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A columnist at the Newton Tab in Massachusetts suggests that school officials there wondering why scores on standardized math tests have plummeted in recent years look no further than recent curriculum changes for an explanation. About five years ago, writes Tom Mountain, the Newton school district opted to start emphasizing …

LOS ANGELES – More heavy rain spread across parts of California (search) on Sunday and snow piled deeper in the mountains as the state sat under a storm system that already had snowbound motorists, caused flooding and even slowed trains. The latest in a series of storms was blamed for …

U.S. health officials defended the safety of childhood vaccines Tuesday in an apparent attempt to answer vocal critics questioning the connection between some vaccines and autism. Officials told reporters that they are worried that concerns over possible connections between autism and the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal are discouraging parents from vaccinating …