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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 24--Homework was never a priority for Bryan Smith before this year. The 13-year-old Curtis Junior High School student would go straight home after school and play video games. His grade-point average hovered around 1.8.

down the road changes Because dates and times of some performances might change, call the phone numbers listed to verify. jan. 1 tuesday "The Wedding Singer." Various times Jan. 1 through Jan. 6 at Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul's Blvd. at Charlotte Street, Norfolk. 671-8100. jan.

By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Aug. 7--It's a sight that makes University Place leaders uncomfortable when they drive past. A hillside inside a subdivision, once blanketed with trees, is now a few spindly firs away from being naked.

By Jessica Foster, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Jan. 8--Housing options for Coastal Carolina University students are very different today from what they were four years ago, officials say.