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Man guilty of gunning down wife, who worked at Irvine preschool
An Orange County man was convicted Monday of murdering his estranged wife by shooting her nine times in the chest after stalking her as she left work, prosecutors said. John Rand Agosta, 37, was found guilty by a jury on one felony count of murder and...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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Fear followed Oklahoma tornado but there are glimmers of optimism
MOORE, Okla. -- In the middle-class neighborhood of brick and frame homes known locally as South Moore Addition, there was no discernible pattern to the destruction inflicted by a tornado that killed at least 24 people. Some residents stood in a...
Tags: Moore Oklahoma Tornado (2013), Tornadoes, Telecommunication Service, Natural Disasters
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Pre-K funding is delivered another blow
States are spending less on pre-kindergarten programs than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The National Institute for Early Education Research released the State of Preschool 2012 report, calling the last school year...
Tags: Preschools, Head Start, Schools, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Boston Marathon victims: Preschool teacher who's never off-duty
Two-year-olds can be touchy about big changes in their lives, and no one knows that better than 29-year-old Erika Brannock. So before the preschool teacher left the Baltimore area to watch her mother run the Boston Marathon, she sent a note to the parents...
Tags: Sports, Broken Bones, Teaching and Learning, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Teachers
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Obama's early-childhood education plan lauded by L.A. educators
Using a method similar to California's to fund early-childhood education, President Obama is proposing a tax hike for his "Preschool for All" plan in the budget presented to Congress. The proposed 94-cent hike on cigarettes is projected to generate more...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Head Start, Georgetown, Barack Obama
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Picking on smokers to help preschoolers
The conventional wisdom among lawmakers is that if you're going to propose a new program, you should also propose a way to pay for it. That's more fiscally responsible than simply dipping deeper into the Treasury and worrying about the consequences later....
Tags: Tobacco Products, Personal Income, Preschools, Schools, Barack Obama
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Letters: Praise for preschool
Re "Over-praising preschool," Editorial, March 13 The Times' editorial board could learn from President Obama's observation in his State of the Union address that "every dollar we invest in high-quality early education can save more than $7 later on...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, Research
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Over-praising preschool
Increasing access to preschool could be the most important federal investment to make in education right now — or not. Unfortunately, despite what President Obama would have the public believe, the evidence is complicated and somewhat mixed. In...
Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Barack Obama
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Letters: Good parents, good students
Re “Report: Gaps in learning start early,” Feb. 26 What prevents children from becoming “throwaway kids”? Wait for it: “Responsible parents” from conception. Period. End of story. No studies necessary. Joel...Tags: Education
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State suspends license of day-care owner accused of molesting girls
L.A. NOWThe California Department of Social Services has temporarily suspended the license for a Boyle Heights day care whose owner has been charged with allegedly molesting three children.... -
Day-care owner charged with abuse was accused as early as 2008
L.A. NOWA daycare owner charged this week with molesting children at his Boyle Heights operation had been investigated twice before -- but never arrested -- in connection to similar allegations five years ago, according to law enforcement officials and state... -
Emanuel Pleitez will be running for L.A. mayor -- literally
L.A. NOWLong shot candidate Emanuel Pleitez is running for mayor of L.A. like nobody before him: In sneakers, shorts and, one hopes, plenty of sunscreen....
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