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A workshop in Spanish: Preparing Your Child for College will be held from 7-8:30 pm Feb. 2 at Wheaton High School, 12601 Dalewood Drive, Wheaton. Parents can get information from a “Montgomery College”recruteur admissions on how to help their children prepare for college, how to pay for higher education and how to support students in their quest for a degree. The workshop is free and childcare and free interpretation services are available. For more information 301-517-5940, e-mail or visit AskMCPS@mcpsmd.org www.mcpsparentacademy.org.A workshop focusing on education: Parents as Advocates and family-school partnership will be held from...

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Muslim Brotherhood Arrests Reported As Egypt Protests

The secretive Islamic opposition group has long renounced violence and may be the most reasonable option. Bruce Riedel on why Obama shouldn't panic—and should let Egyptians decide their fate. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia has sent a shock wave through the Arab world. Never before has the street toppled a dictator. Now Egypt is shaking, Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-old regime faces its most serious threat ever. The prospect of change in Egypt inevitably raises questions about the oldest and strongest opposition movement in the country, the Muslim Brotherhood , also known as Ikhwan....

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NASA Marks 25th Anniversary of the Challenger Disaster

NASA is remembering three major tragedies in its history this week, starting with the 25th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Friday. "This year marks the 25th anniversary of the loss of the Challenger—a tragedy that caused us to completely rethink our systems and processes as we worked to make the shuttle safer," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in an AFP report. Along with deputy administrator Lori Garver, Bolden honored the lives of those lost in Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia by laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia Thursday morning. "The nation...

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