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Striking Portland teachers temporarily block downtown bridge

Teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning as they marched in a strike started roughly three weeks ago. Members of the Portland Association of Teachers union and their supporters stopped in the middle of the Burnside Bridge for about 15 minutes, KGW reported. By 9 …

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Classes canceled at Columbine on 16th shooting anniversary

LITTLETON, Colo. – Classes are canceled at Columbine High School to mark the 16th anniversary of the shootings that killed twelve students and a teacher. A moment of silence to honor those lost on April 20, 1999 will be held at 11:20 a.m. in the school’s library, which was rebuilt …

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California bullet train fare estimate a bargain, report says

A newspaper analysis has found that the most recent estimate of the cost to ride California’s bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco is a bargain at an average of $86. At roughly 20 cents a mile, it would be one of the world’s cheapest high-speed rail trips, the …

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Melodee Buzzard disappearance: New surveillance photos show missing California girl, 9, in possible disguise

California authorities released new surveillance images Friday of a missing 9-year-old child who the FBI said may have been with her mother on a road trip “as far as the state of Nebraska” before vanishing. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard …

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