If you have a child entering grade school this fall, file away just one number with all those back-to-school forms: 65 percent.
Chances are just that good that, in spite of anything you do, little Oliver or Abigail won’t end up a doctor or lawyer ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2011 at 12:16AM
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(The NY Times) The hotel housekeeper who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her sued him in State Supreme Court in the Bronx on Monday, seeking unspecified damages for an attack that she said “humiliated, degraded, violated and ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2011 at 11:49PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Heat stroke is a form of hyperthermia, where the body’s temperature is abnormally high (usually 104 F or higher). Unlike other heat-related injuries, such as heat cramps and heat exhaustion, heat stroke is a true medical emergenc ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2011 at 3:47PM
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I’ve reported to a lot of people over the years. And during that time I’ve told my boss things I should have perhaps kept to myself. Divulging too much inner dialogue isn’t always the best career move. You want to nurture the image your boss had of y ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2011 at 2:42PM
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Under the Taliban, the Afghan tradition of kite-flying was banned. The country's young kite flyers fear a return to those days if troops pull out of the country allowing militants to take control, as CNN's David Ariosto reports.
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Posted Sunday, August 7th 2011 at 11:41AM
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In wake of the debt-ceiling debate, most Americans surveyed said creating jobs should now take priority over cutting spending, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. A record 82 percent of Americans now disapprove of the way Congress ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 4:00PM
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Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 3:24PM
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As the U.S. continues to pour money into immigration enforcement and detention, the resources necessary for the immigration court system to keep up with enforcement have not been appropriated. In fact, a record number of immigration cases—275,316 as ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 3:18PM
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Many state governors and legislatures want to trim Medicaid and other public programs in an effort to balance budgets. But cutting Medicaid to the bone won’t reduce the demand for health care, and it certainly won’t help people be healthy enoug ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:37AM
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(Atlanta, GA) Dr. Maya Angelou (sits in a wheel chair as she) cuts the ribbon at the recent opening of The Maya Angelou Teen Center at the Andrew & Walter Young Family YMCA. More than 600 people attended the celebration. The Teen Center has a perform ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:11AM
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Actor Derek Luke has joined the cast of TNT’s HawthoRNe, the powerful medical drama starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. In a multi-episode arc that began with the June 14th season premiere, Derek is playing the role of Dr. Miles Bo ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:02AM
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Nationwide -- Over the last several years, I have been involved in various aspects of the solar industry, from funding advanced solar technology research and developing solar systems for schools to funding leasing programs to make solar affordable fo ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:59PM
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has walked free from a state prison after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. In a statement issued ahead of his release, Kilpatrick thanked all those who prayed for him and ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:39PM
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"We had been emailing back and forth all morning," Maria Cutrone, 30, a Baltimore-based web designer recalls. She and a coworker couldn't see eye-to-eye on a project. Should they ask the client to postpone the deadline in order to complete testing or ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 9:24PM
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