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The Best High Schools In America For STEM 2012

| Kelsey Sheehy | Posted 05.30.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. Science and technology can play an integral role in boosting the economy and strengthe...

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Newsweek: Best High Schools In America 2012

Posted 05.21.2012

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Where are the best public high schools in America? Newsweek has a whole list of answers with its "1,000 Schools That Made the Grade," released Monday....

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State, Federal Errors Rank Nevada High School 13th In U.S.

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.11.2012

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LAS VEGAS -- Federal and Nevada state officials are taking responsibility for data errors that mistakenly launched a suburban Las Vegas high school ne...

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The Best High Schools In America 2012

| Laura McMullen | Posted 05.09.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. When considering your child's education, it may be hard not to focus on the potential ...

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5 Hidden Costs of Public High School

| Katy Hopkins | Posted 05.08.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. With two sons already through public high school, mother of four Tamara Krause assumed...

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Can Teen Drinking Increase Risk For Breast Cancer?

| Posted 04.09.2012

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By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter Teenage girls and young adult women who drink even moderate amounts of alcohol appear to increase their risk...

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Life Lessons From The World's Oldest People

Posted 03.19.2012

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By Miriam Weiner for U.S. News Health In the Broadway musical "Fame", Carmen sings about wanting to live forever. Unfortunately, that's not possibl...

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10 Overhyped Health Products

Posted 03.07.2012

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By Leslie Quander Wooldridge for U.S. News Health You see these items on store shelves and on TV, but don't buy into the hype. These 10 over-the-co...

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State of the Union 2012: The Return of the Superpower

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 03.27.2012

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America, both Democrat and Republican, is now abandoning the post-industrial age of bogus financial products and going back to its industrial prowess, the source of its world supremacy.

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Is The DASH Diet Really The Best?

The Huffington Post | Meredith Melnick | Posted 01.05.2012

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The DASH diet took the first place spot in U.S. News' second-ever ranking of the best diet plans -- for the second year in a row. The undefeated DASH,...

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Applying To College With Physical Disabilities: What You Need To Know

| Menachem Wecker | Posted 12.05.2011

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Applicants should try to visit campuses and prepare, as students, to advocate for their needs. There are about 1.1 million physically disabled unde...

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The Best Schools For Getting Internships

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 11.27.2011

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We've long passed the era where learning in college was confined the classroom. Between 1992 and 2008, the number of students who've had internships w...

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Obama To Unveil Gun Control Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Half a year after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), the Obama administration is set to release a series of reforms to ...

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Heatwave Gripping Half Of U.S. Expected To Last For Days

AP | STEPHEN SINGER | Posted 08.09.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A third day of unseasonable heat blistered the eastern half of the country Thursday, making tornado cleanup miserable in Ma...

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Market Irrationality in the Law School 'Arms Race'

Daniel J. H. Greenwood | Posted 07.06.2011

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Law schools depend on their graduates being able to get jobs, and graduates' ability to get jobs depends on USNWR rankings. The consequence is a market-induced disaster.

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Liberal Arts Colleges With Lowest Student-Faculty Ratios

US News and World Report | Posted 06.28.2011

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According to data provided by schools in a 2010 survey of undergraduate programs, liberal arts colleges have an average ratio of 12.2 students per fac...

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The Bangladeshis Are On The Rise In New York City

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- A new 99¢-a-slice pizza place that opened in the East Village highlights the rise of a once-small Asian American group in New York City: ...

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First Day Of Spring Is Here

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sunday, March 20, 2011 marks the vernal equinox, and what many people in the Northern Hemisphere -- particularly the U.S. -- refer to as the first day...

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Facebook In Prison?

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Islam Dunn updates his Facebook page with a phone like so many other 19-year-olds, only he must hide the device so the prison g...

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Robert Gates: Libya Mission Handoff In Days, U.S. Will Not Have 'Preeminent Role'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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ON BOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday that the U.S. expects to turn control of the Libya military missi...

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Activists Protest 'Degrading Treatment' Of WikiLeaks Suspect

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Human rights activists on Saturday demanded a stop to the inhumane treatment of Bradley Manning, the Army private who has been imprisone...

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As Libya Air Strikes Intensify, What Next?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S.-led air attacks on Libya are intensifying even as Libya's erratic leader, Muammar Gaddafi, vows a bloody "long war." Now what? H...

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Anti-American Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In 2007, when American combat casualties were spiking in the bloodbath of the Iraq War, an 18-year-old laborer traveled from his home in...

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Former Secretary Of State Warren Christopher Passes Away

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 19, 2011 7:43:00 AM WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who helped bring peace to Bosnia ...

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Bizarre Yoga Store Incident Results In Murder Charge

AP | By ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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-- Police in an affluent Washington suburb say a co-worker killed a woman found dead inside a yoga clothing store in Bethesda, Md. last week, then ma...

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