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...Arctic ice cap is the most obvious consequence of a global climate change that has the potential to cause increases in species loss, infectious disease and extreme weather events. Instead of focusing on how to solve this impending tragedy, politicians are fighting to exploit it. Elina El-Badry Gaithersburg, Maryland...
...that ideological debates are no match for pictures of sick children, and they are already training their sights on eight vulnerable Republicans, including Kuhl, who voted against it. "It is a defining vote; it says a lot about people's values and priorities," said Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat and head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...
Democrats intend to introduce the bill again and again between now and the 2008 elections. "Children's health care will be a defining issue this cycle," says Chris Van Hollen, the Maryland Congressman whose job is to help elect more Democratic candidates. "Republicans either stand with 10 million American kids or with President Bush." For Republicans looking to change the subject from Iraq, this probably wasn't what they had in mind...
...grade scores have been rising gradually since 1996 and were up two points on this year's test. But progress in 8th grade remains elusive: the average 8th grade score (263) was the same in 2007 as it was in 2003 and 1998. Only three states (Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland) along with Washington, D.C., actually saw gains in both 4th and 8th grade reading scores. Seven states lost ground in 8th grade reading, compared with 1998 results. And despite the gains in 4th grade scores, not one state - not even mighty Massachusetts - has even half of its 4th graders reading...
...adult population. Mohammad Naja, a management consultant who runs the foundation's program there, says university students "learn theory, not practical application." To address this gap, foundation students undergo a crash course in business English, then a mini-M.B.A. boot camp devised by the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business that places them in real-life business situations in which, for instance, accounting graduates perform simulated audits...