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Reed is honored at Jupiter Middle School of Technology's Honor Roll Breakfast in Jupiter, Fla. Reed was among about 80 students who received a special honor for getting straight A's.

For Families With Special Needs, Vouchers Bring Choices, Not Guarantees

Florida has the most choices of any state for students with special needs: public, private, charter and home schooling. Still, some families can't find a good fit.

A passenger plane lands at the John F. Kennedy international airport. Lower air fares, better on-time performance, fewer lost bags and fewer passengers being bumped from over-booked flights have all contributed to the airline's better customer satisfaction ratings.

Despite Viral Incidents, Passengers Are More Satisfied With Airlines Than Ever

Lower airfares, better on-time performance, fewer lost bags and fewer passengers being bumped from overbooked flights have all contributed to the overall better customer satisfaction ratings.

Former residents from the waterfront settlement of Otodo Gbame in Lagos. They've been displaced and are now living in Makoko, another waterfront slum.

Slum Dwellers In Africa's Biggest Megacity Are Now Living In Canoes

In Nigeria, government has warned that it will demolish shanties on prime waterfront property. Now thousands of people are homeless.

Whirring, Purring Fidget Spinners Provide Entertainment, Not ADHD Help

They're kids' new best friend and some teachers' worst nightmare. And despite being marketed to help ease anxiety and ADHD, one expert says there's no research to support that claim.

Fidget spinners come in different colors from a lot of different companies, but the basic one has three prongs centered around a circle with barrings in the middle.

Whirring, Purring Fidget Spinners Provide Entertainment, Not ADHD Help

They're kids' new best friend and some teachers' worst nightmare. And despite being marketed to help ease anxiety and ADHD, one expert says there's no research to support that claim.

Roundtable: Local Pols On Comey, Labor Split-up, Returning Seized Funds

The fallout from the Comey firing is not dying down yet. The AFL-CIO takes over a local labor group and ousts its leaders. The district attorney is ordered to give back a family's savings.

Teachers rallied at the Statehouse in Indianapolis in 2011 to protest Gov. Mitch Daniels' attempts to curb collective bargaining, implement merit pay and create a voucher system that would send taxpayer money to private schools.

The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers

Indiana's private school voucher program is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Whether it's "social justice" or "an assault" on public schools depends on whom you ask.

Photographs of Lauren and Larry in the Bloomsteins' home in New Jersey.

The Last Person You'd Expect To Die In Childbirth

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

Mitch Daniels, shown leaving the White House after a meeting in 2012, was governor of Indiana in 2011 when the state adopted its voucher program. These days he's the president of Purdue University.

The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers

Indiana's private school voucher program is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Whether it's "social justice" or "an assault" on public schools depends on whom you ask.

Lauren Bloomstein holds her newborn daughter.

Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

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