01/09/2009
Orting: Most say ‘Whew!’ (Tacoma News Tribune)
A day after flood warnings had Orting residents scrambling to evacuate, most residents breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as disaster appeared to be averted.
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01/08/2009
New Year, New Financial Challenges (Washington Post)
Whew, 2008 is over. And yet, 2009 is already turning out to be challenging.
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01/08/2009
Serna: A musical week (Sun Star)
WHEW! That was indeed a long vacation as far as this column is concerned. This paper had no issues on two Fridays thus ‘depriving’ this column of its weekly appearance.
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01/09/2009
Hop on the Chinese Roller Coaster (The Motley Fool)
Hang on -- it might be a bit bumpy.
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01/09/2009
New Data on AP's Impact (Washington Post)
On one wall of my cubicle is a large chart extracted from Tom Luce and Lee Thompson's 2005 book "Do What Works: How Proven Practices Can Improve America's Public Schools." It shows that a study of 78,000 Texas students found college graduation rates much higher for those who, while in high school, took Advanced Placement exams -- but failed them -- than those who took no AP exams at all.
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01/09/2009
Olive's garden of nautical information (The News-Press)
In the days leading up to Dec. 25, a whole lotta FOBs (Friends of Boaters) and ROBs (Relatives of Boaters) go searching for stocking stuffers.
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01/07/2009
Fun, complicated crazy Christmas had by all (Nanaimo Daily News)
I don't know about you, but I can sum up how I feel today with one simple word: whew! Given the way of the world, not to mention the way of modern families, this is likely how I'll feel this time every year for ages to come.
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01/09/2009
My daughter racked up 14,528 text messages in one month (Orange County Register)
MORNING READ: OMG! What's a father to do?
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01/09/2009
O.C. shaken by Inland Empire quake (Orange County Register)
Seismic energy of 4.5 earthquake in San Bernardino felt across Orange, Los Angeles counties..
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01/08/2009
Bush words to 2nd graders echo 9/11 (Chicago Tribune)
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