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Westwood College Hosts Gathering of Video Game Legends

Seasoned Veterans Shared Insights on How to Plan a Career in the Interactive Entertainment Industry Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 5, 2009 -- According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions, the growth of software publishing,

Mar. 05   6:41 pm

Full Story at Emediawire.com


Teacher in Pompano Beach vies for Iditarod race honor

This weekend, mushers will pack their axes and parkas, lace their dogs' winter booties and embark on an adventurous trek through a trail of frozen Alaskan wilderness: the Iditarod. Nearly 4,000 miles away, the students at Pompano Beach Middle School

Mar. 05   6:38 pm

Full Story at Miami Herald


Geologists map rocks to soak CO2 from air

To slow global warming, scientists are exploring ways to pull carbon dioxide from the air and safely lock it away. Trees already do this naturally through photosynthesis; now, in a new report, geologists have mapped large rock formations in the United

Mar. 05   6:31 pm

Full Story at EurekAlert


United Way Recieves Support to Help Improve College and Career Readiness for LAUSD Students

LOS ANGELES, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Today United Way of Greater Los Angeles announced that a combined grant of $1.75 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the James Irvine Foundation will be used to advance education reform in the Los

Mar. 05   5:51 pm

Full Story at PR Newswire


Frederick L. Bissinger, 98, Stevens Alumnus and Former Board of Trustees Chairman, Dies

Class of 1933 alumnus served as president of Allied Chemical Corp. HOBOKEN, N.J., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Frederick L. Bissinger '33, an alumnus of Stevens Institute of Technology and a past member and chairman of its Board of Trustees,

Mar. 05   5:51 pm

Full Story at PR Newswire


Journalists, Editors Eligible for $5,000 Scholarships for College Religion Courses

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Religion Newswriters invites all working journalists, regardless of beat, to apply to its Lilly Scholarships in Religion program. The scholarships give full-time journalists up to $5,000 to cover the

Mar. 05   5:51 pm

Full Story at PR Newswire


American Textbook Council: Islam being whitewashed in American school books

An education expert is warning that some American textbooks present a biased view of Islam and offer a sugarcoated picture of Islamic extremism, a trend that has parents worried about what's being taught in public schools. Moreover, this "inordinate

Mar. 05   5:28 pm

Full Story at Jihad Watch


Drug blocks 2 of world's deadliest emerging viruses

NEW YORK (March 5, 2009) -- Two highly lethal viruses that have emerged in recent outbreaks are susceptible to chloroquine, an established drug used to prevent and treat malaria, according to a new basic science study by researchers at Weill Cornell

Mar. 05   5:16 pm

Full Story at EurekAlert


Why 'lazy Susan' has a weak heart

When young, apparently healthy athletes suddenly collapse, it can be due to hereditary cardiac disease. Researchers at the Heidelberg University Hospital have now discovered a genetic modification that leads to cardiac weakness in an animal model. Just

Mar. 05   5:00 pm

Full Story at EurekAlert


Critic says Islamic extremism gets whitewashed in American textbooks; Newsweek: Learn to live with radical Islam

NEW YORK ?  An education expert is warning that some American textbooks present a biased view of Islam and offer a sugarcoated picture of Islamic extremism, a trend that has parents worried about what?s being taught in public schools. In numerous

Mar. 05   4:16 pm

Full Story at Religion News Blog


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