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...monkey and tiger heads from the same water clock surfaced in Hong Kong auctions, sales that were denounced by China's State Bureau of Cultural Relics. "It's ridiculous that they brought them back to a part of China to be sold," says Tsang Kin-shing, a Hong Kong district councilor who helped organize public protests against the auctions. "If we stole the Eiffel Tower and ... took it to France to auction, the French people would definitely not be happy...
...good news, according to the Department of Education, is that 48 states and the District of Columbia either improved academically or held steady in all categories since the most recent set of national tests in 2005. (Only Rhode Island and North Dakota missed the mark.) Reading scores among fourth-grade students edged up a few points to reach a historic high, as did math scores for both fourth- and eighth-graders. But there wasn't much narrowing of the achievement gaps between white and minority students. And there are still far too many kids scoring below basic levels in math...
Glennon, an assistant district attorney who has lived in Brighton for a decade, has a longer history of political activism. He ran for state representative in 2005, and served for years as legal counsel to former state Rep. Brian P. Golden, a Democrat who gained notoriety for endorsing President George W. Bush...
...told a Senate committee in 1989. "It came out at the bottom of the list, and for that reason, I decided to terminate it." But the Osprey proved impossible to kill, thanks to lawmakers who rescued it from Cheney's ax time and again because of the home-district money that came with it - and to the irresistible notion that American engineers had found a way to improve on another great aviation breakthrough, the helicopter...
...other end of the spectrum is Washington, D.C., which, despite some progress, remains the shame of the nation. A staggering 51% of its 4th grade kids and 66% of 8th graders perform below basic level in math and 61% of District 4th graders read below a basic level. Also in the reading hall of shame are Mississippi, with 49% of 4th graders reading below the basic level; Louisiana with 48% at the bottom; and California with 47% of its 4th graders reading below basic...