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The man accused of fatally shooting D.C. Council intern Alonte Sutton admitted to police that he feuded with Sutton in the days before the slaying, even slashing his tires and chasing him, but denied pulling the trigger, a District police detective testified Thursday.


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The District's top special education official apologized to a roomful of anxious parents Wednesday night for mishandling an attempt to remove their children from private schools where they had been placed at public expense because the city was unable to meet their needs.



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The University of Virginia filed a motion in circuit court asking the state to halt an investigation into the work of a prominent climate researcher.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California students seeking a lunchtime electrolyte boost would be out of luck under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate....

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Research with two colleagues pegged age, composition of universe

A Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist whose work helped determine the precise age and composition of the universe will share the $1 million Shaw Prize in astronomy for 2010, the school announced Thursday.

Alum Michael Bloomberg urges students to defy partisanship and ask hard questions

Graduating students should ignore partisanship and conventional wisdom in favor of asking tough questions about the issues facing the world, said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in remarks Thursday morning at the Johns Hopkins University's commencement.

The agency responsible for developing the curriciulum and administering tests is to be scrapped by the government.

UMBC president one of 10 to receive honorary degrees along with Meryl Streep

University of Maryland Baltimore County President Freeman A. Hrabowski III added an honorary degree from Harvard to his list of awards on Thursday morning, hailing it as recognition of his university's profound strides in the academic world. "The respect our colleagues at Harvard have for UMBC as a research university is clear," he said. In bestowing the degree, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust praised Hrabowski as "a galvanic force in his university's ascent." Among those who shared the honor and the stage with Hrabowski? Actress Meryl Streep.

A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been sacked from his job, a union says.

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