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City school program offers alternatives to skipping

City school program offers alternatives to skipping

Sergio Matos, 18, of Rochester needs at least two years and one summer’s worth of school to graduate from the School of Engineering and Manufacturing at Edison, but he was… Read more »

Recession hitting young men hardest: 1 in 5 now back at home

Recession hitting young men hardest: 1 in 5 now back at home

Michael Gaynor, 25, completed his bachelor’s degree and certification to teach elementary and high-school physical education in May 2009, then set out during a recession to find that dream job…. Read more »

Radical and merciless hatred of the West Continues

Radical and merciless hatred of the West Continues

by André Glucksmann – The force that brought down the Twin Towers hasn’t been defeated. At first, 9/11 seemed impossible. Witnesses couldn’t believe their eyes; officials were bewildered; wild tales… Read more »

Superintendent tells angry parents he will seek principal’s firing over raunchy texts

Superintendent tells angry parents he will seek principal’s firing over raunchy texts

    Facing angry parents at a hastily called meeting this morning, the superintendent of the Lake Forest School District 67said he will seek the dismissal of a middle school… Read more »

Libya: Seif al-Islam Gadhafi captured

Libya: Seif al-Islam Gadhafi captured

    There were scenes of joy in Tripoli today after Muammar Gaddafi’s son and heir apparent Saif al-Islam was captured in the southern desert of Libya. He was arrested… Read more »

UT Austin: A model of waste, or efficiency?

UT Austin: A model of waste, or efficiency?

By Daniel de Vise – Richard Vedder, an Ohio University scholar, visited the Cato Institute today to pose this question: Are we getting all we can from higher education? Vedder… Read more »

Security of oil and natural gas pipeline platforms

Security of oil and natural gas pipeline platforms

‘Alternative is hope for best, and hope is not a strategy’ WASHINGTON – The prospect that countries such as China and Iran soon will have submarines trolling in waters in… Read more »