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Spinal-implant payments backed by Calif. lawmakers bc-spinal-medpay(sh) | By: LAUREL ROSENHALL | Health and Fitness (AH), Western News (WN) Jun 14, 2013 12:02 PM By LAUREL ROSENHALL Each year, thousands of Californians hurt themselves on the job and end up with back surgery -- small but expensive piece of the state's workers' compensation system. The vast majority of California workers with injured backbon
San Bernardino County a bellwether for Hispanic population shifts bc-latinos-majority(sh) | By: DAVID OLSON | National (AN), Western News (WN) Jun 13, 2013 3:12 PM By DAVID OLSON Latinos now outnumber all other racial and ethnic groups in San Bernardino County, making it the second-biggest county in the nation with a Hispanic majority, newly released census data shows. The U.S. Census Bureau's long-expected
New Wash. law might have prevented slaying of dad by mentally ill son bc-murder-law(sh) | By: LARRY LARUE | National (AN), Western News (WN) Jun 12, 2013 1:22 PM By LARRY LARUE Kim Meline never got the chance to testify in favor of a new law that was precipitated by the murder of her husband at the hands of her son. Twice this year, she planned to speak in front of Washington House and Senate committees d
Bucking a trend, a poor student from Calif. gains entry to elite colleges bc-teen-college(sh) | By: DIANA LAMBERT | National (AN), Education (LS) | Photos: SH13F021TEENCOLLEGE, SH13F022TEENCOLLEGE Jun 4, 2013 3:37 PM By DIANA LAMBERT Lloyd Chen can't afford the $70 for a high school yearbook. His family can't pay for a graduation party or a trip abroad. But the high school valedictorian has something his fellow graduates don't: nine full-ride offers to elite u
Iraqi refugees in U.S. face mental-health crisis bc-Iraqis-PTSD(sh) | By: STEPHEN MAGAGNINI | National (AN), Western News (WN) Jun 3, 2013 3:29 PM By STEPHEN MAGAGNINI For some 2,700 Iraqi refugees who have settled in Sacramento, Calif., the U.S. isn't exactly a refuge. Many have brought the war with them, and have found little in the way of mental-health resources to help alleviate their suff
School websites latest target for advertisers bc-school-ads(sh) | By: MARY NIEDERBERGER | National (AN), Education (LS) May 23, 2013 2:15 PM By MARY NIEDERBERGER With funding tight, expenses ever increasing and limits set on how high taxes can be raised, school leaders find themselves looking for new ways to raise revenues. One idea emerging is to sell advertising space on school distr
Centuries-old dry farming technique popular again in wake of drought bc-dry-farming(sh) | By: EDWARD ORTIZ | National (AN), Western News (WN) May 17, 2013 1:30 PM By EDWARD ORTIZ A centuries-old farming technique called dry farming -- once the order of the day in California's Central Valley -- is once again drawing the interest of some of the region's farmers. The technique is as simple as it is risky. Dry
Calif.'s water delivery system in peril over worker shortages bc-water-workers(sh) | By: JON ORTIZ | Western News (WN) May 16, 2013 1:25 PM By JON ORTIZ California lacks enough trained workers to efficiently run and maintain its complex water delivery system, a problem that is costing taxpayers extra tens of millions of dollars each year and has consequences for cities and farms state
Memphis plans to fire record number of teachers bc-memphis-teachers(sh) | By: JANE ROBERTS | National (AN), Education (LS) May 16, 2013 1:10 PM By JANE ROBERTS Two years after a stepped-up emphasis on teacher performance that stemmed from a $90 million investment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Memphis City Schools plans to fire the largest number of teachers in its history. The d
Students will read more nonfiction under new core standards bc-read-newstandard(sh) | By: JEAN COWDEN MOORE | National (AN), Education (LS) | Photos: SH13E091READNEWSTANDARDS, SH13E092READNEWSTANDARDS May 10, 2013 2:15 PM By JEAN COWDEN MOORE Students from kindergarten through high school will soon be reading more nonfiction -- biographies, speeches, even a government publication on insulation -- under new national standards that are changing what and how children l
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