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• Caribbean islands brace for Omar
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - Schools and businesses closed and shelters Wednesday on several Caribbean islands in the path of Hurricane Omar, which could rev up into a Category 2 storm before coming ashore after nightfall. U.S. Virgin ...
• Campus tour: Couple hits 500 college visits
Visiting Harvard, MIT, Dartmouth and other New England schools on his honeymoon left him wide-eyed. "I really missed out on the college experience," he said. His school "didn't have any of these walking paths, any greenery. I said, 'From now on when ...
• Safer seat belts required on small school buses
Schools buy about 2,500 of the smaller school buses each year, the Transportation Department said. The buses seat about 16 to 20 students. Larger buses carry more than 50 students. The Transportation Department estimates it will cost about $6.1 ...
• From stein to divine: People find God at beer fest
It's the oldest story ever told — the struggle between good and evil,” said Arthur, 35, a product of Catholic schools in his native San Diego. “There is a battle being waged between those who make good beer and those who make evil beer.” ...
• Financial crisis' victim No. 1: the world's poor
Wealthy countries will stop investing in developing countries, and cut back on imports from poorer countries, leaving their governments with less money to pay for health care and schools, he said. In Zimbabwe, a Red Cross food program for 260,000 ...