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...winning schools, which will split a $10,000 prize, took very different approaches. The third- and fourth-graders of the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California, studied American social history in the 1940s by making online contact with people who lived through the period and asking them some sharp and provocative questions. (Example: "How did you feel about Eleanor Roosevelt, and does it compare to what you think of Hillary Clinton...
...Inquirer has found 333 Stinson voters who did not obey the law that restricts absentee balloting to those physically unable to get to the polls. Many of the fraudulent ballots were cast by Puerto Rican natives who say they were duped by people offering absentee ballots as "una nueva forma de votar" -- a new way to vote. "She said, 'Sign. I'll do the rest,' " recalls Carmen Silva, 55. "I signed. I didn't know for who or what." Others were encouraged to sign for members of their families. Zoraida Rodriguez voted on behalf of her husband...
...regularly ravage the archipelago are caused by the exertions of a legendary Tagalog king as he tries to free himself from his prison cave. Last week the king bestirred himself anew. At 4:26 p.m. Monday, a massive temblor shook the northern island of Luzon. At its epicenter in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, it measured 8.0 on the Richter scale (last month's quake in northwestern Iran registered 7.7). One of the worst-hit cities was the mountain resort of Baguio, 150 miles north of Manila, where dozens of buildings collapsed. By week's end the quake...
...multifaceted, Blades has a knack for being different things to different people. In his native Panama, he is a respected lawyer and national celebrity, a man of the people and potential presidential contender. To fans of Caribbean salsa, he is a musical pioneer and a charismatic leader of the Nueva Cancion (New Song) movement, a steamy mix of poetry, politics and tropical rhythms that has left an imprint on Latin music. In the U.S., he is an up-and-coming actor who has worked with Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg and Robert Redford in such films as Fatal Beauty, Critical Condition...
...Salvador's antigovernment guerrillas had warned Mayor-elect Lucio Rios not to take the oath of office in the small town of Nueva Esparta. Frightened, Christian Democrat Rios did not appear for the ceremony, but the insurgents kidnaped him anyway. Since May 1 they have seized 14 mayors and seem determined to abduct many more in contested municipalities where, according to the rebels, there is a "duality of power" between government and guerrillas. The rebels specifically link their campaign to the national guard's alleged capture of two women guerrillas, but the real aim seems to be to destroy local...