The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA National News

Florida offers look at problems with education law

2012-02-10T12:08:55-05:00

By almost any measure, Norma Butler Bossard Elementary is a top performing school in Miami: It has consistently been rated an ‘A’ by the state, and students have achieved high scores on Florida’s standardized math and reading exams.

Embalmer takes speech case to Mass. high court

2012-02-10T12:08:01-05:00

Troy Schoeller admits he could have chosen his words more carefully when he talked to a reporter about bodies he worked on as an embalmer at a funeral home.

Turbo-traders take Bank of America for a ride

2012-02-10T12:06:48-05:00

On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange.

NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine’s Day tours

2012-02-10T12:05:52-05:00

It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine’s Day.

Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees

2012-02-10T12:05:25-05:00

Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.

Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage bill

2012-02-09T11:29:30-05:00

Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.

911 log shows time lapse in Powell emergency call

2012-02-09T11:28:54-05:00

Nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell’s children were in danger and when sheriff’s deputies were dispatched, emergency call logs show.

LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff

2012-02-09T11:28:15-05:00

An entirely new staff of teachers will greet students Thursday at an elementary school rocked last week by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.

Doctors telling more adults: Get out and exercise

2012-02-09T11:27:45-05:00

A new study shows more and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get off their duffs and exercise.

Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames

2012-02-09T11:27:12-05:00

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago.