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By Pauline Arrillaga
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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When the state designated Lafayette High School as "persistently lowest achieving" two years ago, it was one of the darkest days in the history of the once-iconic Buffalo school.
The silver lining was supposed to be the fact that the "PLA" label carries with it the keys to as much as $6 million in federal money -- to trigger radical change in a failing school in just three years.
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LONDON (Reuters) - As rising numbers of foreign millionaires set up home in London, Britain's indigenous population are finding it harder to get rich as underperforming investments and high tax rates hamper wealth creation.
The population of British millionaires increased by 6,000 to 454,000 in 2010, amounting to growth of just 1.4 percent, one of the slowest rates among leading economies, according to a survey by Merrill Lynch and Cap Gemini.
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Gone is the stubborn preseason bluster of years past, replaced instead by the tempered message Robin Pingeton repeats often.
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LONDON - Some British mosques are boosting security after Norway's horrific massacre was traced to a man who fears Muslims are taking over Europe - an attack that exposed a failure to root out Islamophobia that has bled into the European mainstream.
European government leaders may even be feeding fears of Islam through measures such as bans on face veils on the streets, aimed at appeasing a non-Muslim majority wary about the continent's rising Muslim population.
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Sunday's Apple Festival was the latest outdoor event to enjoy Mother Nature's meteorological makeup for all of those summer days she spoiled with sweltering temperatures.
Today is as good as it could get. It's a beautiful day," said John Bell, operations manager of the festival site, Old Prairie Town at Ward Meade Historic Site, 124 N.W. Fillmore.
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Road warriors, rejoice!
Many of the soggy trouble spots that turned motorists into daredevils this week have finally eased a bit, so there should be less need to evade flood barricades or use a fishing boat to get near a waterlogged neighborhood as did an allegedly tipsy Elmwood Park man early Thursday.
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WITH INCREASED ECONOMIC PRESSURES driven by shrinking supply and sales pipelines, more organizations are shifting to virtual business models. Although...
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Oh, it would have so much easier if the Battle Ground boys had beaten Evergreen on Friday night, or if the Hudsons Bay boys had posted back-to-back wins last week.
Yes, that would have left the races for basketball league titles so much more clearer.
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Really, what's new to say? It was another game with one goal, another loss for the Buffalo Sabres.
This time, at least, the Sabres got one point for their trouble. Of course, the team that was directly ahead of them in the standings earned two.