And parents who previously gave their kids free reign on back-to-school wardrobes are shopping at discount chains like Wal-Mart and Aeropostale and scouring the Internet for discounted items. As pencils and crayons are must-haves for a …
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Back-to-school shopping meets budget-conscious mom (tax-free …
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Its low ranking is often blamed on a poor performance by the health care system rather than on behavioral or social factors. … We find that, by standards of OECD countries, the US does well in terms of screening for cancer, …
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U.S. Health-Care Not to Blame for Lower Life-Expectancy – NRO …
As the auction of Cox Communications’ Travel Channel heats up, Reuters is reporting that Scripps Networks Interactive, the owner of the HGTV network, and NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric, are the top contenders.
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To promote its new Fall season, CBS is inserting tiny screens in copies of the print magazine Entertainment Weekly. Yep, that’s right, you’ll be able to watch 40 minutes of video and sound via a thin plastic screen measuring two…
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The Geological Society of America strongly supports teaching evolution and the directly related concept of deep time as part of science curricula. GSA opposes teaching creationism alongside evolution in any science classroom
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Geological Society: No Creationism in Science Class – Science and …
It’s looking like they’re putting the comics back into Comedy Central this week — Marvel Comics, that is.
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Senate Democrats negotiating health care reforms with Sen. Charles Grassley are finding out the hard way that the Iowa Republican, while boasting a reputation for reaching across the aisle, appears hard set on supporting GOP leadership …
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The New York Times Bits Blog discusses a 93-page report on online education , conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education which concludes “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those …
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