| Kurt Busch Still Has a Bright Future
Busch became NASCAR's newest free agent when he was pushed out of Hendrick Motorsports so the team could make room for Dale Earnhardt Jr. It's opened a ton of opportunities for the talented but temperamental driver, as at least six of the top Nextel Cup owners are on record as being interested in signing him. And, believe it or not, Busch has far more opportunities than Earnhardt did. Earnhardt had very firm criteria during his job search, which was limited to only the top Chevrolet teams in NASCAR. He wants to win a championship, and at age 32, the clock is ticking on his career. He couldn't gamble with his choice, and realistically only had three teams to choose from. Busch doesn't have the same restrictions. He can drive a Chevy, Ford, or Dodge — maybe even a Toyota — and at 10 years younger than Junior, Busch has a much bigger window to find success.
Three Perris High School students killed in I-15 crash
ESCONDIDO -- Three teenage boys were killed and a fourth was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when their car crashed as they sped down Interstate 15 toward a high school graduation celebration in San Diego, authorities said.The crash occurred at 2 p.m., when the victims' 1993 Acura Integra flipped over and struck a tree on the side of southbound Interstate 15 immediately north of the ramp to Highway 78, California Highway Patrol officer Tom Kerns said. The impact shot the car some 20 feet off the roadway, and authorities closed one lane of the freeway to investigate, causing traffic backup for several hours. The Integra's occupants -- all Perris High School students -- were believed to have been racing with a black Honda or Acura that passed the Integra and sped off to the south after the collision, Kerns said.
I don't blame the (middle-class) parents
Is it all the fault of the middle classes? I ask because some of the language used in the debate over disadvantaged kids has a faintly accusatory tone to it (Yes, guilty). Or perhaps the term "middle-class" has been used for so long as a term of abuse that it is impossible to read it any more without hearing the echo of a sneer. The middle classes read to their children. They teach them to count. They tell them about shapes and colours and the world. I don’t think anybody is complaining about that, yet. But they also use public services – health visitors, doctors, Sure Start children’s centres – and if you listen to public sector workers for more than a few minutes, you will hear protests about that. A mother’s likelihood of seeing a health visitor after giving birth actually decreases with her income; the people who most need help are those most likely to be left behind.
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