BRIEFLY DINNER TO HONOR LAUSD TEACHERS.More than 200 teachers from Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. will be honored Tuesday at a recognition dinner for having received national certification national certification Lab medicine A voluntary form of regulation that affirms that a person has the knowledge and skill to perform essential tasks in a given field, in the lab or in nursing; NC is granted by nongovernmental agencies or associations with , officials said. Elected officials, business leaders and educators will honor the teachers, who received certification in 2001 from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, during a dinner the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . - Daily News Hells Angels killer given life terms SAN FERNANDO - A 44-year-old man has been sentenced to consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole for the shooting deaths of a Hells Angels member and his girlfriend. Daniel Ray Waring was convicted in October of murdering Laurence ``Large Larry'' Lajeunesse and Tami Ann Brannigan bran·ni·gan n. 1. A noisy or confused quarrel. 2. A drinking spree; a binge. [Probably from the name Brannigan.] during a December 1988 dispute over methamphetamine. Authorities said Waring shot Lajeunesse, a 6-foot-2, 450-pound biker, five times in the back of the head and killed Brannigan to eliminate her as a witness. Waring has denied killing them and said it was John Kopp, who was later found dead with a rope around his neck, who shot the couple. Prosecutors alleged that Kopp witnessed the slayings. His death was ruled a suicide. - Associated Press Boeing cancels launch of rocket VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. - Launch of a rocket carrying five Iridium iridium (ĭrĭd`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Ir; at. no. 77; at. wt. 192.22; m.p. about 2,410°C;; b.p. about 4,130°C;; sp. gr. 22.55 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +4. communications satellites was scrubbed Saturday. The delay was ordered after a Navy aircraft set to relay data from the rocket developed mechanical problems and couldn't take off, said Glen Golightly, a spokesman for The Boeing Co. The launch was rescheduled for 9:49 a.m. today but could be delayed again if high winds persist, he said. - Associated Press |
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