Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:52 PM EDT2013-06-20 01:52:22 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) - HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for "The Sopranos" has died in Italy.(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.More >>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for "The Sopranos" has died in Italy.(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:06 PM EDT2013-06-20 00:06:42 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historicMore >>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historicMore >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:17 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:17:11 GMT
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice. TheMore >>
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice. TheMore >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 5:12 PM EDT2013-06-19 21:12:45 GMT
STONY VREEK, VA--State Police are assisting authorities in Sussex County as they search for a man who fled into the woods Tuesday afternoon. It happened along the 1600 block of Blue Star Highway near theMore >>
A Sussex County manhunt has ended after the suspect was found hiding under a bridge Wednesday.More >>
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A new report gives Virginia's public schools good marks in most areas but there are still some issues.
The Virginia Board of Education's annual state-of-schools report says 93 percent of the state's 1,836 public schools are fully accredited.
The on-time graduate rate has increased by 7.2 percent in four years. The dropout rate fell to 6.5 percent for the Class of 2012.
Student achievement also has made gains. Virginia students performed higher than national averages on the SAT and ACT exams.
But there's an achievement gap between students of different ethnic, racial and socio-economic backgrounds.
The report also says some schools continue to struggle, including one in Petersburg that was denied accreditation for the seventh straight year.
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