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2:35 am
Mon April 23, 2012

State-Owned German Banks Suffer After Risky Investments

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Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 5:19 am

Unlike the United States, Germany never had a housing bubble. Its mortgage market is too tightly regulated. But some German banks did lose a lot of money in the financial crisis, and they're still paying a big price for it.

Mitt Romney
1:41 am
Mon April 23, 2012

Immigration Remains A Dicey Issue For Romney, GOP

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday.
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Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 6:29 am

At a Republican candidates' forum in Wisconsin before the state's primary earlier this month, a speaker who wasn't on the ballot had strong words for the GOP regarding its low standing among Hispanic voters.

"The way the party ... talks about immigration is going to impact the future course of this party and the future course of this nation," said former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the first Hispanic to hold the nation's highest law enforcement post.

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Shots - Health Blog
1:40 am
Mon April 23, 2012

Swaddling and Shushing Help Soothe Babies After Vaccinations

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I could use some shushing and swaddling right about now.
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Pediatrician Harvey Karp with Anne Vanderpool and her son, 4-week-old Henry Wick.
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Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 5:57 am

Imagine you're a happy baby, off with your folks to visit the doctor.

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Shots - Health Blog
1:39 am
Mon April 23, 2012

Children With Autism Are Often Targeted By Bullies

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Abby Mahoney, 13, has Asperger's syndrome. She says she has memorized nearly everything there is to know about Star Wars. Her enthusiasm for the subject helped make her the target of a bullying boy.
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Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 7:42 am

Lots of kids get bullied. But kids with autism are especially vulnerable.

A new survey by the Interactive Autism Network found that nearly two-thirds of children with autism spectrum disorders have been bullied at some point. And it found that these kids are three times as likely as typical kids to have been bullied in the past month.

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Education
1:38 am
Mon April 23, 2012

Chicago Wants Longer School Day; Foes Want Details

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sits with South Side first-graders in October. Emanuel's plan to lengthen the school day and the school year has met with resistance.
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Parents who oppose Emanuel's plan to lengthen the school day to seven hours for elementary students (from left): Jonathan Goldman, Joy Clendenning, Josephine Sanders, Nellie Cotton and Mary Botello.
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Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 7:39 am

Most kids in Chicago's public schools spend just five hours and 45 minutes in school a day. It's one of the shortest school days in the country.

That's why more than half of the city's public elementary schools have no recess. At those that do, it's shockingly short.

"We have a 10-minute recess and a 10-minute lunch at our school," says Wendy Katten, mother of a third-grader at Burley Elementary School in Chicago. "It's not sufficient."

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