The break-even point for most child care centers is around 65% to 70%, estimates Mark L. Rosenberg, treasurer of the National Child Care Association--but that's assuming your center is large enough to generate economies of scale.

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On paper, Democratic prospects for the seats -- left open, respectively, by the Senate candidacy of Rep. Mark W. Neumann and retirement of four-term Rep. Scott L. Klug -- look promising.

CNN: By Gregory L. Giroux, CQ Staff Writer

The brains behind Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law will bring his latest legal drama, Raising the Bar, which stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Kaczmarek, to the cable outlet this fall.

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