Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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Workers of the World, Unite!

nytimes.com - Ottumwa, Iowa The Republican Party is the party of the white working class. This group — whites with high school degrees and maybe some college — is still the largest block in the elect...

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Santorum school flap continues - Pittsburgh Tribune

pittsburghlive.com - U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum should reimburse $100,000 to the Penn Hills School District for taxpayer money used since 2001 to cover online charter school tuition for his children, four school board mem...

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Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools

nytimes.com - POST FALLS, Idaho — Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq. Her latest conflict...

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The Odd Couple: Dennis & Wendy - Bridging Differences

blogs.edweek.org - Editor's note: Bridging Differences returns today from its holiday break.Dear Deborah, While we were on holiday break, Dennis Van Roekel and Wendy Kopp co-signed an opinion piece in USA Today, sett...

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Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools

nytimes.com - POST FALLS, Idaho — Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq. Her latest conflict...

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As Mental Health Clinics Face Cuts, the Affected Speak Out

chicagonewscoop.org - Some of Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens — those who depend on public financing for mental health services — face a new year that may bring less of something they deeply need: help. Their plight ...

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9/11 Relatives Who Suspect Hacking Await Answers

nytimes.com - Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, relatives of some of the victims began suspecting that someone was eavesdropping on their telephones. Some heard mysterious clicking...

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Republican Attacks Have Racist Undertones

loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com - January 3, 2012, 5:36 pm By ANDREW ROSENTHALDES MOINES — Talking about race in American politics is uncomfortable and awkward. But it has to be said: There has been a racist undertone to many of th...

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School Tech Connect: Responding to Crains

schooltechconnect.com - Crain's recently did a sky is falling piece on TRS investment practices, which naturally got the idiot Cross into micromanaging mode down in Springfield. It's all part of the long term, destroy-it-...

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#edreform Papa Was A Rolling Stone

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - It was the third of September.That day I'll always remember, yes I will.'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.I never got a chance to see him.Never heard nothing but bad things about him.Mama,...

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2012 Rose Parade Ends with 5,000 Occupy Protesters

alternet.org - A 70-foot octopus float was escorted by an estimated 5,000 Occupy L.A. protesters down the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade route. The 70-by-40-foot Occupy Octopus float was made out of recycled pl...

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January 4 Could Show 100 Shooting Stars Per Hour

huffingtonpost.com - Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere can look forward to 2012's first meteor shower which is set to peak at 2:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 4.Lasting for several hours, observers can expect the Q...

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Rose Bowl parade gets Occupied

teamsternation.blogspot.com - No protesters were arrested during the marching of the parade. Here's the Associated Press with an okay story about the action: On the heels of the two-hour parade came several thousand anti-Wall S...

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