08/28/2008
WA News (The West Australian)
The head of the Education Department has refused to say whether she thinks calculators should be banned from the TEE despite calls from senior academics to implement a ban amid claims the devices are over-used.
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08/25/2008
Ti-84 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculators in Hot New Colors Keep Students in Style (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Texas Instruments is making math stylish this back-to-school season by adding additional colors to its line of TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculators.
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08/27/2008
Keeping kids supplied for school (Mansfield News)
With school beginning for area communities, back-to-school supply drives have been running full steam ahead for children who may have trouble getting items from crayons to calculators. Children in area homeless shelters recently received backpacks filled with all manner of supplies such as pencils, notebooks, pens, and other items thanks to donors to School on Wheels. “The moms tear ...
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08/28/2008
Maryland Families Reach Out For Help (Washington Post)
Many Maryland families, their budgets tighter because of the downturn in the economy and the increases in gas and food prices, are turning to nonprofit agencies for their children's back-to-school supplies.
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08/27/2008
Student Gadgets Easy Targets for Thieves (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)
(Springfield, MO) -- Students are back on campus, and high school and college students and employees have some pricey school supplies like calculators and laptops.
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08/27/2008
WA News (The West Australian)
Academic criticism of the growing reliance on calculators in schools gathered pace yesterday as the head of mathematics at the University of WA threw his weight behind calls to ban the devices from the TEE and reduce their use in primary schools.
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08/28/2008
Answers to 401(k) plan questions (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Making decision about retirement savings can be complicated. Many workers may see recent drops in the value of their employer-sponsored 401 programs and question whether they should be making changes.
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08/28/2008
Carbon Footprint: Saving at Home (New York Times)
Reducing your home?s carbon footprint can be worth it, for the environment and the pocketbook.
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08/27/2008
Monty aiming to press home Ryder Cup claims (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Ryder Cup specialist Colin Montgomerie says he's confident of pressing home his claims on one of captain Nick Faldo's two wildcard choices by winning this weekend's Johnnie Walker Championship.
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08/28/2008
Fired Comstock Park janitor gets his vacation pay (The Grand Rapids Press)
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP -- Despite how distasteful it was to school officials, a former Comstock Park High School janitor who pleaded guilty to two charges of larceny will be paid for nine vacation days left unused at the time of his firing.
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