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...confirmed by the Senate, Duncan will have to redraft the increasingly controversial No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2001, which is currently pending reauthorization by Congress...
Duncan has taken a moderate stance in the debate surrounding No Child Left Behind. This June, two opposing camps of educators released manifestos about which reforms the educational system needed: one pushed forcing schools to raise achievement, while the other advocated new funding for school-based health clinics and social programs, saying that schools could not close the achievement gap alone...
...including Carrey in his depressive phase, is pretty darned perky - a mood that applies to no one in Seven Pounds. And whereas Carl is using his personal epiphany to make himself happy, Ben Thomas does good only for others; he's paying it forward, not inward. A child undergoing cancer treatment, a mother whose boyfriend abuses her, a blind pianist (Woody Harrelson), a young woman suffering from congenital heart failure (Rosario Dawson) - each of these, and three others, he showers with rejuvenating gifts. His motive is the movie's secret...
...While Genson spends much of his time in federal court, one of his more notable acquittals came in state court, where pop and R&B sensation R. Kelly faced child-pornography charges after being accused of making a sex tape with a teenage girl. Genson won the case, getting Kelly acquitted of all 14 counts. And in a 2003 verdict that stunned some court observers, Genson teamed with three other top-tier lawyers to win the acquittal of Bruno Mancari, the brother of a well-known Chicago-area auto dealer, on charges he murdered a childhood pal 18 years earlier...
More recently, Warren told Beliefnet that he thinks allowing a gay couple to marry is similar to allowing "a brother and sister to be together and call that marriage." He then helpfully added that he's also "opposed to an older guy marrying a child and calling that a marriage." The reporter, who may have been a little surprised, asked, "Do you think those are equivalent to gays getting married?" "Oh, I do," Warren immediately answered. I wish the reporter had asked the next logical follow-up: If gays are like child-sex offenders, shouldn't we incarcerate them...