and has told New Yorkers to stay put. "You have to stay wherever you are. Let me repeat that. You have to stay wherever you are," he said.

The National Hurricane Center still warns of 75 mph maximum sustained winds, with gusts of even higher speeds. Over the next two days, Sandy is expected to weaken as she creeps across Pennsylvania and then turns north into western New York State.

"The worst of the weather has come," said Bloomberg.

Monday 10:45 p.m.

As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, many are asking if the so-called Frankenstorm was caused by ? or at least fueled by ? global warming.

The Huffington Post's Tom Zeller quotes Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the USA National Center for Atmospheric Research, who describes Sandy as representing "the new normal."

"The past few years have been marked by unusually severe extreme weather characteristic of climate change." Trenberth told HuffPo. "The oceans are warmer and the atmosphere above the oceans is warmer and wetter. This new normal changes the environment for all storms and makes them more intense and with much more precipitation."

At the New Yorker, journalist Elizabeth Kolbert points to a press release by the German reinsurance giant Munich Re, titled "Severe weather in North America." It shows a nearly five-fold increase in the number of damaging weather-related events in North America over the past three decades, compared with a four-fold jump in Asia, a 2.5-fold leap in Africa, and two-fold increase in Europe and 1.5-fold in South America.

"It is, at this point, impossible to say what it will take for American politics to catch up to the reality of North American climate change," writes Kolbert.

Definitively blaming manmade climate change for Hurricane Sandy's size and intensity is impossible. After all, the world has experienced damaging hurricanes long before humans began burning fossil fuels. At most, we can say climate change simply increases the odds of such storms.

Still, one odd signal jumps out. Sandy, which has been dubbed a Frankenstorm by forecasters, is a hybrid storm created when a slow-moving, unusually wavy Arctic jet stream from the north wrapped itself around a tropical storm from the south. A study published in January 2012 found that, as Arctic ice melts, the darker water absorbs more heat, which causes the jet stream, which is propelled by north-south temperature differentials, to slow down and become wavier.

Is Superstorm Sandy a result of climate change? Nobody knows. But what we do know is that Sandy is an example of what climate change looks like.

Monday 10:05 p.m.

Police, fire, and EMS scanners in New York City reveal that Sandy is keeping emergency responders very busy tonight. There are widespread reports of flooding throughout the city, people stranded, and at least one death. Here are some recent incidents:

TRAUMA ALERT 10/29/12 20:02	(QUEENS - ) UNITS ON SCENE OF A TREE DOWN ON A PERSON, AIDED DEAD ON SCENE/DECEASED [NYC055]
TECHNICAL RESCUE 10/29/12 20:00	(BROOKLYN - ) MALE STUCK ON TOP OF GARBAGE TRUCK DUE TO HIGH WATER, NATIONAL GUARD ENRTE [BCC022]
TECHNICAL RESCUE 10/29/12 19:49	(BROOKLYN - 154.370) L-168 REQ. IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE - PEOPLE TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATERS, COLD RESCUE SUITS REQ. [NZL111]
1 ALARM FIRE 10/29/12 19:34	(QUEENS - 154.400) E-268 REPORTS WORKING FIRE IN A DWELLING, EXPOSURE PROBLEM BUT UNABLE TO COMMIT DUE TO FLOODING. [NZL111]
TECHNICAL RESCUE 10/29/12 19:33	(QUEENS - ) NYPD 100PCT SURROUNDED BY WATER- REQ. ESU & BOATS TO EVACUATE OCCUPANTS. [MAS163]

These reports are delayed up to two hours. You can listen to the scanner bands yourself at radioreference.com

Monday 9:30 p.m.

The latest update from??the National Hurricane Center reports huge storm surges in New York Bay: 13.3 feet at Kings Point on Long Island, 13.7 feet at the Battery in New York City, and 13.3 feet at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

Reuters is reporting that Con Ed shut down power for two areas in Lower Manhattan to protect electrical equipment. The news agency reports that there are some 156,000 customers in New York City and Westchester County now without electricity.

More dire safety concerns could mean that power could be turned off for many more: The Associated Press reports that nuclear power regulators are keeping a close eye on wind speeds near reactors in five states. If sustained winds top 74 mph, the plants will go offline, per safety procedures.

Monday 8:30 pm

Sandy's eye?is now over land, according to the National Hurricane Center, with sustained winds of 80 miles per hour.?

From here we can expect Sandy to lose intensity, but the East Coast is by no means out of the woods yet. ?According to the NHC, tide guages have measured storm surges of almost 12 feet at Kings Point on Long Island, 8.4 feet at the Battery in New York City, and 8.6 feet at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

Monday 7:15 pm

The National Hurricane Center is now designating Sandy as a "post-tropical cyclone," albeit one that still has hurricane-force winds:

SATELLITE...RADAR...AND AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT SANDY HAS CONTINUED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. ?NHC IS NOW DESIGNATING SANDY AS A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. ?IN ADDITION...THE MAXIMUM WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLYAND ARE NOW NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H.

As Sandy transitions from a hurricane to a tropical low, it will stop powering itself primarily by extracting heat from the oceans; instead it will churn as a result of horizontal?temperature differences in the atmosphere.?

Fox News reports that Sandy has made landfall?in southern New Jersey just after 6 p.m., but this has not yet been confirmed by the National Hurricane Center, which reported at 7 p.m. that the storm will hit land within the next hour or so. ?

When Sandy arrives, it is very likely that it will be at or near Atlantic City. New Jersey On-Line reports that the Garden State's governor, Chris Christie, has issued an angry rebuke to Atlantic City mayor?Lorenzo Langford, who did not require residents to evacuate.

The Monitor's Mark Clayton reports that, by 6 p.m., some 2.1 million people were already without power in nine eastern states.

Monday 5:20 pm

With sustained winds of up to 90 miles per hour, Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall somewhere along New Jersey's southern coast sometime within the next "couple of hours," according to the most recent update from the National Hurricane Center.?

