Bugs, socks, paper bags, egg cartons, books and bubbles - not store-bought, but the kind you make with dish detergent, water and corn syrup. Studies show that students can lose two to three months or more of math and reading skills over summer break, said Ehrman, the parent involvement coordinator for Pasco's Title I schools -- schools that receive federal money to help large populations of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Studies show that students can lose two to three months...

While we at home argue about how the war is being waged or, sometimes, about whether our soldiers, sailors, aviators and Marines should be in it at all, they do battle for us. troops continue to fight and die in Iraq? Are they being used effectively in Afghanistan? Even as that controversy grows stronger and, yes, more bitter each day, the troops go about their duties. We hope it won't be the case, but there is the chance that on this very day, as our nation pays homage to its fallen...

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Vang and dozens of Hmong farmers were having difficulty finding small, rentable plots of farmland near the Twin Cities the kind of plots that Asian immigrants have long relied on to grow fresh vegetables. The recent demand for ethanol has resulted in more land being turned over to corn planting, which had made it increasingly difficult for Hmong growers to find rentable farmland. The result: More than 100 Minnesota and Wisconsin landowners offered up small acreages to rent, both in city...

It s quite probably the reason why all of my family members aren t exactly on the svelte side. Generations of enduring potato famines and corn blights left their genetic markers on us, no doubt. According to the article, which cited a recent study by Columbia University, more than 15 percent of gay and bisexual men suffer from some form of subclinical eating disorder which includes anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating compared to the less than five percent of straight men. According to the...