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... Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, which were previously subject to Section 5. Nor does it apply to states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that have enacted new voting restrictions in the past few years. Civil rights groups and the U.S. Department of Justice applauded the proposal ...
... up at Farragut Square. pic.twitter.com/58m2VCwJu9— Patrick Madden (@Patrick_Madden) December 2, 2013 Getting in the #PBSHoliday spirit! #LifeAtPBS https://t.co/35YIXjaOsM— PBS (@PBS) November 25, 2013 Costco Connection letters to the editor are great.— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 1, 2013 Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report ...
... satisfies the expectations of others, or because it seems prudent. You're a good kid ... take a chance on yourself. Andrew, Financial Analyst, University of Wisconsin Madison, Class of 1993 Go to class! College isn't that hard if you actually, you know, show up! Rosalie Dech, Virginia Commonwealth University ...
In 2011, 96 percent of Lyme disease cases were concentrated in 13 states. Map by the PBS NewsHour. Around 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Lyme disease annually, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Sunday, 10 times more than previously thought. Using a trio ...
... Shukree Hassan Tilghman, whose PBS Web series "The March@50" begins Aug. 26. In addition, throughout the month of August, we will air taped interviews with people about their experiences with the March, collected by PBS stations around the country. More information about these short vignettes can be found here.
... 38,000 schools) more than doubled to 65 percent today. The total fertility rate, perhaps the most critical statistic in a country the size of Wisconsin (population: 5.7 million) with a population of 160 million has dropped from more than six children per woman in 1971 to 2.3 ...
... Virginia's gubernatorial contest showing Democrat Terry McAuliffe ahead of Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, 42 percent to 37 percent. But both men are unpopular. Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker is testing out a small-government message ... in Iowa. The Washington Examiner looks at how he's being received. Bolstered ...
... sitting with first lady Michelle Obama included a teacher from Sandy Hook, a police officer who responded to the massacre at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin last year, and the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old killed by gunfire last month about a mile from the Obamas' Chicago ...
Pope Benedict XVI announced early Monday his intention to step down from the Roman Catholic Church's highest office by the end of the month. He cited his advancing age -- he is 85 years old -- and bad health as his reasons for his resignation. He is the first pope to resign since Pope Gregory...
Photo by PBS NewsHour After decades of using different metrics to calculate high school graduation rates, the Department of Education has for the first time released data for most states' graduation rates under one standardized measurement. The new data highlights an effort to provide a uniform baseline for analysis, beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year....
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