Sandy is big. The NHC update says to expect hurricane-force winds, that is, winds of more than 55 mph, up to 175 miles from her center, along all portions of the East Coast between?Chincoteague, Va. and Chatham, Mass. Tropical-storm-force winds?(35 mph to 55 mph) are forecast for 485 miles from the center.

Sandy, which is approaching the shore at 28 mph, is not expected to weaken before it makes landfall, although it will very likely become less intense once its eye is over land.?

The NHC warns of storm surges from North Carolina to New Hampshire, with particularly strong surges ? up to 11 feet ??occurring?in Long Island Sound, Raritan Bay, and New York Harbor. ?

Writing from New York City, the Monitor's Ron Scherer reports that?Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy?predicts that Sandy would bring two times more water into Long Island Sound than Hurricane Irene, which caused about $19 billion in damages.?

Monday 4:15 pm

The eye of Hurricane Sandy is now 2-3 hours from the coast of New Jersey, according to the latest National Hurricane Center advisory. Winds are still at 90 mph, and Sandy's still moving at about 28 mph. Some have speculated that since Sandy is arriving sooner than forecast, and ahead of the high tide (between 8-9 p.m. tonight), that the storm surge won't be as bad as predicted. But that reasoning may be wrong.

Already the storm surge at New York City's Battery is at 6.1 feet, well above last year's peak during Hurricane Irene. Atlantic City is reporting a 5- foot storm surge. New Haven, Conn. is at 5 feet, and Boston has seas 4.2 feet above normal.

As previously reported, the expected storm surge in the NYC area is 6 to 11 feet. Even if Sandy makes landfall before the high tide, the winds whip around the backside of Sandy will push sea levels higher.

Monday 3:05 p.m.

Hurricane Sandy's barometric pressure has dropped to 940 millibars. Wind speeds are holding at 90 mph, according to the 2 p.m. National Hurricane Center update.?

Sandy is turning toward the East Coast and has sped up to 28 mph. Even as it makes a left turn, "it also is swapping energy sources to become an extratropical cyclone.

The shift from tropical to extratropical tends to intensify the storm for a period, as well as redistribute winds and rainfall in ways that can shift the regions most heavily affected by wind and rain,"?writes Pete Spotts, the science writer for The Christian Science Monitor.

If Sandy retains the current barometric pressure, or it drops further, at landfall, the location would go into the record books as experiencing the lowest barometric pressure of any spot in the US north of Cape Hatteras, according to data compiled by the Weather Underground.

Monday 2:50 p.m.?

Google has put together a crisis map for Hurricane Sandy, which overlays lots of different data about the storm ? including its current position and forecast track, storm surge probabilities, traffic conditions, and emergency shelter locations ? into a single interactive image. ?

Also, be sure to check out this mesmerizing map of wind conditions across the United States. It was developed a few weeks by Google data visualization experts Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg, in part to help people conceptualize the potential of wind energy, but the map is particularly striking on a day like today.?

How does Hurricane Sandy compare with Irene, which battered the East Coast from South Carolina to Maine last year? Take a look at this interactive image from the Wall Street Journal.

Irene was the fifth costliest hurricane in US history.

If you're interested in how Sandy compares to every cyclones recorded since 1851, check out this graphic from the Guardian.?

Finally, if you haven't had enough scenes of reporters getting pelted by sea foam, people buying bottled water, or Fox News weathercaster Janice Dean throwing air quotes, have a look at Poynter's collection of animated gifs of hurricane clich?s.

Monday 1:45 pm

What's all the buzz about Hurricane Sandy's barometric pressure? (And does it have anything to do with inducing labor in pregnant women?)

Hurricane Sandy's barometric pressure is really low, especially for a Category 1 (winds between 74-95 mph) hurricane.

Generally, the lower the barometric pressure, the higher the winds.

Barometric pressure is a measurement of the weight of the air. "Baros" is Greek for weight, and the Greek word for measure is "metron."?A barometer measures the weight of a column of air directly above a given point in terms of inches or milibars of mercury displaced.

The normal sea level pressure is 1013.25 millibars.

Hurricane Sandy's barometric pressure was 943 milibars Monday morning, according to the Hurricane Hunters, the US Air Force pilots that regularly fly into the eye of hurricanes. That reading was a drop from the previous reading, indicating an intensification of the hurricane.

Hurricane Sandy's barometric pressure is now roughly equivalent to the typical Category 3 or Category 4 storm on Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. But Sandy is not a typical hurricane; it is, in the words of ?Weather Channel meterologist Stu Ostro,?a?"meteorologically mind-boggling combination of ingredients."

But we digress from role of barometric pressure. Suffice it to say, Sandy's barometric numbers are low, and they are helping make it a very big storm.

How low are Sandy's barometric readings??The storm isn't (yet) in the US Top 10 most intense (as measured by low barometric pressure) hurricanes. But Sandy's getting close. No. 10 on the list was a Hurricane Carla, a 1961 Category 4 storm with 931 millibars.

The lowest barometric pressure ever measured in a US hurricane was 882 millibars, in Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Wilma had sustained winds of more than 185 mph, making it a Category 5 storm.? The cyclone with the lowest recorded barometric pressure in the world was the 1979 storm Typhoon Tip, in the western Pacific Ocean, with a measurement of 869.9 millibars.

Why does a lower barometric pressure in the eye of the storm produce higher winds?

"Wind is a result of forces attempting to balance. As the pressure lowers in the center, the air spiraling around the eye must spin faster to offset the greater ?slope? (gradient) of the pressure surface," according to Steve Lanore, who uses the analogy of a ball spinning around the edge of a bowl to explain this.

There's also a good graphic of that explains the correlation between barometric pressure and hurricane wind speeds from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Oh yes, is Hurricane Sandy likely to induce labor?

Most obstetricians who have looked at this say no. But the theory has some logic to it. Some have put forth the idea that as the atmospheric pressure drops, there's less pressure on the amniotic sac membrane, and it spontaneously ruptures ? causing the woman's water to break.

