Education
UC hospitals face second day of worker walkout
Workers at University of California hospitals around the state are picketing for a second day over staffing and pension issues. Hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers are observing the 48-hour walkout Wednesday as green-shirted picketers march outside medical centers. There is no clear count ...
Czech president settles dispute over gay rights
The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him. Milos Zeman has been under fire after suggesting over the weekend that his reason for denying the promotion to Charles University literary historian Martin C. Putna was ...
Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time." Parents had a gut-wrenching choice, and only a few minutes to ...
SD teenager expelled after shooting incident
A South Dakota high school student accused in an apparently accidental shooting that injured a classmate has been expelled from classes. Britton-Hecla Superintendent Kevin Coles tells the American News (http://bit.ly/13H6jHs ) that the school board voted to expel 18-year-old Dusty Groom. A telephone listing for him could not immediately be ...
Mais non! French universities may teach in English
France's National Assembly is taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists and the political far-right alike. President Francois Hollande's Socialist-led government is pushing the idea to ...
LI university student accused of drug possession
Authorities say they found a large cache of drugs in a Stony Brook University dorm room after responding to a fire alarm at the Long Island school. No fire was found. But officials say authorities discovered marijuana, hallucinogens and drug paraphernalia inside a senior's room Tuesday afternoon. According to Newsday ...
6 kids among 7 injured in south China attack
A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities said Wednesday. All seven victims were in stable condition and a suspect was apprehended, according to a spokeswoman from the Maoming city government ...
Medical University sponsors hurricane event
The Medical University of South Carolina wants to make sure Charleston-area residents are ready for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. The university is scheduled to hold a hurricane awareness event on Wednesday. The idea is to give people information they can use to prepare for and recover from any hurricane ...
10 geography experts to compete in national finals
Ten young geography experts will field questions about history, cultures, landmarks and climates from "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek as they vie for the title of National Geographic Bee champion. The finals of the geography bee will be contested Wednesday morning in Washington and broadcast Thursday evening on the National Geographic ...
Dem tax plan pulled; Senate debate degenerates
A debate over education funding turned bitter on the Nevada Senate floor Tuesday when Democrats accused Republicans of not wanting to compromise on taxes and the GOP minority leader chastised the majority for failed leadership. The finger pointing during a 90-minute session began when Democratic Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las ...
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