09/05/2008
Crazy about kids reading (Newsday)
How can we make reading fun for children? Author Jon Scieszka has a few surprising ideas.
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09/06/2008
Stretch entertainment dollar with free events (Kingston Daily Freeman)
Johannes Gutenberg. (Image provided) When belts tighten and pocketbooks slim down, many forgo $9 mall movies and $20 per person dinner bills - price fixed or not - and seek out free fun.
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09/05/2008
Truth about textbooks | Open-source books provide digital deals (Daily Pennsylvanian)
As the textbook industry adapts to the digital age, it is harnessing technology in a search for solutions to perennial frustrations over high costs. Most stakeholders agree that the future of textbooks is electronic, but their motives and methods are different.
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08/29/2008
In Search Of: The Best Online Reading Experience (Poynter Institute)
If we're living in the age of the "paperless office," why is it that our desks are piled with things we could read on the screen? Is it really so hard to read on the computer? What can be done to make the experience better?
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09/01/2008
Your Thanks (Brattleboro Reformer)
Another fair has come and gone; and with the combination of perfect weather, and even better volunteers, it was tremendously successful.
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09/01/2008
Your Thanks (Brattleboro Reformer)
Monday, September 1 Editor of the Reformer: Another fair has come and gone; and with the combination of perfect weather, and even better volunteers, it was tremendously successful.
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08/31/2008
I Bonds offer guard against inflation, not speedy wealth (The Columbus Dispatch)
Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of I Bonds?
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08/31/2008
I Bonds safe investment – but not lucrative (Tacoma News Tribune)
Ask the Fool: What are the advantages and disadvantages of I Bonds? - J.J., Portland, Maine
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08/31/2008
Heed the rules of risk-reduction (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Sure, the stock market carries some risks. But it's still one of the most effective ways to build long-term wealth. And many of its risks can be reduced, as well. For example, you can:
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08/28/2008
UNL professors plug into online education resources (Daily Nebraskan)
Students check their BlackBerrys on the way to class. At the Nebraska Union they'll pop into the computer lab to see if they missed a message on Facebook. Then when they get to class, they'll flip open their laptops and catch up on the day's news. College students are spending more time than ever on computers.
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