Archive for February 1st, 2010
The total giving since the earthquake has surpassed $560 million, and charitable groups are now reassessing the competitive fund-raising model in the United States.
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Obama reportedly plans overhaul of apportion of funds, pass/fail system in Bush 43’s No Child Left Behind law
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Despite stalled health care talks, lawmakers in 34 states ramp up efforts to reject mandatory health care
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Obama pitches $3.8T budget, pushing a spending plan that includes jobs programs but will lift deficit | VIDEO• Review and Comment on the Budget• YOU DECIDE: Is Debt Past Point of No Return? • RAW DATA: 2011 U.S. Federal Budget Factsheet• Obama Jobs Program Could Cost $100 Billion• The I’s Have It: Obama Hits 21 [...]
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Taliban militants in Pakistan promised on Monday to soon prove their leader was still alive, dismissing as government propaganda …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama suggested reorganizing how the U.S. government funds education in his budget proposal on Monday as part of a “new vision” for elementary and secondary schools.
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40 Years ago Hermogenes Merrero was a US marine stationed on the American island of Vieques, off the coast of Puerto Rico. Marrero tells tonight’s Campbell Brown,” 8 ET, that he’s been sick ever since.
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A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of radar problems.
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Federal regulators are proposing a penalty of nearly $2.5 million against a sister carrier of American Airlines for not making …
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Fifty years ago, four students at North Carolina A&T University took a stand against segregration by sitting at the lunch counter in the national chain’s store.
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A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of radar problems.
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A former aide to two-time presidential candidate John Edwards said he’s received and rejected offers of “gigantic amounts of …
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President Obama sent Congress on Monday a record $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 that would boost war spending, trim domestic spending …
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To the residents of Cornish, N.H., J. D. Salinger was not a recluse. He was a townsperson — just a guy called Jerry.
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The effort was suspended five days ago after the state of Florida complained that its hospitals were overwhelmed.
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The changes would affect how schools are judged, and would eliminate a deadline for academic proficiency.
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A female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad detonated an explosives belt on Monday, killing at least 46 …
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Snowy weather is forecast to return to the northern Plains on Monday, while the West Coast could get hit with another Pacific …
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To the residents of Cornish, N.H., J. D. Salinger was not a recluse. He was a townsperson — just a guy called Jerry.
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To the residents of Cornish, N.H., J. D. Salinger was not a recluse. He was a townsperson — just a guy called Jerry.
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