But Dr. Salih Yasin, a practicing obstetrician for 25 years in Miami, who told My Health News Daily that he has not seen any increase in women going into labor during hurricanes. And Florida gets its fair share of hurricanes and tropical storms. He mentions two studies ? one in Houston and one in Miami ? that show no correlation between falling barometric pressure and births.

Monday 12:15 p.m.

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Forecasters are warning that storm surges will be particularly strong thanks to the high tide, which coincides with the full moon.?
What does the amount of light reflecting off the moon have to do with the tides? Our friends at OurAmazingPlanet explain that the tides are influenced not just by the gravitational pull of the moon, but also that of the sun:

At full moon, the Earth, sun and moon are arranged in a line, with Earth in the middle. Tidal ranges are especially high at this time because the gravitational tugs of the sun and moon on our planet reinforce each other. The same effect is felt at new moon, when the three bodies all line up, with the moon between Earth and the sun.

During periods of high winds, a spring tides makes storm surges more severe. AccuWeather quotes MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel, who calls storm surges "interesting," a word that scientists often use as a synonym for "very bad."

"They are one of the major sources of damage caused by hurricanes," says Emanuel. "They are like tsunamis but they are not generated by earthquakes but by hurricane winds."

Monday 11:15 a.m.

Hurricane Sandy is strengthening, and moving a little slower as it starts its turn west, according to the 11 a.m. National Hurricane Center advisory.
Sandy now has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, up from 85 mph at the 8 a.m.

It has slowed its north-northwestern movement from 20 mph, to 18 mph. And is expected to make landfall this evening "just south of the Southern New Jersey coast."

Monday 10:50 am

If high winds and storm surge weren't enough, several states are now experiencing snow as Sandy mixes with the low pressure ridge along the East Coast, in the Appalachian range, some higher elevations of North Carolina and Tennessee are already getting snow.

?And the National Weather Service expect blizzard conditions in some higher elevations of West Virginia.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
625 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...FIRST WINTER STORM IS A BLIZZARD FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN...
.THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES.
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
* LOCATIONS...VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT WITH THE BEST CHANCES
? ACROSS HIGH TERRAIN...BUT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN THE VALLEYS.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 2000
? FEET...TO 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 3000 FEET.

At 8 a.m. snow was falling in Boone, N.C., according to?WRAL.com.

In the Great Smokey Mountains, there are reports that 6.5 inches had fallen in places and that Highway 441 near the Newfound Gap was now closed. The headline on?Knoxnews.com:
"Snow from 'Frankenstorm' already hitting Smokies; 441 closed."

The National Weather Service report for Morristown, Tenn. in eastern Tennessee, has a Winter Storm Warning through Wednesday morning. The report includes:

_ A deep plume of moister will move over the spine of the Appalacians, result in in the potential for rain showers and snow showers in the valleys and some locally heavier snowfall across the higher elevations.
- Gusty northwesterly winds associated with this strengthening storm system will increase to 25-35 mph, and may gust up to 40-50 mph across the mountains.

The greatest potential for significant snowfall will be along the higher mountains ? with 6-12 inches possible above 3,000 feet.

But the National Hurricane Center is still predicting larger snowfalls in some areas of the Appalachians.

SNOWFALL..SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THEMOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGHWEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OFSOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHESOF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEEBORDER AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MARYLAND.

Atlantic City flooding as storm surge begins

Monday 9:10 a.m.

With the arrival of the morning high tide, flooding has begun in the streets of Atlantic City. There are unconfirmed reports that parts of Atlantic City's boardwalk have collapsed.

In Atlantic City, winds are gusting to tropical storm strength. All 12 casinos were shut down at 4 p.m. Sunday after Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency for the entire state.

By 7:30 a.m., the streets immediately around the new Revel casino and hotel were covered with more than a foot of water, witnesses said.
Parts of Black Horse Pike in West Atlantic City, Route 30 and Route 9 in Absecon, Route 559 in Somers Point and Route 322 in Hamilton are already flooded, county officials said. Roads in Hamilton Township and Mays Landing were also impassable, reports NJ.com.

In Cape May the ocean has also breached the main oceanfront drive, Ocean Avenue, near the city's southern end, the Associated Press reports

New Jersey is also seeing power outages. As of 3:30 a.m., PSE&G is reporting 829 customers without power due to the early effects of Hurricane Sandy. Of that total, 794 of the outages are located in Deptford Township in Gloucester County. As of 5 a.m., JCP&L reported about 5,000 customers without power in Burlington and Ocean county, including more than 4,000 in Toms River, reports NJ.com.

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Monday 8:40 am.

The National Hurricane Center 8 a.m. report indicates that Hurricane Sandy is now starting to pick up speed (moving at 20 mph) and turn west. The blocking high pressure area in the north Atlantic will send Sandy on a sharper turn toward the coast later Monday morning.

Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft have clocked Sandy's sustained winds at 85 mph, with higher gusts, as far as way as 175 miles from the eye of the hurricane. As we've said this is a BIG storm. Tropical storm force winds (above 39 mph) extend almost 500 miles from the center of the storm. That means tropical force winds are now pummeling the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Easter Virginia.

From the National Hurricane Center report: WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...OR GALE FORCE WINDS...ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FROM NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO LONG ISLAND.? GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST...NEW YORK CITY...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THIS
MORNING.? WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE COULD REACH THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES...INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...LATER TODAY.
WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.

Storm Surge Outlook

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Monday 8:15 a.m.

As predicted, Hurricane Sandy has strengthened in the last 24 hours. It has begun it's turn toward the? East Coast. The barometric pressure has dropped to record levels, the winds have picked up to about 85 miles per hour, and Sandy has grown in size. Sandy now spans 1,000 miles. While it's still at least 300 miles from landfall, tropical storm strength winds (sustained winds above 39 mph) are already being felt on shore.

Record storm surges are expected, which is why hundreds of thousands of residents from Maryland to Connecticut were ordered to leave low-lying coastal areas. Some 375,000 people were ordered to leave lower Manhattan and other parts of New York City.

NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are predicting storm surges of 6-11 feet in the New York City area. How bad is that? For context, during Hurricane Irene last year, the storm surge at Battery Park hit 4.4 feet. The maximum surge during Irene was 4.5 feet in the New York City area, at Kings Point.

Currently, the storm surge is already at 4 feet at Kings Point, according to the Weather Channel.

Here's the National Hurricane Center 8 a.m. outlook on storm surge:

NC NORTH OF SURF CITY INCLUDING PAMLICO/ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...4 TO 6 FT SE VA AND DELMARVA INCLUDING LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...2 TO 4 FT UPPER AND MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY...1 TO 3 FT LONG ISLAND SOUND...RARITAN BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR...6 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE FROM OCEAN CITY MD TO THE CT/RI BORDER...4 TO 8 FT CT/RI BORDER TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF CAPE COD INCLUDING BUZZARDS BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY...3 TO 6 FT CAPE COD TO THE MA/NH BORDER INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY...2 TO 4 FT MA/NH BORDER TO THE U.S./CANADA BORDER...1 TO 3 FT

Check out the predicted storm surge map at Wundergrund.com.

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As peace expands in Somalia, gov't wants weapons

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? Should Somalia's fledgling government be allowed to import weapons to arm its nascent military? With areas under government control increasing and the threat from al-Shabab militants decreasing, that's the question being put to the U.N. Security Council.

The African Union this week appealed to the council to allow arms and other military equipment into the country to equip Somalia's military. It is a request being made as the international community begins to look at how long it will be before Somali troops can provide security on their own, allowing the departure of African Union troops, who have been in Somalia since 2007.

Somalia's ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Ali Nur, said Wednesday that it is time to increase the capabilities of the country's military, after a year of military and political progress. The Islamist extremist rebels were pushed out of Mogadishu in August 2011, and over the last three months a new government has been installed.

"Now we are a government and a sovereign country and we will request through the U.N. to lift the arms embargo so we can arm our forces," Nur said.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has asked the U.N. to adjust its arms embargo so that the government can bring in rifles, light machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades with which to fight the militants. The embargo, the argument goes, was designed to keep arms away from al-Shabab, not the government. With some additional help ? like the building of new weapons armories ? the government believes it can make sure weapons don't fall into the hands of the insurgents.

The African Union force, known as AMISOM, is primarily made up of troops from Uganda, Burundi and Kenya. The force has pushed al-Shabab out of Mogadishu and more recently the southern port city of Kismayo. Many are looking for when the African troops can leave.

"AMISOM troops can't stay there forever. We want our Somali forces to be trained," Nur said. "It will be diffcult and it will take some time but it has to be started."

The U.S. is determined to help create a new Somali army subservient to civilian and constitutional control that will "take on increasingly new responsibilities that are much broader than anything AMISOM has been equipped and manned to do," said the top U.S. diplomat on Africa, Johnnie Carson, earlier this month.

African Union troops will leave as soon as the government has the capacity to take over security, said James Gadin, a political officer with AMISOM, speaking at a forum on AMISOM held in Nairobi on Wednesday. Military and police trainings are ongoing to improve Somalia's military, he said.

"With the arms embargo in place we cannot give to the Somali National Army what is required," Gandi said.

Somalia has no shortage of weapons, and Somali troops typically carry guns. But the U.N. ban prevents the importation of new weapons. Officials in the diplomatic community caution, though, that the government needs to have the capacity to track and control any new imports of weapons.

Separately, Kenya's deputy foreign minister, Richard Onyonka, told the AMISOM forum on Wednesday that more than 2,700 Ugandan troops have died in Somalia since 2007.

The number of African Union troops killed in Somalia has always been shrouded in mystery. AMISOM does not release death tolls and neither do the countries that contribute troops, citing political sensitivities back in home capitals. Onyonka, though, was upfront with what he said was a major sacrifice by Ugandan forces.

"We should never forget that Uganda lost more than 2,700 troops during this process," Onyonka said. "This exercise has its cost, which has been heavy. It's important that we should not forget that. This is a critical aspect."

A Ugandan military spokesman did not immediately answer calls seeking comment. Ugandan officials have in the past declined to release death tolls, saying that the high cost has been worth it for the increased regional security the ouster of al-Shabab seems likely to bring.

Two officials told The Associated Press last month that about 500 Ugandan and Burundian troops have died in Somalia since 2007.

Onyonka said that roughly three dozen Kenyan forces have died in Somalia over the last year.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/peace-expands-somalia-govt-wants-weapons-141407266.html

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Carly Rae Jepsen's 'This Kiss' Video Is A Good Old-Fashioned Rave

Singer has some '90s style fun and shares an underwater kiss in her latest video.
By Jocelyn Vena

