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Waco ISD Discussion Feedback
[01/28/12] - On Tuesday, January 24th at 7pm KWBU broadcast a one hour conversation with WISD Superintendent Bonny Cain. This conversation was centered around the issue of possible Waco school closures and realignments... |
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Business Review - Bragging Rights
[01/12/12] - Treating your interns as an employee maybe worth your time. (02:02)... |
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Will Blue Laws Make For A Melancholy Super Bowl Sunday?
[02/03/12] - Ever harvested crops on FarmVille or laid down a triple-point Q on the Scrabble knockoff Words With Friends? Then you've spent time with Zynga, the largest maker of Facebook games. Armed with cash and a massive database of user habits, Zynga's CEO Mark Pincus wants to expand the universe of digital game players from sci-fi geeks to soccer moms and their kids... |
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U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.3 Percent
[01/03/12] - U.S. employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years. Graphics: Tracking U.S. Monthly Unemployment The news pointed to a resurgent job market, and it sent stock futures surging. The Dow Jones industrial average futures, which were flat before the report, jumped 95 points... |
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College Administrator Resigns Over Fake SAT Scores
[02/01/12] - A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College resigned after acknowledging that he falsified college entrance exam scores for years to publications responsible for ranking the small school among universities, an official said. An investigation was launched after inaccuracies were detected in the SAT scores reported for the class entering in fall 2011, college president Pamela B. Gann told staff members and students in an email message on Monday... |
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Higher Dropout Age May Not Lead To More Diplomas
[01/27/12] - In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on every state to require students to stay in school until they graduate or turn 18. "When students don't walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma," he said. The White House cited studies that showed how raising the compulsory schooling age helps prevent kids from leaving school. And while some of that is true, some of it is also wishful thinking... |
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Romney Again The Front-Runner, But At What Cost?
[02/03/12] - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's decisive win over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Florida returned him to the front-runner's spot in the Republican presidential race. Romney emerged from that battle with his strengths, but also his weaknesses, on full display... |
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Freddie Mac's Regulator 'Completely Puzzled' By Allegations Of Conflict
[02/03/12] - Saying he is "completely puzzled by the notion that there was something immoral that went on here," the man at the top of the agency that regulates Freddie Mac has explained why he believes the taxpayer-owned mortgage company did nothing wrong when one of its arms, as NPR and ProPublica have reported, "placed multibillion-dollar bets against American homeowners being able to refinance to cheaper mortgages." .. |
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