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...grade school, over 260 of them called in sick yesterday with flu-like symptoms, according to a press release from the office of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino which was released yesterday afternoon. According to a letter sent out by Boston Public Schools’ superintendent, Carol R. Johnson, the school was closed to “prevent new infections and avoid unnecessary illness”—a decision coming with the “guidance of the Boston Public Health commission.” The 10th grade level MCAS math tests and all AP exams scheduled...
President John Tyler suffered the most rebuffs; in 1844-45, he presented the same five candidates for the court a total of nine times. (Only one was confirmed.) President Lyndon Johnson was snubbed in 1968 when his nomination of Justice Abe Fortas as Chief Justice was filibustered so heavily that Fortas withdrew. As a Senator, Obama joined an unsuccessful filibuster against Samuel Alito in 2006. Even the legendary Louis Brandeis faced strong opposition over his progressive rulings (combined with an undercurrent of anti-Semitism...
...Three car companies and corruption on Wall Street [May 4]. And yet for the first time in a long while, I have seen Americans begin to have hope for a stronger America. Congratulations, Mr. President, for giving Americans something they were seeking and sorely lacking. Anthony P. Johnson, PHILADELPHIA...
...places, Iowa," wrote one New York pundit), it's not yet clear that Iowa has become the Midwest's gay marriage mecca. During the first week of legal gay marriage here, over 450 gay couples sought licenses, with the most requests in Polk County, followed by Johnson County (which includes the college town of Iowa City), according to a Des Moines Register survey. In Polk County, an initial rush of requests tapered off by the week's end. There have been scattered reports of gay marriages by out-of-staters - including 17 gay and lesbian couples from Missouri who arrived...
...Billed as a "game in the life" of one of the NBA's best players, Kobe Doin' Work could just as easily have been titled Kobe on Kobe, as Lee brought the guard into the studio to record his own commentary track. (See TIME's photo-essay "Magic Johnson: A Life in Sports...