February 2011
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"World School" announces first of 20 campuses in...
“Parents can choose between having their toddler taught Mandarin or Spanish starting in nursery school, with another language offered in high school and multilingual fluency the goal. Beginning in late middle school, children will be able to spend semesters at “Avenues” campuses overseas. But education experts questioned the need for yet another elite private school in New York...
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January 2011
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Egyptian President Mubarak asks Cabinet to resign  →
Jan 29th
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Mom Jailed For Sending Kids to Better School →
Ohio mom Kelley Williams-Bolar is currently sitting in jail, accused of illegally trying to get her daughters into a better school district. More on the heated debate: http://yhoo.it/gV9QGK Do you think she should serve time or were her actions justified?
Jan 27th
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The Christian Science Monitor: State of the Union:... →
csmonitor: Based on your reblogs and likes, we are making an effort to share more of our great infographics that you can find in our weekly print magazine. Here are two that compared the different words used by President Barack Obama in 2010 and former President Thomas Jefferson in 1807. You can also take a…
Jan 26th
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Do these photos belong to you?  →
New Yorker searches for owner of remarkable blizzard photos - http://yhoo.it/fZh9QN
Jan 20th
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Buzzing: So who's to blame for this scam on zodiac... →
Earth’s shifts on its axis over the past 3,000 years have changed the 12 zodiac signs. For example, think your sign is Aquarius? You may be a Pisces….
Jan 14th
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Twitter users have regional accents, study finds
Twitter users tweet messages with regional dialects, using “suttin” for “something” if they are New Yorkers and “sumthin” if they are not, a new study found. The social media site is displaying new dialects because it is such a conversational form of writing, according to the Carnegie Mellon University study to be presented on Tuesday to the Linguistic Society...
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Sisters who will share kidney released from prison... →
Two sisters whose life sentences were suspended on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other were released from a Mississippi prison this morning after serving 16 years for an armed robbery.
Jan 7th
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Homeless Ohio man with "golden voice" reunited... →
You may have heard about Ted Williams, the homeless Ohio man with the “golden voice.” Since becoming an online sensation, he’s received various job offers and now he’s been reunited with his 90-year-old mother for the first time in 20 years. More: http://yhoo.it/fLbP2c
Jan 7th
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Power Balance admits no science behind wristbands →
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“A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a...”
– Blood test to spot cancer gets big boost from J&J - Yahoo! News
Jan 4th
Twins born in different years
Brandon Lewis and Ashley Fansler are the proud parents of twins, Madisen and Aiden. They were born in Rockford, Illinois mere seconds apart, but in different years. http://news.yahoo.com/video/odd-15749658/23698469
Jan 4th
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DNA clears Texas man who spent 30 years in prison... →
Prosecutors declared a Texas man innocent Monday of a rape and robbery that put him in prison for 30 years, more than any other DNA exoneree in Texas.
Jan 4th
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