Democrats Promise Tax Breaks for Tuition

Party's convention also calls for more federal spending on stem-cell research

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Boston

As Democrats unified behind Sen. John Kerry last week, they also adopted a platform that calls for tax breaks for tuition and an end to the ban on federal funds for embryonic-stem-cell research.

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