Queen Elizabeth II

The 84-year-old, who is also Queen of the British Commonwealth that includes the English-speaking Caribbean, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand, was on her way from a 7-day visit to Canada.

In her first speech to the UN, since 1957, the queen said she has seen great change, much of it for the better. Her address, made to the UN’s General Assembly attracted the attention of the national and international media, and lasted just seven minutes.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced that Florida will receive $170.2 million to turn around the state’s persistently lowest achieving schools through the federal government’s School Improvement Grants (SIG) program.

The funds are part of the $3.5 billion provision that will be made available to states this year from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Wasserman-Rubin

A few weeks ago it was Tamarac Commissioner Patricia Atkins-Grad who was arrested and charged.

Wasserman-Rubin, a Democrat, was released from the Broward county jail on Wednesday morning on bond set at $24,500.

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer

Since the law was passed a few months ago, it has created a national controversy as it authorizes Arizona law enforcement offers to stop and interrogate anyone they suspect of being an undocumented immigrant and request them to give documented proof of their immigration status. This creates potential threats to legal immigrants, most of whom are Hispanic, in Arizona. The law also requires immigrants to carry their immigration documents with them at all times, a point that is strictly opposed by the Hispanic community, and millions of those in support of immigration reform.

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