The largest school district consolidation in American history is taking place as the overwhelmingly black Memphis district is being dissolved into the majority-white Shelby County schools.
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Merger of Memphis and County School Districts Revives Challenges
A Salvadoran restaurant in Nassau County seemed pretty representative for Long Island, where, as so many places, the idea of life outside the big city is fluid.
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Our Towns: In the Idyllic Land of Cul-de-Sacs and Crabgrass, a Constancy of Change
The percentage of the nation’s African-American population living in the South has hit its highest point in half a century, census data shows.
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Many U.S. Blacks Moving to South, Reversing Trend
Laying bare a startling example of urban collapse, data showed the population falling by 25 percent in a decade.
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Detroit Census Confirms a Desertion Like No Other
If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shut down, interest rates would rise for most borrowers, but urban and rural residents could see sharper increases than customers in the suburbs.
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Without Loan Giants, 30-Year Mortgage May Fade Away
Residents are awoken with knocks on doors after a truck driver spots vapors rising from the ground.
Residents of the West’s suburban subdivisions are growing more frustrated by encounters with roaming cattle.
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Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws
Residents of the West’s suburban subdivisions are growing more frustrated by encounters with roaming cattle.
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Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws
Merger of Memphis and County School Districts Revives Challenges
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