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Springfield School Districts ensures parents in-district transfers will get priority
LANE COUNTY, Ore. (KMTR) - As school districts across Western Oregon open up for open enrollment allowing kids to go to school anywhere regardless of where they live, most are reminding parents that in-district transfers will take priority. Springfield School District, for example, talked with NewsSource 16 Friday and said their in-district transfers will be first-come first-serve as long as
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Oregon Research Institute breaks ground for new building
EUGENE, Ore. (KMTR) - After months of controversy, Oregon Research Institute is proud to announce it has broken ground on construction for its new Mill Race Drive facility. Planning to share space with the Education Policy Improvement Center, ORI said it is happy that what has been in the works for 11 years is now becoming a reality. The building
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Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May. Panetta told CBS's 60 Minutes , in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for
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Mistrial for officer in Katrina shootings probe
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case against a retired police sergeant charged with helping cover up deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt ruled Friday that Justice Department prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein may have tainted the jury hearing Gerard Dugue's trial by mentioning the name
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Venezuela to shun World Bank arbitration decisions
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his government will ignore future decisions by a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body. Venezuela formally began its withdrawal from the Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes this week. Chavez says any financial disagreements with foreign companies operating in Venezuela should be settled with local authorities and within the country's judicial
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Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's president is backing away from a possible pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. President Michel Martelly says he will let justice run its course in the case of the man known as "Baby Doc." Martelly says he was misunderstood in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press when asked about Duvalier and responded that he