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Ed. Dept. eases teacher quality rule
Sep 7 2006 6:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Changing course, the Education Department will allow states to count teachers as highly qualified even under standards that may do little to ensure quality.
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Former Iranian leader suggests dialogue
Sep 7 2006 6:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The most senior Iranian to visit Washington in 25 years said Thursday the two nations' long estrangement should be repaired through dialogue instead of threats, as world powers moved closer to imposing punishments on Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
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Medicare trying to reduce errors
Sep 7 2006 5:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When people enroll in a Medicare drug plan later this year, the first option for paying their monthly premiums will no longer be through a deduction in their Social Security check. Instead, the government will encourage beneficiaries to pay insurers directly.
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24-year Agent Orange study ending
Sep 7 2006 3:16PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - The government is taking steps to preserve data and biological specimens from a quarter-century investigation into the effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans, having found an elevated risk for diabetes but no clear links to cancer from the soon-to-end study.
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Russia and U.S. trade deal stalls
Sep 7 2006 2:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. and Russian trade negotiators have failed to overcome obstacles in Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization, raising the prospect that the effort may drag into 2007.
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Cars to carry crash test data
Sep 7 2006 2:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Car buyers will have a new tool when shopping _ government crash test data right on the window sticker.
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Terrorist suspects arrive at Guantanamo
Sep 7 2006 11:46AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 14 terrorism suspects transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention center from overseas CIA prisons arrived in good health, the prison commander said Thursday.
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Gingrich urges U.S.: Get tough with Iran
Sep 7 2006 9:05AM (CT)
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says it's time for the United States to get tough with Iran's Islamic theocracy.
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