Studying the suburbs: From museums to academia, suburban life no longer a laughing matter

Derided no more, suburban life is turning serious

SHAWNEE, Kan. – The numbingly similar tract homes, endless strip malls and multiple minivans filled with youth soccer players indelibly mark this former Indian mission territory as a Kansas City suburb.
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Doodle your feelings, three-year-olds told in Britain

LONDON – Children as young as three have been asked by a council in Britain to “draw how they feel when they are in nursery”, which a parent described as nonsense and comedy gold.

Whitehall council is consulting the children on their satisfaction with nursery life as part of a review of childcare provision.
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Wyo. officials say mom committed after daughters’ mutilation is ready for supervised release

Mom charged in kids’ mutilation may get freedom

EVANSTON, Wyo. – A woman who has spent 20 years in a mental institution for beheading and mutilating her two young daughters because she said they were evil clones may soon get supervised release.
The Wyoming State Mental Hospital in Evanston has asked a judge to place Laura Lee …. Read the original article  : Wyo. officials say mom committed after daughters’ mutilation is ready for supervised release.

Abu Dhabi gives land to build schools

Abu Dhabi, July 4 (IANS/WAM) The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) will give six plots of land to build private schools.

The schools will be built in Khalifa city and Mohamed bin Zayed city. The initiative is part of the government’s efforts to meet the growing demand for private schools.
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