A PAYBACK TO SCHOOLS.

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Some Pennsylvania residents, encouraged by newspaper editorials that a one-time-only state tax rebate was an election year ploy, are giving their rebate checks to schools. Philadelphia schools have received hundreds of the 2.5 million checks mailed by the state Department of Revenue. "Our governor announced the surplus, saying they had met all the needs of the state," the Reverend William Stone told the Associated Press. "I knew that wasn't right. They hadn't met all their needs." The governor came up with the $339 million tax rebate as a means to offset local property taxes. "We think it's great," Tim...