10/12/2008
Tractors pull people together (Columbia Daily Herald)
SPRING HILL — Ronnie Smithson, James Mills, and GW Miller sat on the front porch of the Tennessee Museum of Early Farm Life office Friday morning, talking current events and watching tractors roll in for Saturday’s Antique Tractor Festival and Plowing at Rippavilla Plantation.
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10/12/2008
Take Stock in Florida: Not all companies are the same (The News-Press)
He said, "In two to three years, the current events will just look like a blip in the long term picture.'
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10/12/2008
New York Debate Over Political Buttons in the Classroom (FOX 5 New York)
The New York City Board of Education is under fire. The United Federation of Teachers is suing the board to protect their right to wear political buttons in school. The UFT's candidate is Barack Obama; there are no McCain buttons. The union cites its right to free speech and claims the buttons encourage discussion of current events. Fox's Laura Ingle reports, you decide.
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10/10/2008
Portland, Ore., High School Eyes Money Crisis (NPR)
At Lake Oswego High School outside of Portland, Ore., Gerrit Koepping brings current events into the classroom every day. High school students at Koeppings' U.S. government classes are learning from the current economic crisis.
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10/11/2008
Ancient History Finds Modern Meaning in Latin Scholar's Works (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - "It's ancient history" -- the phrase is often used to dismiss information deemed irrelevant to modern life. But Latin scholar and former teacher Rose Williams considers ancient history pertinent to current events.
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10/11/2008
Stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns (Tulsa World)
Our nation and world continues to slide deeper into the roaring pits of iniquity because of our greed. As the trying times of distress fall upon up, we must realize that the current events are profound testaments of the past failures and mistakes the greed of our Capitalist society.
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10/10/2008
Action Newsstand Message Board (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Post your opinion on current events in this public forum
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10/11/2008
Historic candlelight tour set at Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Ada Evening News)
SULPHUR — Bank failures, rising unemployment, a presidential election, and an economy in turmoil: these current events seem almost ripped from the pages of American history.
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10/09/2008
View of the Day: Sweden offers solace (FT.com via Yahoo! News)
Sweden's experience during its early 1990s banking crisis has many parallels with current events and offers a "surprisingly upbeat" message for equity markets, says Tim Bond, head of global asset allocation at Barclays Capital.
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10/10/2008
Look beyond cheap political humor (Technician)
I watch a lot of late night talk shows and other shows that use current events as comedic material, and much of the commentary has understandably been about the upcoming presidential elections.
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