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• Greece riots rise again as youths, police clash
A protester kicks a tear gas canister at riot police during clashes in central Athens on Friday. The fighting started after a group of demonstrators broke away from a student rally attended by several thousand people protesting government education ...
• Poorer education tied to preterm birth risk
NEW YORK - Pregnant women with low levels of education are nearly twice as likely as their more educated peers to give birth prematurely, researchers from the Netherlands report. However, most of the risk can be attributed to the disadvantages that ...
• Grim job outlook turns bleaker
The package would include tax cuts for individual and businesses, along with massive investments in energy, education, health care and infrastructure. Congressional leaders have said they hope to have the package ready by early February. Local ...
• Jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent in Dec.
That more than swamped gains in education and health care, and the government. Employers are chopping costs as they try to cope with dwindling appetite from customers in the U.S. as well as in other countries, which are struggling with their own ...
• Powerball Fever Causes Lottery Site To Crash
Tickets cost $1 and proceeds from ticket sales will benefit education in Florida. The jackpot was estimated at $105 million on Wednesday. Those who purchased tickets for the drawing said the gamble is well worth it. "It will bring more money into the ...