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Central Florida Political Pulse biographies
David Damron writes: "Born and raised in the northeast, I moved south to finish college and graduated from the University of Florida in 1995. After covering schools, social services and governemnt in Lake County, I headed to Orlando to cover the Florida...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Elections, The Ohio State University, Arts and Culture, Tampa
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UC Regents Reach Settlement in Deadly UCLA Lab Fire
![WESTWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- The University of California Regents have reached a settlement in the case of a 2008 laboratory fire that killed 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/67022323-28044817.jpg "WESTWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- The University of California Regents have reached a settlement in the case of a 2008 laboratory fire that killed 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri\" Sangji.")
KTLA NewsWESTWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- The University of California Regents have reached a settlement in the case of a 2008 laboratory fire that killed 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji. The UC Regents have agreed to "comprehensive...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, University of California, Los Angeles, Health and Safety at School, Prosecution, Science and Technology
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Now's the time to save
Education beyond high school is a key to success later in life. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 62 percent of all U.S. jobs now require a minimum of two-year or four-year degrees or special post-secondary training. That number is expected to...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Tuition Planning Services, Employment
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Someone will choose your child's education; why not you?
![This is National School Choice Week, an occasion that always makes me think back to 1976, when as a writer for my high school paper, I interviewed retiring Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joshua Wheeler. I asked Mr. Wheeler why our schools didn't require proficiency testing for graduation. "I know we're a great school system," I said diplomatically, "but even so, some of our kids graduate without being able to read and write."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67624130-25095751.jpg "This is National School Choice Week, an occasion that always makes me think back to 1976, when as a writer for my high school paper, I interviewed retiring Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joshua Wheeler. I asked Mr. Wheeler why our schools didn't require proficiency testing for graduation. "I know we're a great school system,\" I said diplomatically, \"but even so, some of our kids graduate without being able to read and write.\"")
This is National School Choice Week, an occasion that always makes me think back to 1976, when as a writer for my high school paper, I interviewed retiring Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joshua Wheeler. I asked Mr. Wheeler why our schools didn'...Tags: Culture, Culture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Students, Teachers
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Counsel at initial hearings: a matter of simple fairness
I didn't need to go to law school to learn that a person charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty and entitled to the assistance of a lawyer. I knew it in my former life as a sportswriter, and I probably had a grasp of it back in elementary...Tags: Laws, Trials, University of Maryland, College Park, Laws, Baltimore County
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Majoring in chic at L.A.'s fashion schools
![In a bustling part of downtown L.A., a high-rise is teeming with stylish young women in short skirts and full makeup wheeling small suitcases in and out of elevators on their way to class. They're students at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where, down the hall from a flat-screen TV broadcasting a runway show, past a plexiglass case of high-fashion Barbies, two of their peers are consulting with Mary Stephens, the school's self-described "big boss."¶"This is a very new-looking shape here," says Stephens, FIDM's director of fashion design. She is talking to Alejandro Ortega, one of 11 students the school has accepted into its advanced fashion design program this year and one of the 8,000 students enrolled on FIDM's four California campuses.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67206528-06135653.jpg "In a bustling part of downtown L.A., a high-rise is teeming with stylish young women in short skirts and full makeup wheeling small suitcases in and out of elevators on their way to class. They're students at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where, down the hall from a flat-screen TV broadcasting a runway show, past a plexiglass case of high-fashion Barbies, two of their peers are consulting with Mary Stephens, the school's self-described "big boss.\"¶\"This is a very new-looking shape here,\" says Stephens, FIDM's director of fashion design. She is talking to Alejandro Ortega, one of 11 students the school has accepted into its advanced fashion design program this year and one of the 8,000 students enrolled on FIDM's four California campuses.")
Los Angeles TimesIn a bustling part of downtown L.A., a high-rise is teeming with stylish young women in short skirts and full makeup wheeling small suitcases in and out of elevators on their way to class. They're students at the Fashion Institute of Design &...Tags: Cynthia Rowley, Consumer Goods Industries, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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Handmade Valentine's Day gifts are from the heart
You're smitten with your valentine, but not with the idea of a mass-produced card or a pricey trinket. Then why not give the objection of your affection a handmade gift?
While crafting was once the domain of your grandmother, these days do-it-yourself...Tags: Long Island, Arts, YouTube, Holidays, Colleges and Universities
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Anne Arundel Co. MLK dinner honors community leaders
As a small-business owner on Clay Street, the rough-and-tumble Annapolis community where he grew up, Michael McFarland was keenly aware of the need for mentors for the neighborhood's youth. In the early 1970s, when he owned a laundromat there, he began...Tags: Civil Rights, United States Naval Academy, Small Businesses, Minority Groups, Labor Legislation
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Fighting for air
For brief moments, Cassie Stanley can forget her precarious relationship with death.
She forgot on Christmas morning when her family opened presents. At other times, she forgets by immersing herself in watching the Bulls or Cubs on TV in her family's...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Apple iPhone, Lungs and Airways, Human Body, Hospitals and Clinics
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Baltimore City Community College unified by struggle to get off probation
Carolane Williams does not flinch when confronted with the particulars of her difficult year, which included an employee uprising and unwanted scrutiny from the leader of the state.
"I knew I was going to have to tough it out," says the woman who has led...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Abell Foundation, Graduation, Regional Authority
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Former accidental tourist to Chicago now works to bring more people into the Loop
Chicago Tribune reporterLife's unexpected detours aren't always a bad thing. Just ask Ty Tabing. The man behind the rebirth of State Street fell in love with Chicago two decades ago when a cross-country road trip gone bad left him stranded in the Windy City for three weeks with...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Finance, Business, Sears, Chicago Tribune
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McDaniel College's new $8 million stadium to bear the name of 1961 alumnus Kenneth Gill
On a sunny and mild Friday afternoon, Feb. 3, the shovels dug into a pile of dirt at McDaniel College.
The groundbreaking for McDaniel's new stadium signified a renewed commitment to the school's athletic program, and the official beginning of a new era...Tags: Moravian College, Teaching and Learning, College Football, The Weather Channel (tv network), Field Hockey
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