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Many Americans have been deeply divided by the loss of the Olympic bid for Chicago. Many say those who were in the relieved to happy groups are un-American, but I beg to differ. As a resident of Illinois, I, for...

Pittsburgh along with other G-20 spouses in September, the percussion work of Jason Yoder stood out. "Jason blew me away in Pittsburgh," Mrs. Obama said yesterday just before Jason, 16, of Squirrel Hill, performed for her once again as part...

Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 3, 2009; 3:37 PM President Obama on Wednesday will highlight education reform efforts in 10 states where governors and lawmakers are maneuvering for a piece of the $4.35 billion to be awarded in...

Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, when the President came to town. "The President of the United States is here in the same place where you walk the halls, where you learn," Wright principal Nancy Evans told the students. "Take...

President Obama sent an unmistakable message to the nation's teachers unions and school administrators Wednesday during a speech at a Wisconsin charter school: Don't stand in the way of education reform. "We've let partisanship and petty bickering stand in the...

Wis. — Republican legislators are trying to muster support for a bill that would repeal new minimum car insurance levels in Wisconsin. The state budget Gov. Jim Doyle signed earlier this year required all motorists to purchase liability insurance. The...

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The widow of a high school principal who was shot to death by a student three years ago helped launch a new anti-bullying curriculum in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Sue Klang, widow of slain Weston Schools Principal John Klang, said she...

Authorities in Wisconsin say a deputy shot an inmate at a hospital in suburban Milwaukee after the inmate began a scuffle. Waukesha Memorial Hospital Kathy Allen says the inmate is in critical condition there with a gun shot wound. She...