ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 8 (TNSres) -- The National Association of State Boards of Education issued the following news release: Buoyed by evidence of the long-run benefits to children, families, and communities, states have for years been expanding preschool options and enrollment. The state role in early education keeps growing. Authors in the latest issue of NASBE's State Education Standard document how states have expanded access to quality early education, the research that supports these   more

STANFORD, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: By Erin Digitale A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing. The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, allowing time to find a donor heart. Th  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Today, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Leslie Ellen Mansfield, 61, of Tulsa, for Bank Fraud. Judge Frizzell ordered Mansfield to serve 18 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Judge Frizzell further ordered Mansfield to pay $137,240.95 in restitution. According to court documents, Mansfield was a licensed attorney in N  more