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...need to consider greater financial constraints in the face of an “unprecedented” economic downturn. But in interviews yesterday, many department chairs said they have not yet been informed what the new caution will entail and hope that today’s meeting will begin to answer their questions...
...critical moment is going to be in the future,” said Richard Tuck, chair of social studies. “I think it’s quite important that we begin to hear what is possible...
...blame them? They were both vying to be servants of the people, and until Americans begin to care about our transportation networks, neither will our representatives. In the meantime, our aging, overextended, grandfather of an infrastructure system will continue to rot, and we will continue to spend mindless hours in traffic, unless of course the bridge collapses from under...
...Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha. A medical social worker, she was on duty in the ER when some of the abandonments unfolded. "Some parents want us to threaten the child - they feel that would set them straight," she says. Some parents cry; others are merely angry. Some children begin to cry when they figure out what's going on, while others are hardened veterans of the foster-care system and "are used to these ups and downs...
...Nebraska legislature's judiciary committee met in a special session on Monday to begin rewriting the law, which has resulted in an epidemic of abandoned children - with some parents driving from Florida, Arizona and Georgia to drop off their problem kids. Most states allow a parent to leave an infant at a fire station or hospital without fear of prosecution, but because Nebraska's law did not define child, 34 kids have been dropped off at Omaha hospitals since September. None were infants. The rest of America was stunned. But, as the special session proceeded, some legislators defended the intent...