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• Official fired after helicopter ride to wedding
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian Cabinet minister was fired Tuesday after he used a government helicopter to make it to his wedding on time. Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu fired Education Minister Cristian Adomnitei, 33, after it ...
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As Congress investigates the causes and effects of the financial meltdown, the House Education and Labor Committee was hearing from retirement savings and budget analysts on how the housing, credit and other financial troubles have battered pensions ...
• Some schools use local farms for healthy menus
More than 2,000 school districts have some facet of a farm-to-school program, although most are not offering full meals but have selective products in the schools or bring in food producers for education efforts. Schools — particularly public ...
• Learn a new skill while on vacation
Adult education can be a beautiful thing. Lovers of the finer things in life—like Aston Martin cars and Valrhona chocolates—can learn about them by taking special courses offered by their parent companies ... often in exceedingly pleasant ...
• Best learning holidays for kids
On board the Regent Seven Seas cruise ship Mariner this summer, kids choose either fun and games or conservation education devised by Jean-Michel Cousteau. Dodgeball on the paddle tennis court drew more players, but for the dozen or so science geeks ...