Forget Europe, traveling students (Colorado Daily) bi2331187 The weak dollar, already prompting world travelers to think twice about visits to pricey , forcing college students to reconsider favorites like London. Instead, students are increasingly opting for nontraditional destinations Asia, Africa and South America

Letters: Street crime (Independent) bi2331187 For decades, we have been implanting irrational fears the minds of our children about the dangers the streets, and how unsafe to step outside the house door. Our children are not arming themselves because fun or cool, but because they fear for own safety. "High-visibility" policing simply add to fear

Regional Briefs: Mary Easley trips rack up $109,000 tab (Winston-Salem Journal) bi2331187 RALEIGH -- Gov. Mike Easley's wife took a pair of overseas trips the past two years to visit museums -- trips that cost taxpayers $109,000

Longtime SDL board chief Robert Scheffey dies at 84 (Lancaster Online) bi2331187 Robert D. Scheffey, a former local advertising executive and longtime School District of Lancaster school board member, died Monda..

The Reign of Spain: European champions (of nearly everything) (Independent) bi2331187 Spain enjoying a moment of glory. Last night's triumphal homecoming of Euro 2008's conquering heroes revealed everything that good about Spaniards today, spontaneity, gregarious sociability, unbridled ? sometimes excessive ? lust for partying

Hidden Paradise (Sin Chew Jit Poh) bi2331187 Rich history, hidden beaches and water sports, these two Philippine holiday isles are hard to ignore. Cebu Pacific Air?s midnight flight kisses goodbye to Suvarnabhumi Airport?s tarmac and we?re on our way to the Philippines

Major Retrospective of British Artist J. M. W. Turner Opens at Metropolitan M bi2331187 Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775?1851), The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. 1823-04. Oil on canvas; 102 x 144 in. National Maritime Museum, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection

Grant to bring American art to 500 public, private schools (Trentonian) bi2331187 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Classic American art be coming to Philadelphia classrooms next fall as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities project

Schools, libraries to get art as part of national initiative (Worcester Teleg bi2331187 Schools and libraries across the region are among more than 26,000 that receive Picturing America art from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the agency announced week. The initiative bring sets of 40 large, high-quality reproductions of American art directly to classrooms and libraries beginning August

Interested Art? Picture This (Carteret County News-Times) bi2331187 (ARA) - If art your passion, but you never had time to pursue it, don't put off any longer. Whether you want to explore the arts to satisfy your soul, you're ready for a career using your talent or you just want to take up a new hobby, there an art class for you

CHS art students bring home the hardware (Crookston Daily Times) bi2331187 Twelve of Gary Stegman's Crookston High School art students have entered 18 pieces recent art shows. Several earned honors and top awards categories, and one going on to the Minnesota State High School League state exhibition next week

Elementary students help hungry through art project (The New Britain Herald) bi2331187 NEWINGTON ? When Kathleen Martin checked the Web site for a national program that helps feed the hungry, she noticed no elementary schools were listed

Schools benefit from Plein Air (Sonoma Index-Tribune) bi2331187 KEITH HICKS and Anne Ziemienski the Sonoma Plein Air Foundation awarded money to seven of the Valley's public schools. Front, from left, are Prestwood Principal Beth Langlament and Altimira Principal Sydney Smith

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