The state will get flexibility, for example, on a rule that all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014, but must continue publishing A-F report cards for all schools.
August 2013
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South Portland native Brett Brown accepts offer from 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are banking on the former Boston University star to develop a young team.
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Rescued teen returns to California with father
Hannah Anderson was reunited with her father on Sunday at a hospital in Boise hours after FBI agents rescued her and shot and killed her abductor.
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Standish man dies in Scarborough raceway accident
Gregory Rowe was catching a ride on the back of his team’s pickup when the accident occurred, police say.
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Rodeo lawyer: Anti-Obama clown went rogue
The weekend rodeo act at a fair in Missouri has been criticized by both Democratic and Republican officials as disrespectful of Obama.
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U.S. judge says NYPD’s stop-frisk policy violates rights
‘The city’s highest officials have turned a blind eye to the evidence that officers are conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner,” writes U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin.
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Waterville woman reaches into man’s boxers to get her stolen cash
Timothy Stanton, 32, is accused of stealing $105 from a Waterville woman he met at the Bob-In on Saturday, allegedly concealing the cash in his boxer shorts.
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Study: Fairfield PD needs clear chain of command, steady hand at helm
One of the first big jobs facing Fairfield’s new police chief will be addressing concerns raised in an independent review, which says the department lacks a clear chain of command, among other problems.
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Cause of fire that razed St. Albans home unknown
The cause of a fire that destroyed a home on Woodmere Lane in St. Albans Monday is undetermined due the extensive damage, according to state investigators.
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Fatal Port Clyde car accident turns a vacation into tragedy
The driver says she can’t recall how she sped onto a wharf and hit a family, killing a child.