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Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Hartford CT

miracleschools.wikispaces.com - http://sdeportal.ct.gov/Cedar/WEB/ct_report/SnapshotSelect.aspx In Hartford School District Note that it is called a 'magnet' school. Does this mean selective admissions?http://articles.cnn.com/200...

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Chemical bomb thrown at Occupy Maine camp

cbsnews.com - David Burns of Westbrook, Me., in the food center at the Occupy Maine camp area in Portland, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) Occupy Wall Street protests (CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Me. - Police ar...

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City Reports Shine a Light on Charters – SchoolBook

nytimes.com - Oct. 21, 2011, 2:26 p.m. Midway through the last school year, a fledgling charter school in Flatbush, Brooklyn, lost its science teacher. But instead of hiring a new one, Fahari Academy Charter Sch...

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A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org

nysut.org - NYSUT Vice President Kathleen Donahue and NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen. Photo by El-Wise Noisette.NYSUT members and other unions must continue to be vigilant against attacks on their profession...

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The Koch brothers' ideological war

tampabay.com - By Robyn E. Blumner, Times Columnist In Print: Sunday, May 22, 2011 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTI imagine the tycoons Charles and David Koch must have a war room or more precisely a "war on liberal ...

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150 firefighters called to battle UCLA lab blaze

latimesblogs.latimes.com - A fire in a laboratory at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences was extinguished Monday after a 50-minute battle by nearly 150 firefighters, fire officials said. The fire was located on the fifth flo...

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Marine Corps to teach story of first black Marines

northjersey.com - OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Oscar Culp does not like to remember. His mind has erased the harshest details. But the pain still stings for the 87-year-old WWII veteran, who endured boot camp in a snake-inf...

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Germany's Plan to Regrow the Global Economy

huffingtonpost.com - At the moment, Germany is embroiled in a fierce debate over how to save the Eurozone and, with it, the future of the European Union. Although stringent austerity programs will have to be enacted in...

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West Davis Village touts zero net energy living

sfgate.com - Michael Macor / The Chronicle West Davis Village - a neighborhood for students, academics and university employees situated on 130 acres owned by UC Davis - aims to be the nation's largest zero net...

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A Day Trip to Las Colinas « Small Farmers. Big Change.

smallfarmersbigchange.coop - Rob Everts, Co-President of Equal Exchange and Remberto Rumaldo Ascensio, President of Las Colinas looking at new coffee plants Just a few weeks ago I accompanied Todd Caspersen, Director of Purcha...

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‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Photo of the Day

dissenter.firedoglake.com - I used to walk by the strikers at Congress Hotel every morning on the way to class at Columbia College Chicago. For many of my peers, the hotel strikers were a punch line because, to them, they nev...

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