A brutal week for tech stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite to its worst week since April. Investors will try turning the page in the week ahead, as the government shutdown drags on and third-quarter ...

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A growing number of school districts have turned to abbreviated weeks over the past two decades, sometimes in a bid to save money, other times to give themselves the upper hand in recruiting teachers, ...