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• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Obama urges delay in digital TV transition
With coupons unavailable, support and education insufficient, and the most vulnerable Americans exposed, I urge you to consider a change to the legislatively mandated analog cutoff date,” Podesta wrote in a letter to top Democrats and Republicans ...
• Daschle seeks health care overhaul
The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee summoned Daschle, although the Senate Finance Committee actually will vote on the future nomination. Most analysts expect Daschle will have little problem winning confirmation as HHS ...
• National Report Card Gives Florida A B-Minus
TAMPA - Even while Florida's schools struggle financially, a report card issued Wednesday by Education Week magazine shows them making academic progress and ranks the state 10th nationwide. Florida received an overall grade of B-minus, up from last ...