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President of LA's largest retirement fund resignsLos angeles ? The president of the largest employee retirement system in
los angeles has resigned, saying a new state law won't allow him to do his day job. Eric Holoman – head of the...
Chicago Chronicle Monday, October 19, 2009Dreadnaughts Put Hopes on a Trio of SeniorsLAKELAND | Bill Joyner returned for one more year as the Lakeland boys golf coach, and you don't have to look any further than his three seniors for the reason whey - county champion Justin Inclema, c...
Chicago Chronicle Monday, October 19, 2009Video: Livescribe Expands The Pulse Smartpen Portfolio in Time for Holiday Gift-GivingOAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Livescribe Inc. announced the expansion of its line-up of award-winning Pulse smartpens, a computer in a pen that digitally captures and syncs handwriting and audio together. Customers can now select a 4GB and 2GB model in a new, stylish titanium color. The 4GB model holds more than 400 hours of recorded audio and provides ample storage for consumers to add applications such as, entertainment, education and productivity tools to their smartpen when Livescribe launches its Application Store later this year. The 4GB Pulse smartpen has a retail price of $199.95 and the 2GB model is $169.95.
prnewswire.com Monday, October 19, 2009Fairfax school officials submit preview of cutsThe Fairfax County School Board is bracing for the most dramatic reduction in services in more than 20 years as it attempts to bridge a projected $176 million budget shortfall with cuts that could extend to closing schools, increasing class size, ending summer school, discontinuing most full-day...
Washington Post Monday, October 19, 2009Jay MathewsPoliticians and pundits are using results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests to say our kids are falling behind the rest of the world, so maybe we should get some PISA practice. Brookings Institution scholar Tom Loveless, a member of the U.S. advisory board to PISA,...
Washington Post Monday, October 19, 2009Online health sites tap into social networkingIn fall 2007, during her 12th week of pregnancy, Garance Genicot and her husband, Shub Debgupta, received worrisome news from the doctor: A preliminary test showed there was a strong possibility that she would deliver a baby with Down syndrome.
Washington Post Monday, October 19, 2009Math teacher urges explanations over plugging in formulasThe teenagers in Stephanie Nichols's algebra class have nothing on her blank stare. And they can't even come close to her best confused expression: eyebrows furrowed, mouth frowning, a flash of ditziness framed by a blond bob.
Washington Post Monday, October 19, 2009More schools experimenting with digital textbooksAGOURA HILLS, CALIF. -- The dread of high school algebra is lost here amid the blue glow of computer screens and the clickety-clack of keyboards.
Washington Post Monday, October 19, 2009Gallaudet Board Names New PresidentGallaudet University trustees appointed T. Alan Hurwitz, leader of a respected rival institute, as president of the nation's premier college for the deaf and hard of hearing Sunday, with none of the tumult surrounding the last presidential search.
Washington Post Monday, October 19, 2009Recession adds wrinkle to retirement communitiesAt the Glenmeadow retirement community, a busted bond covenant could lead to a tougher stance on a refund policy that has been a long-standing gesture of goodwill by management. A board committee at ...
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