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Talking Points: Not a Good Time to be a Kid

Not a good time to be a kid in America. That’s the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points” memo. The Factor is spreading out. We’ll be reporting for the Fox Broadcast Network a few times over the next year, and the firstFactor special will be called “The Corruption of the …

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States Prepare for Emergency Response

WASHINGTON – State and local officials believe they are more than up to the task of taking care of security in the post-Sept. 11world. The problem, they say, is paying for it. Already watching tax revenues dwindle with the withering economy, many are barely able to meet their peacetime obligations …

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Battle for Philly Schools Gets Ugly

NEW YORK – With a Friday deadline looming, Philadelphia Mayor John Street and Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker workedovertimeThursday to hash out a proposedstate takeover of the crumbling city school system. Negotiations went into overdrive after two tense weeks of contentious political maneuversby the Democratic mayor and the Republican governor in …

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