Retailers were among the biggest pre-market movers: Target and Gap reported stronger-than-expected same store sales.

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By the time poor kids start school, or even pre-school, they are already behind, the gap is likely to only grow over time.

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Those who want the Supreme Court to overturn the Voting Rights Act's pre-clearance requirements can point to these surveys to show that the racial gap in voting has dramatically diminished, and has arguably disappeared.

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The stock dropped 16% pre-market after a disappointing report, but rallied to fill the majority of the gap, closing down just over 5%.

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Comparing the results of children who had been in pre-school classes and those who had not, the former pre-school pupils were seen to be more popular in all primary age ranges - with the most pronounced gap among 10 year olds.

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