“Obviously, cuts are difficult to make”
In a year when many federal programs are in line for hefty budget cuts, President Bush is asking Congress to largely leave education alone, and seeking more money for a controversial reading initiative. via Baltimore Sun

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HILLSBOROUGH — The spokesman for the Department of Children and Families was arrested on child pornography charges Friday night, accused of soliciting two teen-agers to perform sex acts which he used to make child pornography.
Al Zimmerman, 40, who has worked for DCF since spring 2005, was arrested in Lakeland and taken to the Hillsborough County […]

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The Bike Blog is pleased to see the many comments on our recent bike feature. What with the back and forth, we did want to clarify one point of fact.
After being called “a prick,” for remarking that bicyclists should “just get out of the way of those of us who have things to do,” […]

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Al Zimmerman, spokesman for the Department of Children and Families, was arrested today on charges of producing child pornography. At least one child was in state care, officials said.
According to a news release
from Attorney General Bill McCollum's office: "Investigators determined that at least two victims between the ages of 16 and 17 were solicited […]

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The Commission on Reading Research will be appointed later this year, easing concerns that the long-awaited review panel could be abandoned after years of planning.

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“The idea was we will increase funding to the schools - which they did once but they didn’t continue it, so they made it an unfunded mandate”
Former President Clinton said that if his wife is elected president she would radically change the “No Child Left Behind Act,” which he described as an education disaster […]

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