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...never going to work, and I met someone who was heaven and earth to me." On Dec. 25, 1999, they were married in a small ceremony. Two months later, says Seinfeld, he was awakened by a tap, tap on his pillow. "She had one of those [home pregnancy test] sticks that you buy at the drugstore. I was sleeping, and she started tapping the stick on the pillow. So I opened my eyes. It was great." After the birth of daughter Sascha, now 6, Seinfeld published a children's book, Halloween, and dedicated it to his wife and daughter, whom...
Specialist teams can help, and few have a better record than Hines' Young Guns. The team's past charges include not just Hamilton and Plato, but also F1 drivers Anthony Davidson and David Coulthard, and McLaren test driver Gary Paffett. Hines is no less pumped about his current crop: Young Gun Oliver Rowland, 15, clinched the British title in his class in mid-September. His gritty style - after being relegated to the back of the grid at a recent race, Rowland sliced his way through the field to win - prompted McLaren to sign him to the Formula One team...
...student at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the organization that sets rules for the exam squared off yesterday in front of Judge Gary S. Katzmann of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Katzmann said he would announce his decision today in light of Currier’s looming test date early next month...
Currier, who is currently nursing a 4-month-old baby, is seeking an additional 60 minutes a day of break time on top of the 45 minutes given test takers during the eight-hour exam...
...reading, 4th 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...