<p>an article today about possibly eliminating awards to National Merit scholars in the LA Times
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-merit6jul06,1,5551208.story?coll=la-news-state&ctrack=1&cset=true%5B/url%5D">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-merit6jul06,1,5551208.story?coll=la-news-state&ctrack=1&cset=true</a></p>