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2 hrs ago | Education Week

Common Core: Setting the Record Straight

This country was not built by people with low expectations. It was built by great leaders in communities and states who stepped up, sometimes individually and sometimes together, to achieve great things.

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6 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

Did Regulation Cause Drop in California Energy Consumption?

Electricity consumption per capita in California stopped increasing in the 1970s, around the same time policymakers had also enacted stricter energy-efficiency policies, such as mandates on buildings and appliances.

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Related Topix: California Government, California

10 hrs ago | City Paper

The Continuum of Collaboration, Explained

For instance: There is no question that Henrik Ibsen is the author of Hedda Gabler .

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Related Topix: Henrik Ibsen, Vocal, Theater, Arts

14 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Animal views

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University.

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Related Topix: World News

21 hrs ago | Politico

The Clinton paradox

Listen to Bill Clinton's speeches this spring and you would have heard him talk at a father-of-the-year event about the satisfactions of parenting - "the greatest thing that ever happened to me."

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, History in the News, Family, Parenting, Howard University, Arkansas, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

23 hrs ago | Medical News Today

Two Distinct Forms Of Gulf War Illness Identified

Main Category: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Also Included In: Pain / Anesthetics ; Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 18 Jun 2013 - 0:00 PDT Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Life, Veteran Affairs, Alzheimer's

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Asian Correspondent

Specializations Offered at Top Washington, D.C. MBA Programs

We looked at the specializations offered at five top Washington, D.C. MBA Programs including George Mason University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, American University, Each of these top Washington, D.C. MBA Programs offers a variety of electives and areas of concentrations to their students.

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Related Topix: George Mason University, American University, George Washington University

The Hoya

Georgetown BID Seeks Community Input for 15-Year Plan

About 40 members of the Georgetown neighborhood community gathered Thursday evening under the auspices of the Georgetown Business Improvement District to discuss proposals to better the commercial functionality of the area over the next 15 years.

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National Center for Policy Analysis

Schools Waste Funds on Phantom Students

Many state education leaders are taking a fresh look at school finance in hopes of containing costs.

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Related Topix: Harvard University

New Hampshire Public Radio -

High Court Strikes Ariz. Voting Law Requiring Proof Of Citizenship

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund Director of Litigation Nina Perales, left, MALDEF lawyer Luis Figaroa, Georgetown University law professor Jon Greenbaum and San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler talk with reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court after attending oral arguements in Arizona v.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court

The Washington Post

From salad shop to music festival, Sweetgreen branches out

Back in 2009, when the founders of Sweetgreen opened their second store in Dupont Circle, they found themselves in over their heads.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Recipes, New York

Business Journal

KKK, pesky crickets steered Patrick Ewing away from Chapel Hill

NBA and Georgetown University legend Patrick Ewing , who recently accepted a position as associate head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats , says he almost played collegiate hoops at his new boss's alma mater.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Washington Post

Graduates from low-performing D.C. schools face tough college road

Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony on June 14. He plans to attend Georgetown University.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Ohio State University, Education

CNN

Abortion bill sponsor said what?

Rep. Trent Franks wanted a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks to make no exceptions for rape, incest or the mother's health.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Trent Franks, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Abortion, Marsha Blackburn, Opinion

SFGate

Judge: College was right to reject ex-ND official

A federal judge says the Georgetown University law school did not discriminate against a former North Dakota attorney general based on his age when he was passed over for a faculty position.

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Related Topix: Bismarck, ND

Troy Daily News

State laws varied on issues

The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Abortion, Robert Bentley, US Governors

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Marion Star

GED graduates celebrate reaching a life milestone

Thirty students anxiously waited at Thursday's Marion Technical College ABLE GED graduation to get their General Educational Development diplomas.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Candy, Mathematics, Science

Fri Jun 14, 2013

CFO

Will JOBS Act Harm Naive Investors?

While small and midsize businesses, as well as securities firms, wait for the Securities and Exchange Commission to forge the final rules around the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, objections to the removal of regulatory barriers to promote capital access continue to arise.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Healthcare Law

The Columbus Dispatch

Dropping out of college isn't worst-case scenario

Experts agree there is no substitute for finishing school and scoring a degree, but a new study says that even a failed college education is better than none at all.

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Related Topix: Georgetown (Washington, DC), Columbus, OH, DeVry University, Powell, OH

Times Herald

Researchers cite new findings on Gulf War Illness

WASHINGTON a?? Researchers have discovered two areas of brain atrophy in Gulf War veterans who responded differently to a heart-rate test, leading scientists to believe that even those with the same Gulf War Illness symptoms may need different kinds of treatments.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs