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Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:35 AM PST

In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt
New York Times
One fast-growing American industry has become a conspicuous beneficiary of the recession: for-profit colleges and trade schools. At institutions that train students for careers in areas like health care, computers and food service, ...
Obama proposes 'No Child' overhaulWashington Post
Obama Outlines Sweeping Education RevampWall Street Journal
Obama's education law overhaul to focus on collegeThe Associated Press
Christian Science Monitor -Reuters -Voice of America
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PST

For the Love of Islam
Wall Street Journal
Last Easter, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old mom with a $30000-a-year job as a medical assistant, announced to her family that she had converted to Islam. A few months later, she began posting to Facebook forums whose headings included "STOP ...
AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probeThe Associated Press
Second US Woman Investigated for Plotting to Kill Swedish CartoonistVoice of America
Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plotWGME
Reuters -New York Post -AFP
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010 09:09 AM PST

Texas education board adopts social studies standards
News 8 Austin
It's been 13 years since Texas has revamped its social studies curriculum, but Friday the State Board of Education approved, with a 11-4 vote, the preliminary reading of new social studies standards for Texas students. The board discussed and debated ...
Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influencesThe Associated Press
Social studies curriculum passes over minorities' objectionsFort Worth Star Telegram
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONDallas Morning News
Houston Chronicle -Austin American-Statesman -El Paso Times
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:20 AM PST

Suicide bombers attack southern Afghan city
msnbc.com
AP Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts. See images from this new era. US-led troops launch a major assault on Taliban strongholds. AP More than 160 die in snow-trapped vehicles near Salang tunnel north of ...
Explosions in Kandahar as Taliban target prisonTimes Online
Explosions, gunbattles in Afghanistan's KandaharWashington Post
Afghanistan's Kandahar hit by suicide bombers, 25 deadBBC News
The Associated Press -AFP -Aljazeera.net
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:17 AM PST

Next-Generation -- Alarm Clocks!
CBS News
(CBS) With Daylight Saving Time about to kick in and all of use in line for an hour's less sleep, "The Saturday Early Show" decided there's no better time to take a look at what's happening with alarm clocks. So, Men's Journal magazine Senior Editor ...
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, March 14 at 2 AMeNews Park Forest
Spring Forward Messes with More than TimeHard OCP
Time Change Arrives Early Sunday MorningKWTX
CNM News Network -KTRE -State Journal
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010 06:48 AM PST

Thousands of Protesters Arrive in Bangkok
Voice of America
Photo: AP Thousands of protesters from rural northern Thailand have begun arriving in Bangkok for a rally aimed at toppling the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajhiva. Trucks and other vehicles filled highways into the capital city ...
Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new electionThe Associated Press
Pro-Thaksin demonstrators reach BangkokBBC News
Thailand Braces for Political Rallies in CapitalNew York Times
Reuters -Times Online -Aljazeera.net
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