Sarkozy's Party Gloomy Over Local Elections The New York Times | PARIS — The governing party of President Nicolas Sarkozy is bracing for a crushing defeat in regional elections this Sunday and next, as voters appear determined to use the last nationwide ballot before the 2012 presidential elections to send a sharp warning to the Élysée Palace. | Almost all opinion polls indicate that the op...
Obama prepares education overhaul Breitbart WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to rewrite the nation's sweeping and controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind with a plan to prepare students for life after high school and to place better teachers at the blackboards. | Obama said he would send Congress his proposed overhaul of the 2001 education law t...