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The feds' education power grab
In December, California's application for a waiver from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act was denied by the U.S. Department of Education. This, we were told, was because California had failed to embrace the federal department's reform agenda,...
Tags: Politics, School Examinations, U.S. Department of Education, Government, George W. Bush
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A Lecture on Tree Rings at the Greenwich Historical Society
You can learn alot about a tree by slicing through it and looking at its cross section. Unfortunately it kills the tree too, so we don't recommend this. But Dr. Neil Pedersen is Research Assistant Professor in the Tree Ring Laboratory at Lamont-Doherty...
Tags: Arts and Culture
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Consuming too many food studies leaves a bad taste
Coffee is now good for you. According to a research study, it may help prevent Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's, stroke and dementia as well as help you live a little longer. But java lovers know this: Another study says that drinking three or more cups of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Mineral Supplements, McDonald's, Osteoporosis, Eating Disorders
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PASSINGS: Daniel J. Edelman
Daniel J. Edelman, 92, who built one of the world's top public relations companies and pioneered celebrity endorsements and media tours, died of heart failure Tuesday at a Chicago hospital, said his son, Richard Edelman. Edelman is credited with...
Tags: CBS Corp., Nolan Ryan, Consumer Goods Industries, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment
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Catherine O'Neill dies at 70; political activist, women's advocate
Catherine O'Neill, a social worker turned political activist and advocate for refugee women who co-founded the watchdog group now called the Women's Refugee Commission, died of cancer Wednesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 70. Her death...
Tags: Howard University, Politics, Brooklyn (New York City), Primaries, United Nations
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Marguerite T. Petersen, city teacher
Marguerite Theresa Petersen, a retired Baltimore elementary school teacher, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 11 at Union Memorial Hospital. The West Baltimore resident was 89.
Born Marguerite Theresa Page, she was the daughter of Dr. George C. Page,...Tags: Druid Hill, Coppin State University, Abraham Lincoln, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County
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News 13 hires new weekend morning anchor
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelCentral Florida News 13 has lined up a new weekend morning anchor will who come aboard next month. Kristin Kane starts at the cable news channel Jan. 14, but her first day anchoring hasn't been determined, News 13 General Manager Robin Smythe said. Kane... -
L.A. Now Live: Discuss UC Berkeley chancellor pay raise
L.A. NOWThe UC Board of Regents on Tuesday approved a $50,000 -- or 11.4% -- pay raise to the incoming UC Berkeley chancellor despite strong opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown. The Times higher education reporter Larry Gordon will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to... -
New UC Berkeley chief to get pay raise despite Brown's opposition
L.A. NOWDespite strong opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown, the UC regents on Tuesday gave the new chancellor of UC Berkeley a $50,000-–or 11.4%--pay raise over the current campus head and said the extra money would come from private donations, not state... -
Model predicts flu outbreaks seven weeks out using Google search data
A new statistical model, built on search data from Google and principles from weather modeling, can predict flu outbreaks up to seven weeks in advance. The results, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, signify a...Tags: Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Flu, New York City, Vaccines
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NASA mission believed to have discovered ice on Mercury
Scientists, including members of two Maryland-based teams, believe they have found ice inside craters near Mercury's poles, a discovery they say could reveal more about the "building blocks" for life on other planets. Though the small planet is closest...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Space Programs, Science
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Meet the cast of Chicago's 'Book of Mormon'
Tribune reporterWe spoke with three actors in the Chicago company of “The Book of Mormon,” now at the Bank of America Theatre. James Vincent Meredith as Mafala Hatimbi James Vincent Meredith is the ranking Chicagoan in the cast, a longtime Chicago stage...Tags: Wicked (musical), Comedy (genre), Chicago Transit Authority, Mormonism, Christianity
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