Carly Rae Jepsen in her "This Kiss" music video
Photo: Island/Def Jam

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http://news.yahoo.com/education/ Get the latest Education news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking education news, including analysis and opinion on top Education stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSun, 28 Oct 2012 11:46:40 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/education/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday ordered public schools closed on Monday and said that areas of the city from City Island to Coney Island to Battery Park City were under mandatory evacuation because of approaching Hurricane Sandy. Bloomberg said during a press conference that the mandatory evacuation applies to people in Zone A, which covers coastal areas. (Reporting by Caroline Humer; Editing by Eric Beech)http://news.yahoo.com/york-city-mayor-orders-schools-closed-evacuation-154640419.htmlSun, 28 Oct 2012 11:46:40 -0400Reutersyork-city-mayor-orders-schools-closed-evacuation-154640419Refugees in the world's largest refugee camp will soon be able to go for higher education at the world's first university being set up near a camp for its inhabitants.http://news.yahoo.com/world-first-biggest-refugee-camp-gets-university-160004019.htmlSat, 27 Oct 2012 12:00:04 -0400Christian Science Monitorworld-first-biggest-refugee-camp-gets-university-160004019TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A record number of schools will participate in a national anti-bullying program, organizers said, despite a conservative Christian group's push for a boycott of the event on the grounds it would "promote the homosexual lifestyle in public schools." Nearly 3,000 schools nationwide - about 30 percent more than last year - will take part on Tuesday in "Mix It Up at Lunch Day," an annual event that encourages students to sit by someone in the cafeteria with whom they would not normally socialize. ...http://news.yahoo.com/anti-bullying-program-draws-more-participants-despite-boycott-212501355.htmlFri, 26 Oct 2012 17:25:01 -0400Reutersanti-bullying-program-draws-more-participants-despite-boycott-212501355<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-offer-veterans-classes-ease-transition-101315787.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WzTyL0vQfeolxwlj9qv7fg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/77b81db12d510a1e1f0f6a706700c42f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Oct. 15, 2012, Army veteran Gene Rovang of Decorah, Iowa, tells the story of a World War II veteran he interviewed about fighting in the Battle of the Bulge for a class project in his Life After War: Post-Deployment Issues class at the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City, Iowa. 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(AP Photo/Brian Ray)" border="0" /></a>The students in the Saturday morning class trickle in and, as they introduce themselves around a table, reveal far more intimate biographies than just name and hometown.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-offer-veterans-classes-ease-transition-101315787.htmlFri, 26 Oct 2012 14:47:56 -0400Associated Presscolleges-offer-veterans-classes-ease-transition-101315787<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-offer-veterans-classes-ease-transition-101315787.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WzTyL0vQfeolxwlj9qv7fg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/77b81db12d510a1e1f0f6a706700c42f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Oct. 15, 2012, Army veteran Gene Rovang of Decorah, Iowa, tells the story of a World War II veteran he interviewed about fighting in the Battle of the Bulge for a class project in his Life After War: Post-Deployment Issues class at the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Rovang fought in the Gulf war while on active duty and then did two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the National Guard. Colleges and universities are beginning to offer veterans-only classes that cater to a populations that tends to be older, more experienced and farther removed from the classroom. (AP Photo/Brian Ray)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Oct. 15, 2012, Army veteran Gene Rovang of Decorah, Iowa, tells the story of a World War II veteran he interviewed about fighting in the Battle of the Bulge for a class project in his Life After War: Post-Deployment Issues class at the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City, Iowa. Rovang fought in the Gulf war while on active duty and then did two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the National Guard. Colleges and universities are beginning to offer veterans-only classes that cater to a populations that tends to be older, more experienced and farther removed from the classroom. (AP Photo/Brian Ray)" border="0" /></a>The students in the Saturday morning class trickle in and, as they introduce themselves around a table, reveal far more intimate biographies than just name and hometown.</p><br clear="all"/>When it comes to student finances, it's not as simple as giving money to a loved one toward their education and moving on your merry way. If you intend to financially contribute to a student's higher education, it's important to understand the potential consequences of that gift.http://news.yahoo.com/financial-gifts-students-164105268.htmlFri, 26 Oct 2012 12:41:05 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPfinancial-gifts-students-164105268<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-slow-cooperate-war-crimes-court-says-060455094.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EU4mxhsaD8OoXzA4h9f9RA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2012-10-26T072221Z_1_AJOE89P0KHB00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-KENYA-ICC-20121026.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chief Prosecutor Bensouda of the ICC addresses a media briefing in Nairobi" align="left" title="Chief Prosecutor Bensouda of the ICC addresses a media briefing in Nairobi" border="0" /></a>NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court&#039;s (ICC) chief prosecutor on Thursday said Kenya&#039;s government had not cooperated fully in providing evidence for the trial of four prominent Kenyans accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007. The group includes leading presidential hopefuls and former finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former higher education minister William Ruto. They face trial in about six months, charged with masterminding the bloodshed that killed more than 1,200 people. All have said they are innocent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-slow-cooperate-war-crimes-court-says-060455094.htmlFri, 26 Oct 2012 02:04:55 -0400Reuterskenya-slow-cooperate-war-crimes-court-says-060455094<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-slow-cooperate-war-crimes-court-says-060455094.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EU4mxhsaD8OoXzA4h9f9RA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2012-10-26T072221Z_1_AJOE89P0KHB00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-KENYA-ICC-20121026.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chief Prosecutor Bensouda of the ICC addresses a media briefing in Nairobi" align="left" title="Chief Prosecutor Bensouda of the ICC addresses a media briefing in Nairobi" border="0" /></a>NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court&#039;s (ICC) chief prosecutor on Thursday said Kenya&#039;s government had not cooperated fully in providing evidence for the trial of four prominent Kenyans accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007. The group includes leading presidential hopefuls and former finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former higher education minister William Ruto. They face trial in about six months, charged with masterminding the bloodshed that killed more than 1,200 people. All have said they are innocent. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Texas school districts are racking up escalating taxpayer debt to build new classrooms and buy equipment, the state's Republican comptroller said Thursday, as a trial gets under way on how the state funds public schools after slashing spending by $5.4 billion.http://news.yahoo.com/comptroller-texas-schools-racking-rising-debt-170144608--finance.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2012 13:01:44 -0400Associated Presscomptroller-texas-schools-racking-rising-debt-170144608--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/teen-takes-educators-twitter-school-153654492.