Tori Spelling Becomes A Minister
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Tori Spelling became an ordained minister last week... ONLINE! She is now Reverend Tori Spelling and can perform weddings. On her myspace.com site she posted that she officiated a same-sex union at her bed and breakfast, Chateau La Rue, last wee...
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President Bush on Wednesday named White House domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the nation's eighth education secretary. "The issue of education is close to my heart and on this vital issue there's no one I trust more than Margaret Spellings," Bush told her.
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President George W. Bush selected domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings, an education aide when he was governor of Texas, to replace Roderick Paige as the secretary of education.
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By Christina Nuckols, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 23--RICHMOND -- Gov. Timothy M.
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WHISTLER, B.C. (CP) - If the B.C. Liberals are serious about changing the old, white, male face of government, it has to start nominating women in sure-bet ridings, says one of a few women the premier has elevated to cabinet.
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Tori Spelling has extricated herself from a real-life Beverly   Hills, 90210 drama.
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(InfoWorld) - Mountain View, Calif. - Speaking at Microsoft's Silicon Valley offices, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday suggested allowing willing specialists to teach math and science part-time to stem the skills gap in these fields. But roadblocks, such as state regulations and teachers unions, have prevented this, Spellings said during a Churchill Club event. "It's not by accident that there are all these barriers," Spellings said. Asked by an audience member what was being done attract new teachers to the profession, Spellings presented a dire prognosis. "The short answer is we're not doing enough to attract our best and brightest to the profession," she said. "I believe that we make it so difficult. There are so many barriers to entry into this profession, itâs absurd," Spellings said. An approach such as having experts teach math or science just from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday is not allowable under regulations that require teachers to be in school 185 days a year, she said. Instead, math and science are being taught by teachers who do not specialize in those fields, Spellings said. She touted the federal No Child Left Behind law as bringing up test scores but emphasized that much more needs to be done to improve education for students, particularly minority students. The needs of high school and middle school students also must be addressed, Spelling said. One audience member cited the issue of disruptive students that prevent education of the entire class. But Spellings said issues of discipline are reserved for the state and local governments rather than being a federal issue. "We have to figure all this out in ways that make sense," Spellings said.Â  Surprisingly, Spellings agreed with the statement, "It takes a village," to meet the educational needs of children, which was noted by an audience member identifying herself as a math teacher at a low-income charter school in downtown San Jose, Calif. This statement was coined by Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton in a speech addressing the needs of children when she was first lady. Clinton's full statement was, "It takes a village to raise a child." "It does take a village," Spellings said.
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TORONTO -- Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman yesterday became the latest member of the Liberal cabinet to face accusations of selling access to party donors.
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Eric C. Smith has joined the staff of the Maine Council of Churches.
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Although President Bush has been tight-lipped about who will serve in his second-term Cabinet, the administration dropped the name Thursday of one addition to the White House family: Miss Beazley.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin served notice to his Liberal cabinet Thursday to clam up with their personal opinions on the U.S. presidential election.
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President Bush on Wednesday nominated a longtime close aide, White House domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings, as the next education secretary.
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Her official title is governor of Arizona. But Janet Napolitano turned into an international saleswoman last week during her five-day blitz of Britain.
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If Oklahoma Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin is elected Nov. 7 to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs 5th District Ã¢ÂÂ as is widely expected Ã¢ÂÂ she will enter the 110th Congress next January as one of its most politically seasoned freshmen.
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The United Methodist Church defrocked a lesbian minister this week for the first time in 17 years. In a sermon to her congregation, the Rev.
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Actress Tori Spelling gave birth on Tuesday to a son in Los Angeles, People magazine reported.
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For a Church of Scotland minister, officiating at rock star Rod Stewart's wedding on the luxurious Italian Riviera was a change of pace.  The Rev.