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...roundly derided as state-sponsored baby sitting. Yet today Georgia's $217 million program serves 61,000 kids, and is so popular with parents that some camp out all night to be first to register. Miller now advocates mandatory enrollment. "If I had a choice of pre-K or 12th grade being mandatory," he says, "I'd take pre-K in a second...
...Such 12th-grade science is all very well, but Glenn and his fellow humans will be forgiven a few twinges of disgust and fear at the presence of the roach-o-nauts. It's less than two years since the embattled space station Mir was plagued by the presence of a single floating cockroach -- which, not surprisingly, came aboard by accident. NASA moved to calm fears Monday: "They won't be infesting space," laughed payload coordinator Rud Moe. It is, after all, worth $5,000 to the agency if the bugs check in and check out. All the same, perhaps...
...Despite falling to Princeton 31-17, senior wide receiver Sean Morey earned the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week award catching 12 passes for a whopping 215 yards. His 12 receptions gave him 205 for his career, a new Ivy League Record and 12th best in NCAA I-AA history. On the strength of Morey's 215 yards, junior quarterback James Perry threw for 442 yards, completing 33 of 60 passes...
...happening at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Mass., less than an hour away. The Topsfield fairgrounds sit right off of Rt. 1 North and house "America's Oldest" fair, founded in 1818. Beginning last Saturday and running through October 12th, the fair awaits visitors to take advantage of its attractions for only a $6 admission price. Why crawl your way to the top of the academic world when a money prize awaits you at the top of a greased pole? From carnival games to animal exhibits, Topsfield receives a 4.7 out of possible 5 points for originality. (A large minority...
Harvard began its peppering of the Quaker netminder in earnest 10 minutes into the game. Its first real chance came in the 12th minute, when senior back Ashley Marynick blasted a powerful shot that forced Kluetmeier airborne. The Penn keeper barely tipped it over the crossbar to keep her streak alive...