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GgS2UN3DEhuXTeWlBSrw6g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/chemical%20touch%20.png" width="130" height="86" alt="Teen Takes Educators to Twitter School" align="left" title="Teen Takes Educators to Twitter School" border="0" /></a>Fifteen-year-old Adora Svitak knows students nowadays &quot;live, work and play&quot; social media.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/teen-takes-educators-twitter-school-153654492.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2012 11:36:54 -0400Mashableteen-takes-educators-twitter-school-153654492<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/teen-takes-educators-twitter-school-153654492.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GgS2UN3DEhuXTeWlBSrw6g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/chemical%20touch%20.png" width="130" height="86" alt="Teen Takes Educators to Twitter School" align="left" title="Teen Takes Educators to Twitter School" border="0" /></a>Fifteen-year-old Adora Svitak knows students nowadays &quot;live, work and play&quot; social media.</p><br clear="all"/>While the average published tuition prices at colleges and universities have increased since the 2007-2008 school year, the average student has not shouldered the brunt of the rising costs, a new study has found.http://news.yahoo.com/why-prospective-college-students-using-net-price-calculators-153124889.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2012 11:31:24 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPwhy-prospective-college-students-using-net-price-calculators-153124889U.S. News is often asked to collect, analyze, and publish more information about how well colleges and universities are serving their students from different income levels. We recently conducted a first-ever analysis of how successful colleges are at graduating low-income students, based on data exclusively collected by U.S. News. Now, for the first time, we are also able to answer the question of how schools are doing at graduating their students who come from families with the highest incomes relative to the rest of their student body.http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-successfully-graduating-high-income-students-152817339.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2012 11:28:17 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPcolleges-successfully-graduating-high-income-students-152817339An audit of the U.S. Department of Education's division overseeing hundreds of millions of dollars in charter school funding has criticized the office for failing to properly monitor how states spend the money.http://news.yahoo.com/audit-us-oversight-charter-school-funds-lax-191134813.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2012 07:59:28 -0400Associated Pressaudit-us-oversight-charter-school-funds-lax-191134813It?s not every day that high school students get the chance to meet a renowned physicist.http://news.yahoo.com/future-stem-education-may-risk-224100219.htmlWed, 24 Oct 2012 18:41:00 -0400Takepart.comfuture-stem-education-may-risk-224100219Recently, many of the nation?s leading education experts gathered with classroom teachers to discuss the state of education in America at the annual Education Nation summit in New York. The conversation raised some valuable insights about the future of our schools and in particular, how to ensure we have great teachers in every classroom.http://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-schools-ignored-flight-great-teachers-215900707.htmlWed, 24 Oct 2012 17:59:00 -0400Takepart.comop-ed-schools-ignored-flight-great-teachers-215900707Should yoga sessions in public schools be subject to the same restrictions as religious ceremonies? A group of 60 Southern California parents thinks so--they want to pull yoga out of their school district?s curriculum.http://news.yahoo.com/yoga-public-schools-latest-test-free-speech-154236769--politics.htmlWed, 24 Oct 2012 15:38:47 -0400National Constitution Centeryoga-public-schools-latest-test-free-speech-154236769--politicsThe astronomical rise in college tuition slowed a bit this year. But when it comes to net price ? what students actually pay after grants and tax benefits are taken into account ? the pinch is getting worse for students and their families.http://news.yahoo.com/bottom-line-college-costs-students-families-paying-more-165644819.htmlWed, 24 Oct 2012 12:56:44 -0400Christian Science Monitorbottom-line-college-costs-students-families-paying-more-165644819The cost of higher education continues to grow.http://news.yahoo.com/report-nj-third-highest-state-tuition-costs-152016127--finance.htmlWed, 24 Oct 2012 11:20:16 -0400Associated Pressreport-nj-third-highest-state-tuition-costs-152016127--financeIdaho officials have awarded an eight-year, $180 million contract to Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide high school students and teachers with laptops, in a deal that hinges on a voter initiative.http://news.yahoo.com/hewlett-packard-wins-idaho-school-laptop-contract-013333633--finance.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 21:33:33 -0400Associated Presshewlett-packard-wins-idaho-school-laptop-contract-013333633--financeNEW YORK, N.Y. - For many American travellers, Guatemala is an inexpensive, exotic destination for visiting Mayan ruins or studying Spanish in a language immersion program. But for a couple of U.S. college students, the country was the setting for a social experiment. They spent a summer living there on the same daily budget that sustains over a billion people around the world: $1 a day.http://news.yahoo.com/us-college-students-film-experience-living-guatemala-1-212020185.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:20:20 -0400Associated Pressus-college-students-film-experience-living-guatemala-1-212020185In Florida?s Miami-Dade County Public Schools, schools are slowly but steadily chipping away at the achievement gap, especially for Hispanic and black students.http://news.yahoo.com/why-miami-dade-schools-won-prestigious-broad-prize-210651330.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 17:06:51 -0400Christian Science Monitorwhy-miami-dade-schools-won-prestigious-broad-prize-210651330State officials say they have awarded an eight-year, $180 million contract to Hewlett-Packard Co. to supply Idaho high school students and teachers with laptop computers as part of the Students Come First education overhaul.http://news.yahoo.com/idaho-awards-school-laptop-contract-h-p-204947769--finance.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 16:49:47 -0400Associated Pressidaho-awards-school-laptop-contract-h-p-204947769--financeOne of the country's most prestigious education awards has been awarded to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.http://news.yahoo.com/miami-school-district-win-prestigious-urban-prize-175810306.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 13:53:36 -0400Associated Pressmiami-school-district-win-prestigious-urban-prize-175810306<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/qatari-emir-urges-palestinians-reconcile-155628339.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0hzbAwPJ_uuxpYAo2qAYWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8180d4f0e26ecd1d1e0f6a7067005352.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. 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(AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)" border="0" /></a>The emir of Qatar received a hero&#039;s welcome during a landmark visit to Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control of the coastal strip five years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/qatari-emir-pays-landmark-visit-gaza-153943595.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 11:39:43 -0400Associated Pressqatari-emir-pays-landmark-visit-gaza-153943595<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/qatari-emir-pays-landmark-visit-gaza-153943595.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0hzbAwPJ_uuxpYAo2qAYWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8180d4f0e26ecd1d1e0f6a7067005352.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero&#039;s welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)" align="left" title="Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero&#039;s welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)" border="0" /></a>The emir of Qatar received a hero&#039;s welcome during a landmark visit to Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control of the coastal strip five years ago.