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Coaltion To New Orleans City Hall: Stop the Demolitons
At a press conference today on the steps of City Hall, The Coalition To Stop Demolition sent a clear message to the Mayor and the City Council: just say no to the demolition of public housing in New Orleans.
The Coalition is “made up of local public housing [...]

MSU study finds that U.S. middle school math teachers are ill-prepared
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Middle school math teachers in the United States are not as well prepared to teach this subject compared to teachers in five other countries, something that could negatively affect the U.S. as it continues to compete on an international scale.
The findings of [...]

Bush Signs Energy Bill Mandating Tougher Efficiency Standards
By Daniel Whitten
bloomberg.com
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush today signed legislation aimed at cutting U.S. dependence on overseas energy by setting tougher mandates for carmakers, electric- appliance manufacturers and ethanol producers.
The law contains the first new vehicle fuel economy law in 32 years and mandates a [...]

Who’s representin’ your school?
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Video description in YouTube
“In this video a Spanish tourist attempts to check into the famous Havana Libre Hotel with his girlfriend. The problem is that she’s a Cuban citizen and therefore forbidden from staying there. The clerk explains that they need a marriage license or she would need to be a permanent resident of another [...]

‘$100 laptop’ runs into more murky waters in Nigeria
CHIDIEBERE NWANKWO
businessdayonline.com
After suffering a major setback in the Nigerian market through the termination of purchase agreement between Nigeria and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, facilitators of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, the project has received another major set back.
This time, OLPC has [...]

I found this at Stereohyped. Sherri Shepherd apparently believes that being in a “rich White folks’ store” is plenty of a reason to keep her kid in check. Whoopi Goldberg then asks the same question I would have asked. Shepherd then tries to smooth out her original comment, but by then it was too late. [...]

Njeri was kind enough to do a quick write up so that I could let the rest of the fam know what she is doing in her neck of the woods. Personally I think that she is definently onto something ESPECIALLY for those of us who may live in an area that does not have [...]

Man, I wish I could have seen this live.
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Right now I am sitting in the kitchen looking at a well-lit Christmas tree in the family room, sweet tatah pie and homemade chocolate chip cookies sitting on the same counter and I am about to make this lil’ fire in the fireplace. Whitney is sanging her [...]

LASMD (Laughing And Shaking My Head)
I made that one up. Too bad the following is not made up.
(F.Y.I. What is a white elephant party? Click here to find out.)
An earmark Christmas
By Alexander Bolton
December 18, 2007
Congressional negotiators have added scores of new earmarks to a massive 3,565-page spending bill that lawmakers had only a few hours [...]

NFL Fines 5 Falcons for Vick Tributes
NEW YORK (AP) – Roddy White and four other Atlanta Falcons were fined by the NFL for violating uniform regulations with tributes to Michael Vick during last week’s Monday night game.
Vick, Atlanta’s suspended Pro Bowl quarterback, was sentenced to 23 months in prison on federal dogfighting charges the morning [...]

More African students coming to Chinese universities
(Xinhua)
NANNING — More African students are coming or planning to come to China for higher education because of the country’s fast-growing economy and warmer ties with Africa.
“China is becoming one of the strongest economies in the world. It will be important to know the country and its language, so [...]

I think I have mentioned this site in the past, but a friend of mine just told me about this site.
In short, it is peer-2-peer lending. More at this link (prosper.com)

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