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• Slain British spy 'a mathematics prodigy' - ninemsn

  A British spy who was found dead in his bathtub this week was a mathematical genius but a bad judge of character, a friend says. Police discovered the remains of Gareth Williams, 30, on Monday in the top-floor flat ...
  2010-08-26 04:02:00

• Labor Day, cookie production: Enjoying the sweet taste of opportunity

  For Mamie Yolou, her job on the cookie production line at Fehr Foods represents opportunity.
  2010-09-04 08:41:00

• Credit with no cash

  A new law requires high school students to earn 25 credits to graduate, beginning with the class of 2018. The law followed a yearlong study in Connecticut and also happened to coincide with the state's application for federal funding under the Race to the Top program, which it was hoped would help defray costs associated with the new requirements.
  2010-09-04 08:53:44

• Going back to school with less: Districts cope with big budget cuts

  Sussex-Wantage students will not be taking home economics this year. Sparta students won't be attending class at the Mohawk Avenue School, will pay for courtesy busing and for participation in sports and student activities.
  2010-09-04 10:22:03

• Area schools salvage arts programs with limited aid

  By TOM HOWELL JR. SPARTA — Two-finger “Chopsticks” and the simple, four-chord carousel of “Heart and Soul” take a back seat when 10-year-old Eileen Huhn is at the piano — she’s more apt to play a Mozart polonaise from memory.
  2010-09-04 09:51:59

• Farmington teacher selected to participate in inaugural Siemens STEM Institute

  Ninoska Wiltse, a social studies teacher from East Middle School in Farmington Public School District, was among 50 educators from across the United States who recently participated in the Siemens STEM Institute.
  2010-09-04 06:59:52

• Software aids blind student

  SPRINGFIELD - Sometimes the blind really can lead the blind. That is something 18-year-old Katlyn M. Kress, a first-year student at Western New England College, is learning.
  2010-09-04 11:14:27

• Michael Giltz: DVDs: Friday Night Lights Scores Again

  I don't give a hoot about football -- high school, college or otherwise -- so believe me when I say Friday Night Lights Season Four...
  2010-09-04 11:16:22

• 13. Teachers with an attitude

  From UNINSPIRED Via e-mail
  2010-09-04 06:37:28

• Smooth succession

  Prof Dr Kurunathan Ratnavelu has been appointed the new Universiti Malaya (UM) deputy vice-chancellor (Development) for three years. His appointment took effect on Sept 1.
  2010-09-04 06:28:35

• Bellaire schools earn 'excellent' distinction from state educators

  The Ohio Department of Education recently released the results of student testing for the 2009-2010 school year, making the district report cards available on its website.
  2010-09-04 11:12:38

• Teachers with an attitude

  I AM in Form Five and this will be my last year in secondary school. Instead of feeling sad at the thought of leaving school, I am in fact, relieved that I do not have to put up with teachers who have mastered the art of belittling me and other weak students.
  2010-09-04 06:29:16

• DEMOCRATS PLAN POLITICAL TRIAGE TO RETAIN HOUSE

  Party surveys whose campaign to help to keep majority
  2010-09-04 10:07:30

• If that’s the answer, what’s the question?

  The image below was sent to me by my friend in Germany under the subject of “Eureka!!” and with the message, “A break thru for the menfolk!” with the following caption: “And thus, dear students, we have arrived at the formula for understanding women.” He did spend time in Australia in his youth and is [...]
  2010-09-04 09:04:17

• Magazine Regulars

  Do our memories get better or worse with age? Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older but can it be trusted, asks Lisa Jardine in her A Point of View column.
  2010-09-04 08:38:55

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