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The Times, on top of the big stories. Lead sentence to its August 10, 2010 report vindicating the Atlanta school system: "The Atlanta public school system was substantially vindicated Monday when the results of an independent investigation into cheating on standardized tests were released." Now that the truth is out on "the biggest cheating scandal" ever, education columnist Michael Winerip: "Last summer a supposedly Blue Ribbon Commission, headed by a businessman volunteering his time, produced yet another flimsy report...."

The editor of the newly released "The New York Times Essential Book of Cocktails" shares the role Northern Michigan plays in his love of mixology.

Each successive round of deinstitutionalization has released sicker—and potentially more dangerous—mental patients to languish on the streets.