July 24, 2008
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DALAI LAMA-CEREMONY
MADISON -- Tibetans wished the Dalai Lama a long and happy life
on Thursday with an elaborate Buddhist ritual performed for the
first time in the U.S. Sitting Indian-style on a throne, the
73-year-old Tibetan political and spiritual leader swayed as dozens
of Buddhist monks offered him praise and wished him a healthy mind,
body and spirit during two hours of chants and prayers. By Ryan J.
Foley.
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GIRLS-MATH
WASHINGTON -- Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math
class is tough!" girls are proving that, at math, they are just as
tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up
to boys in math in every grade, from second through 11th. The
research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and
teachers persist in thinking boys are simply better at math, said
Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led
the study. And girls, who grew up believing it, wound up avoiding
harder math classes.
POLL-2008-WIS.
MADISON -- Democrat Barack Obama continues to have a double-digit
lead over Republican John McCain in Wisconsin, an independent poll
released Thursday showed. Obama has an 11-point lead over McCain in
the Quinnipiac University poll, down from 13-points in a June poll.
The two-point drop this month was within the poll's 3-point margin
of error and statistically insignificant. By Scott Bauer.
With:
--POLL-2008-SWING STATES
MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY
MADISON -- A state appeals court struck down tighter restrictions
on in-home Medicaid care Thursday. By Todd Richmond.
RACIAL SLURS
MADISON -- Prosecutors correctly attached a hate crime enhancer
to charges against three people accusing of making racial slurs to
black people in Janesville, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
By Todd Richmond.
Also:
MIDWEST FLOODS-TAX RELIEF, from WASHINGTON -- Victims of recent
storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some tax relief
under a new bill pending in Congress.
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