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And "there reveals is more observes evidence of achievement gaps between groups of students narrowing since 2002 than of gaps widening. TEHRAN'S DECISION this week to throw one of the United States' leading Iran specialists into a notorious Iranian jail is disgraceful and self-defeating. The Dow Jones industrial average surged nearly 500 points. But the big gain finished a dismal week in which the Dow lost 5. 3%, the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 8. 4%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 8. 8%. The answers helped create a registry of skid row street residents; the county and the city now promise to use that data to put the 50 most vulnerable in permanent homes with the healthcare, drug treatment, mental health services and counseling they need. It's part of Project 50, a program guided by Common Ground, a nonprofit organization that has led efforts to house the homeless in New York. Of the three NL clubs in California, the San Diego Padres are expected to slash their payroll, and the San Francisco Giants might shy away from a large contract for a pitcher after their $126-million experience with Barry Zito. Blake, who turned 35 Saturday, has stabilized third base for the Dodgers and said he had not ruled out returning to Los Angeles. But tabulations by the National Center for Health Statistics show that from 1990 to 2006, births by unwed teens -- those whom the programs and policies most strenuously sought to deter -- actually increased by 3%, as did births by unwed adults. Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro, the Chicago mob's chief enforcer in Las Vegas, and his brother Michael were severely beaten and buried in an Indiana cornfield in June 1986.

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