Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today a donation of $1.5 million for disaster relief assistance in Louisiana resulting from Hurricane Gustav. "The physical damage from Gustav's hurricane force winds has been devastating, particularly in ...
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OITA--The Oita Prefectural Board of Education officially decided Sunday to cancel the contracts of six of the 21 teachers who were hired in April after passing an employment exam last year in which their scores were inflated due to bribery, board ...
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. Amendment 23, approved by voters in 2000, required funding increases to raise the state’s support for public schools to the national average. But when Colorado’s economy soured in the early part of this ...
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Olympian Michael Phelps' record-setting performance in Beijing has led to multimillion-dollar endorsement deals, but his road to marketing gold was paved years before he swam a lap in China. Phelps' marketing success this summer grows from a strategy ...
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Staff deliver the various party's promotional leaflet of the Legislative Council election to... Staff deliver the various party's promotional leaflet of the Legislative Council election to passersby in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Hong Kong ...
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LONDON: Writing in long-hand is becoming a vanishing art among British students, thanks to mobile texting and computer literacy. So acute is the problem that thousands of them are asking for 'scribes’ to write their examination papers for them ...
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WESLEY CHAPEL — It's 11:15 a.m. on a Friday. Two lines stretch halfway through the Wiregrass Ranch High cafeteria. They seem to never get shorter. What's the attraction? A mound of seasoned beef smothered in melted cheddar, with a side of chips ...
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