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/undroppable-producers-embark-tour-teach-students-politics-video-131115301.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZsohILg0J.MIw3Ff3PvgdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/Undroppable-640.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Undroppable&#039; Producers Embark on Tour to Teach Students Politics [VIDEO]" align="left" title="&#039;Undroppable&#039; Producers Embark on Tour to Teach Students Politics [VIDEO]" border="0" /></a>Producers of the social media-driven education web series and documentary Undroppable will embark on a nationwide tour starting Wednesday to help inform U.S. high school students about political topics.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/undroppable-producers-embark-tour-teach-students-politics-video-131115301.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 09:11:15 -0400Mashableundroppable-producers-embark-tour-teach-students-politics-video-131115301<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/undroppable-producers-embark-tour-teach-students-politics-video-131115301.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZsohILg0J.MIw3Ff3PvgdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/Undroppable-640.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="&#039;Undroppable&#039; Producers Embark on Tour to Teach Students Politics [VIDEO]" align="left" title="&#039;Undroppable&#039; Producers Embark on Tour to Teach Students Politics [VIDEO]" border="0" /></a>Producers of the social media-driven education web series and documentary Undroppable will embark on a nationwide tour starting Wednesday to help inform U.S. high school students about political topics.</p><br clear="all"/>A new initiative in online learning intending to help low-income adults achieve an associate?s degree is set to launch in Colorado and then California before expanding to selected cities nationwide.?http://news.yahoo.com/online-initiative-launches-aid-low-income-students-090003064--politics.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 05:00:03 -0400National Journalonline-initiative-launches-aid-low-income-students-090003064--politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/biggest-readers-u-teens-30-somethings-survey-040721665.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PEfu9x7sbCNFrbiBUCI62A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-23T040721Z_1_CBRE89M0BGE00_RTROPTP_2_HONOLULU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Man rests and reads book under banyan tree on Magic Island near Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii." align="left" title="Man rests and reads book under banyan tree on Magic Island near Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii." border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most likely book readers in the United States are high-school students, college-age adults and people in their 30s, with e-book use highest among 30-somethings, a survey released on Tuesday showed. Seventy-eight percent of Americans had read at least one book in the previous 12 months, with the rate 83 percent among those aged between 16 and 29, according to the survey by the Pew Research Center&#039;s Internet and American Life Project. The survey is part of Pew&#039;s effort to assess U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/biggest-readers-u-teens-30-somethings-survey-040721665.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 00:07:21 -0400Reutersbiggest-readers-u-teens-30-somethings-survey-040721665<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/biggest-readers-u-teens-30-somethings-survey-040721665.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PEfu9x7sbCNFrbiBUCI62A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-23T040721Z_1_CBRE89M0BGE00_RTROPTP_2_HONOLULU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Man rests and reads book under banyan tree on Magic Island near Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii." align="left" title="Man rests and reads book under banyan tree on Magic Island near Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii." border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most likely book readers in the United States are high-school students, college-age adults and people in their 30s, with e-book use highest among 30-somethings, a survey released on Tuesday showed. Seventy-eight percent of Americans had read at least one book in the previous 12 months, with the rate 83 percent among those aged between 16 and 29, according to the survey by the Pew Research Center&#039;s Internet and American Life Project. The survey is part of Pew&#039;s effort to assess U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/little-czar-ohio-school-drug-ring-gets-prison-184834204.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IcuqtvMhnUZ_VN6ywAGPjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8e699ccc7beb11d1e0f6a7067009698.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 31 2012 photo, Warren County Juvenile Court Judge Mike Powell warns 17-year-old Ohio high school student Tyler Pagenstecher, right, of the consequences of admitting guilt at his first hearing in Lebanon, Ohio. Pagenstecher pleaded guilty to drug-trafficking charges in juvenile court and will be sentenced Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. Police say he played a major role in a drug ring that sold as much as $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to fellow students at two high schools. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 31 2012 photo, Warren County Juvenile Court Judge Mike Powell warns 17-year-old Ohio high school student Tyler Pagenstecher, right, of the consequences of admitting guilt at his first hearing in Lebanon, Ohio. Pagenstecher pleaded guilty to drug-trafficking charges in juvenile court and will be sentenced Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. Police say he played a major role in a drug ring that sold as much as $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to fellow students at two high schools. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)" border="0" /></a>A teenager convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southwestern Ohio was sentenced Monday to serve six months to three years in a juvenile prison by a judge who called him &quot;a pretty fine young person that went down a bad trail.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/little-czar-ohio-school-drug-ring-gets-prison-184834204.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 14:48:34 -0400Associated Presslittle-czar-ohio-school-drug-ring-gets-prison-184834204<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/little-czar-ohio-school-drug-ring-gets-prison-184834204.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IcuqtvMhnUZ_VN6ywAGPjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8e699ccc7beb11d1e0f6a7067009698.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 31 2012 photo, Warren County Juvenile Court Judge Mike Powell warns 17-year-old Ohio high school student Tyler Pagenstecher, right, of the consequences of admitting guilt at his first hearing in Lebanon, Ohio. Pagenstecher pleaded guilty to drug-trafficking charges in juvenile court and will be sentenced Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. Police say he played a major role in a drug ring that sold as much as $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to fellow students at two high schools. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 31 2012 photo, Warren County Juvenile Court Judge Mike Powell warns 17-year-old Ohio high school student Tyler Pagenstecher, right, of the consequences of admitting guilt at his first hearing in Lebanon, Ohio. Pagenstecher pleaded guilty to drug-trafficking charges in juvenile court and will be sentenced Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. Police say he played a major role in a drug ring that sold as much as $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to fellow students at two high schools. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)" border="0" /></a>A teenager convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southwestern Ohio was sentenced Monday to serve six months to three years in a juvenile prison by a judge who called him &quot;a pretty fine young person that went down a bad trail.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>A panel of state lawmakers holds a hearing at the University of Central Missouri this week on creation of a funding formula for higher education institutions.http://news.yahoo.com/mo-legislative-panel-focuses-higher-ed-funding-170954200--finance.