Entire school staff gets boot in wake of arrests
The unprecedented move is intended to build confidence among milies who have lost ith in their neighborhood elementary school. More than a quarter of students did not show up for classes Monday.
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will use the backdrop of a White House science ir today to highlight a nationwide shortage of math and science teachers and unveil a plan to invest more than $100 million to help train 100,000 new educators over the next decade.
McDonalds pulls ad that irked dog lovers
Federal judge upholds abortion restriction
After years of debate, federal health officials have recommended that boys be routinely vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV.
LOS ANGELES—McDonalds apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite it. The ad that said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting atechnology colleges Nation briefs, 2/7/12 pit bull enraged pit-bull owners and their defenders.
In a new immunization schedule published in The Annals of Internal Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the first time recommended HPV vaccinations for boys ages 11 to 12 and catch-up vaccinations for those 13 to 21. HPV is the most common ually transmitted infection in the country.
Funds sought for training teachers
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HPV vaccinations advised for boys
technology colleges Nation briefs, 2/7/12,Under his proposal, Obama will ask Congress for $80 million to support new Department of Education grants for colleges that provide innovative teacher-training programs. The president also is set to announce a $22 million commtechnology collegesitment from private companies that will support the effort, according to White House officials.
WASHINGTON—The Senate has passed a compromise bill that speeds up the Federal Aviation Administrations switch from old-shioned radar to an air-traffic control system based on GPS technology. It also requires opening U.S. skies to drone flights within four years. The bill was approved 75 to 20 on Monday. The House passed the bill last week. It now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.
LOS ANGELES—The superintendent of the citys Unified School District, John Deasy, told parents Monday evening that the district is replacing the entire staff of Miramonte Elementary School in the wake of the arrests last week of two teachers on lewd-conduct charges.
AUSTIN, Texas—A federal judge on Monday upheld a Texas law requiring women to have a sonogram before having an abortion, saying an appeals court had forced him to declare the law constitutional.
Since 2006, the vaccine has been recommended for girls and young women, largely because HPV causes cervical cancer. But public-health authorities said only that boys could receive it to protect against genital warts and certain cancers and to help prevent the spread of HPV.
Senate OKs FAA switch to GPS
