Education bureaucrats who worked with pieces of paper can claim innocence due to their lack of knowledge of poor schools, but a decade ago educators predicted precisely how and why NCLB would backfire.
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BEIJING — Riot police in a southern Chinese coastal town fired tear gas Friday at protesters, including elderly men and women, on the fourth day of unrest over a planned power plant expansion, according to protesters’ accounts and TV footage.
Police and protesters in the town of Haimen squared off near a highway entrance that has become the focal point for protests this week, with residents demanding that authorities release an unknown number of demonstrators.
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Following tonight's edition of Smackdown, here is the updated card for WWE's TLC PPV, taking place on December 18th:
Triple Threat TLC Match For The WWE Title:
-CM Punk (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. The Miz
Chairs Match For The WWE World Title:
-Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Ladder Match, with a Sledgehammer hanging above the ring:
-Kevin Nash vs. Triple H
United States Title Match:
-Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Intercontinental Title Match:
-Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Booker T
Tables Match:
-Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett
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Updated WWE TLC PPV Card: 6 Announced Matches
MINNEAPOLIS – Frank Vallar Jr. of Brownstown, Mich., correctly picked Walmart FLW Tour pro David Wolak of Wake Forest, N.C., to win last week’s Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Champlain presented by Snickers Peanut Butter Squared. For his picks, Vallar won $15,000 playing FLW Fantasy Fishing presented by Straight Talk held in conjunction with the FLW Tour fishing tournament.
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Madonna may have stolen the lion’s share of the headlines, but there were plenty of films by women directors earning a lot of buzz at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which draws to a close on Sunday.
From the invention of the vibrator to the aftermath of a school massacre, women brought comedy and complexity to the event that helps launch Hollywood’s Oscar season.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what’s inside Earth’s orbiting companion – all the way down to the core.
“I could hardly be happier,” said the lead scientist, Maria Zuber. After two days of delays and almost another, “I was trying to be as calm as I could be.”
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe’s biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc.
A Dusseldorf court ordered the South Korean company to stop selling Galaxy Tab 7.7 on Friday when the annual IFA electronics show started in Berlin. The move follows an earlier ban on German sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 by the court in late August until its final ruling on September 9.
The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the latest addition to Samsung’s range of Galaxy products. It was first unveiled at the show along with 5.3-inch Galaxy Note, which Samsung hopes to create a new product category with and fill the gap between smartphones and tablets.
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That there is something inherent in the person to be found there — in mental illness and addiction — is received wisdom, not empirical fact. The belief derives from the assumption that these phenomena are medical diseases.
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FREE “LET’S GO FISHING” EVENT JUNE 18 AT WILDCAT MOUNTAIN:
Hosted by N.H. Fish and Game, US Forest Service, and Appalachian Mountain Club
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — Learn how to fish or develop your fishing skills at a fun free event on Saturday, June 18, at Wildcat Mountain Resort (Route 16, Pinkham Notch). The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine; registration closes at 12 noon, so get there early! “Let’s Go Fishing” volunteer instructors and staff from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will be joined by representatives from the U.S. Forest Service and the Appalachian Mountain Club to provide a wealth of experience and knowledge to help the beginning angler get started. The special “Let’s Go Fishing” Event at Wildcat Mountain Celebrates the Weeks Act Centennial and National Get Outdoors Day.
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Whether you dream of becoming a full-time professional tournament angler, or just want to put more bass into your livewell on weekends, Bassmaster Classic winner Michael Iaconelli and Bass Fishing Hall of Fame writer Steve Price tell you how in Finesse Fishing with Mike Iaconelli. Under their guidance, you’ll learn all the secrets of using lighter rods, reels, lines, and lures to increase your catch, techniques that have taken Mike Iaconelli to the very top of the bass fishing world in both B.A.S.S. and FLW competition.
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