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Prison officers slept on a makeshift bed, watched TV, drank tea and smoked while ignoring a suicidal inmate who killed himself in a Northern Ireland jail, according to a damning report which called for the governor and his deputy to be subject to a disciplinary inquiry. Colin Bell, 34, serving a life sentence for an arson attack in which a man was burned to death, tried to kill himself a ...
2009-01-11 08:13:51
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DAVIDSON — Davidson College is inviting the public to join in its celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 19. Activities at the college will include a fitness walk, literacy activities for children, community convocation, educational ...
2009-01-11 01:41:00
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Alvin Ying is concerned about what he sees as the U.S. economy continues to struggle. Ying said he hopes that the management at GE Capital Solutions in Danbury, where he is a information technology consultant, understands his importance to the ...
2009-01-11 05:44:00
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DANBURY, Conn. — Tucked inside Rona Gurkewitz’s purse is a brightly colored memo cube, the kind found at any office supply store, that this mathematician keeps close at hand just in case she has what she calls a “folding emergency.” A master ...
2009-01-11 04:47:00
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WHAT: Dr. Martin Feuerstein, Chief Technology Officer of Polaris Wireless will be speaking at CES Fourth Generation Mobile Forum session title, "Location-Based 4G Mobile Services and Mobile Applications" DETAILS: Location based service (LBS) is one ...
2009-01-11 05:30:00
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More than $3 billion in state and local spending in Maryland's schools over the past six years has significantly cut student-achievement gaps, according to a study of the state's Bridge to Excellence program.
2009-01-11 05:05:38
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In the true German spirit, let's not beat around the bush. When the 14th edition of San Francisco's Berlin and Beyond Festival opens Thursday, there is no question that it will include a program of more than 29 of the most exceptional films that have come out...
2009-01-11 02:21:57
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T he wait in line at the 7-Eleven allowed me to contemplate the splendid irony of Powerball: 40 percent of my losings, in a game devised for those who flunked mathematics, would be spent on education.
2009-01-11 02:42:28
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What has Charles Darwin done for you? Do you feel better or worse for the news that a gibbon is your close cousin? Do you even believe it, deep down? Some folk certainly don’t. At the Creation Museum in Kentucky you can view a nonDarwinian 6,000 ...
2009-01-10 08:55:00
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It seems there is no escaping the recession bug, even if you go to the top engineering institute in the country, the IIT. A report shows that placement in IIT-Delhi has gone down 30 per cent from last year. Ravi Nikumbh, a chemical engineering ...
2009-01-10 09:09:00
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The three-year study was conducted by national consulting firm MGT of America and was released Wednesday. Overall increases to public-school spending from kindergarten through high school totaled $3.4 billion over the past six years in Maryland ...
2009-01-10 11:54:00
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What's bothering people about this recession is that it doesn't seem like just a recession. It seems like something else. Only worse. So, what is it? My diagnosis: What is coming home to roost is that our financial system is no longer about the ...
2009-01-11 12:44:00
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High school students in Grand Forks will be able to sign up this week for free before- and after-school physical fitness activities as part of Project Xercise, aimed at teaching kids the value of regular exercise and good nutrition. Students at ...
2009-01-11 12:01:00
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