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• Inmates already angry at Paris Hilton
In January, she pleaded no contest to the reckless-driving charge and was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines. She was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on Jan. 15. Officers informed Hilton she was ...
• ConsumerMan: Avoid the pitfalls of gift cards
So why is Consumer Reports launching a public education campaign to warn shoppers about the pitfalls of gift cards? “We’ve gotten a lot of complaints from readers recently about them, and it’s clear that an enormous amount of money is going to ...
• Employers boost payrolls by 94,000
The fresh snapshot of the labor market, released by the Labor Department on Friday, showed that hiring was brisk in education and health services, retail, professional services, the government and elsewhere. That helped to offset job losses in ...
• Rice lauds nuclear deal with India
It removes for India a barrier to full integration on a whole range of technologies," and it opens the way for closer U.S.-India cooperation in other areas such as defense, agriculture and education. India built its nuclear bombs outside the Nuclear ...
• Study: Teacher’s gender affects learning
His study was to appear Monday in Education Next, a quarterly journal published by the Hoover Institution. Vetted and approved by peer reviewers, Dee’s research faces a fight for acceptance. Some leading education advocates dispute his conclusions ...