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May 13, 2008

Region/State News

Saturday May 10

School districts start to face sanctions under landmark law

At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English ...

Thursday May 8

Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal

A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.

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