August 22, 2011 Politicos and education wonks alike are calling out Education Secretary Arne Duncan over statements he made this weekend concerning Texas education under Gov. Rick Perry, one of the Republican presidential hopefuls.
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Posted Monday, August 22nd 2011 at 11:58PM
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The Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging one provision of a new state law seeking to regulate teachers’ contact with students via social networking sites.
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Posted Monday, August 22nd 2011 at 11:55PM
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-August 20, 2011 - Leaders of the unions that have been on strike against Verizon Communications announced on Saturday that they were ending the walkout even though the two sides had not reached an overall settlement for a new contract.
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Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 5:04PM
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“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:40 NIV)
There are a lot of things in life that can’t be changed. For example, you can’t change your past or the genes you inherited. With things like that, peace ...
Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 2:33PM
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August 19, 2011
CNN's Max Foster talks to film director Kevin MacDonald about his latest project on the famine in Somalia.
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Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 2:20PM
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CNN's Nadia Bilchik talks to Alina Cho about diamond-studded contact lenses and the fight for red-soled shoes.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/08/20/nr.bilchik.diamond.contacts.cnn?hpt=hp_mid
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Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 1:41PM
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(CNN) -- A statue resembling the goddess Athena and jewelry bearing images from Greco-Roman mythology may not be objects you'd expect to see in a museum exhibit of Buddhist art from Pakistan.
Their presence among carvings of Buddha and Indian deit ...
Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 12:27PM
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"Some days it is extraordinarily clear why you went into this profession... Then there are the “other days” when you wonder, every moment of the day, why you are here. On those days, take a few moments and ask yourself these questions»..."
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Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 12:13PM
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian. The basketball pro and the reality star are husband and wife.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-set-marry-ready-tv-164650458.html
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Posted Sunday, August 21st 2011 at 12:00PM
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Our God is a wondrous God. Do you really know that He’s a wonder and He works wonders? “He’s a wonder in my soul / He’s a wonder in my soul / He’s a wonder in my soul bless His name” is a song that simply tells it like it is and you feel what you’re ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:36PM
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PHOENIX -- Is Rep. Gabrielle Giffords running for re-election? That's a question State Sen. Frank Antenori of Tucson wants to answer before the May 15 deadline for submitting nominating petitions. The first potential candidate to publicly declare a ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:22PM
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Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may be preparing to flee the country within days, according to NBC News. U.S. officials told NBC that intelligence reports suggest Gaddafi is in the process of making plans to evacuate from Libya with his fami ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 11:58AM
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(CNN) - The Vatican has given authority to priests who are in Madrid during the pope’s visit there to give absolution to women who confess to having had an abortion - and has empowered priests to lift excommunications for such women.
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Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 10:30AM
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August 19, 2011
Composer says he is ' amazed ' at the controversy over the image selected. Reaction seems ' completely wrong ' Steve Reich, the Pulitzer-winning American composer, has pulled the controversial artwork for his upcoming Sept. 11 memor ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 1:39AM
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Don't let these 4 myths about spiritual intimacy keep you and your spouse apart.
Although I'm not keen on stereotypes, I can't help noticing how women and men gravitate toward certain gender outlooks. For instance, consider men's and women's TV watc ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 1:32AM
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Since the civil rights era the government has helped minority students overcome obstacles to succeed. But now, if some in the House of Representatives get their way, 40 years of marching toward equality could be wiped out. Tell the Senate to protect ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 1:17AM
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Shaunie O'Neal confirmed that Meeka "Greasy" Claxton aka Ace Hood will not return for season four of VH1's "Basketball Wives." The queen bee called into Power 92 Hot Boys radio for an interview where she revealed the good news.
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Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:44AM
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The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man who Mississippi authorities say was intentionally run down by a white teenager in a pickup truck. Deborah Madden, an FBI spokeswoman in Mississippi, said Wednesday that the ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:41AM
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The bed shook. My eyes popped open in the dark. I lay still, hopeful that I could fall back to sleep. Just as my lids closed, a quick jerk roused me again. Then a three-stage snore ripped through the silence. Exasperated, I threw back the covers and ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:36AM
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I wanted to make sure you saw the news: Today President Obama announced a common-sense policy change that will make our immigration system fairer and smarter. I'm proud to support it, and I hope you are, too. Under the admin guidance, immigration co ...
Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:18AM
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Q. In a critique of the revival, Frank Bruni wrote in his New York Times column that when it comes to fixing our country’s problems, “faith and prayer just won’t cut it. In fact, they’ll get in the way.”
Is Bruni right?
A. No.
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Posted Friday, August 19th 2011 at 12:06AM
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This I command you, to love one another. If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefo ...
Posted Thursday, August 18th 2011 at 2:11PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Tia Mowry was thrilled when her son Cree (“it means warrior,” she says), her first child with husband Cory Hardrict, was born five days early on June 28. “I was told to be prepared for him to come before or after my due date. I w ...
Posted Thursday, August 18th 2011 at 12:27PM
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