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Women's Groups Call For Change - Nashua Telegraph
several national women's groups are calling for political candidates to focus on "family-friendly" initiatives, such as paid sick days, equal pay and the flexibility to take time off to care for a sick child or parent. in a conference call with ...
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Mcgovern Joins Business Groups’ Push To Defeat Labor-backed ‘card Check’ Bill
former sen. george mcgovern (d-s.d.) has emerged as an unlikely ally of business groups looking to defeat legislation that would...
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Teachers Using New Strategies To Help Teens Boost Reading Skills
area teachers are using many strategies to boost literacy skills amid growing realization that just as much focus should be paid to them in adolescents.
www.freep.com

Facts, Half-truths And Some Downright Falsehoods - Baltimore Sun
washington - democrat barack obama and republican john mccain stretched facts, sometimes past the breaking point, as they addressed the financial crisis and other issues last night during their second debate. some examples: mccain: said one way out ...
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Ad Roundup: Barack Obama And John Mccain's Ads Continue To Focus On ... - Us News And World Report
last week, the candidates continued to release ads on the financial crisis (barack obama had two in spanish) but also aired spots focused on other topics. obama attacked mccain on healthcare, and mccain released another ad linking obama to tony rezko ...
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Dems Hope Singlaub Is Mccain’s Ayers
since the mid-1980s, there’s been almost no attention paid to john mccain’s long-ago association with a controversial group implicated in a secretive plot to supply arms to nicaraguan militia groups during the iran-contra affair.
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Why Do Groups Want To Can Con-con?
on nov. 4, voters will be asked whether to call a constitutional convention. the state's 1970 constitution requires that voters be asked whether to hold a convention every two decades.
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Needy Students Closing Test Gap Under 'no Child' - Washington Post
the achievement gap between economic groups, long a major frustration for educators, has narrowed in the region's suburban schools since president bush signed the law in 2002, according to maryland and virginia test data. in montgomery county , for ...
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Both Candidates Stretch The Facts In Debate - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
mccain: said one way out of the financial crisis is to “stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don’t like us.” the facts: although he didn’t spell it out, he was referring — as he has in the past — to purchases of oil from ...
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Groups Crack Down On Greece Schools
two citizen action groups in greece met with the new york state attorney general's office. the greece citizens in action (cia) and citizens for accountability and reform in education (care) want the attorney general to launch a second investigation into the greece school district.
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You Get What You Pay For: Paid Contributors Drive Open Source
what's the difference between a paid contributor to a foss project and a volunteer contributor? according to a paper by evangelia berdou, quite a bit. berdou finds that paid developers take up key positions in projects, while volunteers often work on the periphery. in other words -- much of the heavy lifting in open source is done thanks to corporations that have an interest in open source. i ...
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Concern Over Funding For Vulnerable Children - Guardian Unlimited
financial support for some of britain's most vulnerable social groups is being undermined by the government's decision to end ringfencing of grants from the children's fund, experts have warned. evidence is emerging that cash has been directed away ...
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House District 66 Candidates Differ On Paths To Take - Des Moines Register
ako abdul-samad and chris moeller want similar things for iowans, but the candidates for the iowa house district 66 seat would go about it in different ways. both abdul-samad, the incumbent democrat, and moeller, the green party challenger, want ...
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The Surprise Villain Behind Nation's Financial Meltdown
fingers are pointing in all directions as we search for the villains behind the mortgage and financial market crises. many of us focus on traditional whipping boys -- the wall street fat cats blamed for every financial fainting spell. democrats point at republicans, and republicans accuse democrats.
www.startribune.com

Post It - October 8
the post’s popular community events calendar -post it -publishes notices of free community events and meetings organized by local non-profit groups. send a fax to 905-632-6604 or e-mail dsmith@burlingtonpost.com at least one week in advance of the date of the event.
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Asking What People Want Is The Way To Bridge The Digital Divide - Silicon Republic
all eyes will be on the minister for finance, brian lenihan td this week as he formulates an early budget geared at keeping the economic wolves from ireland’s door. top of his list, no doubt, is chronic spending and inefficiencies in the public ...
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Candidates Tangle On Economy, Iraq War, Energy - Batavia Sun
voters of the 14th district got their chance to quiz republican congressional candidate jim oberweis and incumbent democrat bill foster on sunday at the norris cultural arts center in st. charles. in an event sponsored by the league of women voters ...
www.suburbanchicagonews.com

(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-07 22:19 Press Digest-australian Business News - Oct 8
sydney, oct 8 (reuters) - compiled for reuters by media monitors. reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
www.iii.co.uk

Textmarks Launches Professional Service - The Easiest Way For Organizations And Web Sites To Communicate Via Text ...
textmarks pro service enables organizations and web sites of all sizes to communicate via text messages with their communities. textmarks focus remains on ease of use, allowing customers to be up and running within minutes. use cases include sms enabling web sites, sending text alerts and creating mobile hot-lines. textmarks has been popular at academic institutions, religious organizations and ...
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How Will The Financial Banking Crisis Affect Your Operations? - Industry Week
impact on our customers and/or suppliers, which would threaten our business at either end of the supply chain. could send economy even further into confusion and decline. too soon to say -- no impact so far. labor union organizing is the number one ...
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