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Des Plaines, Ill. Two days a week, Kamran Swanson arrives at Oakton Community College just before one of the three philosophy courses he teaches. Between classes, he heads for a windowless office on the second floor of the campus building, where if ...
2009-10-18 10:12:00
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Politicians and pundits are using results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests to say our kids are falling behind the rest of the world, so maybe we should get some PISA practice. Brookings Institution scholar Tom ...
2009-10-18 10:19:00
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The teenagers in Stephanie Nichols's algebra class have nothing on her blank stare. And they can't even come close to her best confused expression: eyebrows furrowed, mouth frowning, a flash of ditziness framed by a blond bob. "Sorry if I'm the slow ...
2009-10-18 09:15:00
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For area music fans weary of the long commute to Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus for top-draw concerts, the sparkling new Lucas County Arena is supposed to be the venue they've dreamed about. Then Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled what was supposed to be the ...
2009-10-18 06:02:00
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“Bumbazed” is not, it might be admitted, a word that would figure highly in most people’s vocabulary. So when David Webb, co-author of How To Win At Scrabble , spelled it out in the final of the national championships, earning himself not only ...
2009-10-18 04:57:00
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The Bank of Canada is likely to leave interest rates unchanged at a record low level, (0.25%), when it meets Tuesday, according to 23 of 23 economists in a Bloomberg News survey last week. The primary factor in leaving borrowing costs unchanged is ...
2009-10-18 02:41:00
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IMAGE: This is Professor Peter Sadler of the University of Warwick. Click here for more information. Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed ...
2009-10-18 05:54:00
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With the League Championship Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT Mathematics Professor Bruce Bukiet has, once again, analyzed the probability of each team winning their post-season series. Bukiet updates his calculations daily during the Major League ...
2009-10-14 12:44:00
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Two gubernatorial candidates – Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell – are touting different options to support higher education in Virginia. Politically, they have a common goal: to give more young people a chance at success by ...
2009-10-18 10:02:00
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The Greeneville City School System's "Greeneville Global Initiative" took another important step forward Thursday and Friday with a visit from Jim Duncan, a principal from the Central American country of Belize. Duncan, who hosted Greeneville ...
2009-10-18 10:59:00
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Local area members of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will come together to promote awareness available through education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Volunteers will walk door-to-door distributing ...
2009-10-18 08:36:00
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UNLV tutor Nedelina Petkova, left, helps biology major Padtaya Pukpayat with a math problem. Assessing incoming freshmen in math is expected to begin next fall. UNLV is about to launch what may be its most important research project ever: Why are so ...
2009-10-18 10:52:00
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Faith, Family, Friends, and FOX 6. That pretty much summarizes my life right now! But let me go back and tell you how I got here. I remember being avidly interested in weather as a sixth grader growing up in the Chicago area. In those days, I checked ...
2009-10-18 10:59:00
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Chicago, Oct 18 (IANS) Vikram Buddhi, a former doctoral student at Purdue University, has been languishing in a US prison for the last 31 months on charges of threatening former president George W. Bush and other Republicans. He says he is innocent ...
2009-10-18 01:48:00
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CHEYENNE-Got the job skills and talent that prospective employers are looking for? Don't let them take your word for it. Many Wyoming employers are now starting to prefer job applicants who have a state-issued career readiness certificate, which can ...
2009-10-18 12:58:00
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