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 13:09:54 -0400Associated Pressmo-legislative-panel-focuses-higher-ed-funding-170954200--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/life-uruguay-legal-abortion-pot-dealing-204424950.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XK9YAwASUl37cexCgiwtRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/78bf6f2bb036a31d1e0f6a7067003455.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" border="0" /></a>Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress has legalized abortion and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/life-uruguay-legal-abortion-pot-dealing-204424950.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 08:25:49 -0400Associated Presslife-uruguay-legal-abortion-pot-dealing-204424950<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/life-uruguay-legal-abortion-pot-dealing-204424950.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XK9YAwASUl37cexCgiwtRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/78bf6f2bb036a31d1e0f6a7067003455.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" border="0" /></a>Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress has legalized abortion and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana.</p><br clear="all"/>While people have complained about the costs of undergraduate education for generations, things have really gotten out of control in the last decade or so. Loans, scholarships and grants allow most students to attend at some kind of discount. But the retail cost of a year of education is close to unconscionable at a slew of colleges and universities.http://news.yahoo.com/definitive-list-12-most-expensive-colleges-united-states-040207632.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 00:02:07 -0400The Daily Callerdefinitive-list-12-most-expensive-colleges-united-states-040207632<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uruguayan-way-legal-abortion-marijuana-sales-013722265.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XK9YAwASUl37cexCgiwtRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/78bf6f2bb036a31d1e0f6a7067003455.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" border="0" /></a>Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress has legalized abortion and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uruguayan-way-legal-abortion-marijuana-sales-013722265.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 21:37:22 -0400Associated Pressuruguayan-way-legal-abortion-marijuana-sales-013722265<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uruguayan-way-legal-abortion-marijuana-sales-013722265.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XK9YAwASUl37cexCgiwtRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/78bf6f2bb036a31d1e0f6a7067003455.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009, file photo Uruguay&#039;s President Jose Mujica, 74, stands in a tractor on his flower farm on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday. Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress legalized abortion on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, file)" border="0" /></a>Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress has legalized abortion and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana.</p><br clear="all"/>DUBAI (Reuters) - A passenger bus in southwestern Iran overturned on Friday evening, killing 26 female high school students on board, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Eighteen others were injured when the bus, carrying students from the town of Borujen, flipped on the Izeh-Lordegan road, about 700 km (435 miles) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iranian media reported. "Travelling at excess speeds on slippery roads was the cause of this accident," Colonel Samad Esfandiari, a highway patrol official, told the Iranian Students' News Agency. ...http://news.yahoo.com/bus-crash-iran-kills-26-schoolgirls-095151722.htmlSat, 20 Oct 2012 05:51:51 -0400Reutersbus-crash-iran-kills-26-schoolgirls-095151722LONDON (Reuters) - The $100 billion Texas Teachers' pension fund is to buy a stake in Formula One racing from the estate of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers, a person familiar with the matter said. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas will buy a 3 percent stake in the motor racing business from the Lehman Brothers' estate in a deal worth about $200 million, the person said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/texas-teachers-buy-f1-stake-lehman-estate-source-174611464--sector.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2012 18:47:18 -0400Reuterstexas-teachers-buy-f1-stake-lehman-estate-source-174611464--sectorWhy does a preschooler with a visual impairment always close his eyes and look away when reaching for his crackers at snack time? What are some solutions for a low vision student who cannot see the board in his classrooms?http://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-why-supporting-teachers-blind-critically-important-223900428.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2012 18:39:00 -0400Takepart.comop-ed-why-supporting-teachers-blind-critically-important-223900428When the University of Phoenix, the country's largest university, announced this week it's closing 115 campuses and satellite locations, it signaled more than a sudden availability of commercial real estate near highway interchanges, where for-profit colleges like to set up shop as a student convenience.http://news.yahoo.com/enrollment-falling-profit-colleges-173800187--finance.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2012 14:39:03 -0400Associated Pressenrollment-falling-profit-colleges-173800187--financeA slew of swanky private schools and public universities merrily, myopically raised tuition once again this fall. At the University of Washington, for example, tuition and fees are up some 15 percent from last year. Basic tuition at Cornell University costs close to $2,000 more this year.http://news.yahoo.com/universities-buck-trend-cut-tuition-students-163206107.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2012 12:32:06 -0400The Daily Calleruniversities-buck-trend-cut-tuition-students-163206107Fall 2013 is still a year away, but some colleges have already announced tuition cuts and freezes for next year's students.http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-cut-freeze-tuition-fall-2013-150514017.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2012 11:05:14 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPcolleges-cut-freeze-tuition-fall-2013-150514017SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas high school cheerleading team may continue using religious scriptures on banners at football games for now, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, saying the students had a constitutional right to express their faith on school property. The ruling over the so-called "Bible Banners" at the school in the east Texas town of Kountze marked the latest twist in a broader national clash over the separation of religion from public schools. ...http://news.yahoo.com/judge-allows-texas-cheerleaders-bible-banners-now-010650629--nfl.htmlThu, 18 Oct 2012 21:31:27 -0400Reutersjudge-allows-texas-cheerleaders-bible-banners-now-010650629--nflIn the new book, Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, the authors examine institutions with selective admissions processes. Many of these public schools did very well in the 2012 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, accounting for 7 of the top 10 schools in the national rankings; 11 of the top 25; and 24 of the top 50.http://news.yahoo.com/dont-let-cancer-stop-earning-college-education-143612670.htmlThu, 18 Oct 2012 10:36:12 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPdont-let-cancer-stop-earning-college-education-143612670In the new book, Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, the authors examine institutions with selective admissions processes. Many of these public schools did very well in the 2012 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, accounting for 7 of the top 10 schools in the national rankings; 11 of the top 25; and 24 of the top 50.http://news.yahoo.com/exam-schools-fared-best-high-schools-rankings-143612586.htmlThu, 18 Oct 2012 10:36:12 -0400U.S.News & World Report LPexam-schools-fared-best-high-schools-rankings-143612586

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