District schools supervisor Sayed Gol says intimidation and threats remain rare in Lashkargah.

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District 8 Supervisor Gordon Wozniak, who represents an area that includes the Claremont Hotel and the eastern end of the UC Berkeley campus, made the comments Tuesday as city officials moved to halt the sale of a Post Office building on Allston Way due to a decline in business.

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"You really have to sell them on the importance of pre-K and kindergarten: It's not what is used to be, " said John Crabbe, the Buffalo school district's attendance services supervisor.

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On Thursday, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District announced the arrest of a former stock loan supervisor from Morgan Stanley and two former managers from Janney Montgomery and one other person on a variety of charges, including securities and wire fraud, money laundering and bribery.

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After years of challenging the way voting districts are drawn, he succeeded in creating a majority black district in Newton County, and in 1991 was elected the first black county supervisor.

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