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Reading Program Is Called Ineffective |
President Bush?s $1 billion a year initiative to teach reading to low-income children has not helped improve their reading comprehension, according to a Department of Education report released on Thursday.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008
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Elizabeth Arden Posts Surprise Loss and Cuts Outlook |
The cosmetic company?s shares sank 22 percent after it posted a quarterly net loss of $3.8 million, hurt by the weakening economy.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Stocks Up Sharply as Dollar Rises |
Wall Street shot higher as investors, while anticipating another dismal jobs report Friday, found solace in the rising dollar and falling oil prices.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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advertising: Agency Pays $12 Million to Settle Accounting Case |
The Interpublic Group agreed to pay the fine to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its accounting practices.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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April Sales Show Shift to Smaller Cars |
Despite higher sales of small cars as oil and gasoline prices climbed to records in April, automakers said that overall vehicle sales in the United States plummeted during the month.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Microsoft Chief Set to Narrow Pursuit of Yahoo |
Steven A. Ballmer told employees that the company would announce ?in very short order? which of three paths it would choose in its three-month-old pursuit of Yahoo.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Sun Microsytems Reports Loss in Quarter |
The maker of server computers posted a loss of $34 million in the third quarter, falling short of Wall Street expectations, as economic challenges overshadowed gains overseas.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Chongson Journal: Koreans Recall an Era of Propaganda Battles |
A museum in South Korea displays leaflets dropped on both sides of the DMZ during the pre-Internet age, when thought bombs were dropped by plane or balloon in enemy territory.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Dockworkers Protest Iraq War |
Thousands of dockworkers at West Coast ports stayed off the job on Thursday in what their union said was a call for an end to the war in Iraq.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Do the Rich Pay Taxes? Italy Tells All |
The outgoing government of the center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi posted on Wednesday the returns for all 40 million Italians who paid taxes in 2005.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Close Contest Seen in London Mayoral Election |
Mayor Ken Livingstone campaigned hard across London on Thursday as voters went to the polls to decide whether to let him stay in office for another four years.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Pakistan Talks End on Positive Note |
Leaders of Pakistan?s governing coalition concluded talks on Thursday over how to restore the judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf without saying whether they had reached an agreement.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Baghdad Bureau: Iraqi Views of Spring 2003 |
The foot of the bridge over the Diyala River was littered with Iraqi bodies after a battle with the First Marine Division in April 2003. (Photo: James Hill/The New York Times) This post is by an Iraqi employee of The New York Times based in Diyala whose name is being withheld for his safety. It was...
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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The Rail: Q&A; With Joe Drape at Churchill Downs |
Joe Drape, The Times's award-winning horse racing writer, will be online today from Churchill Downs answering readers' questions about the Kentucky Derby.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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London Mayoral Election Seen as Close |
The race turns in large part on the personalities of the leading candidates, both of whom provoke high passions.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Belarus Expels 10 U.S. Diplomats |
The State Department reacted angrily on Thursday to the expulsion of 10 American diplomats by Belarus, a former Soviet Republic.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Twin Bombings Kill at Least 35 in Iraq |
Two blasts set off by suicide bombers ripped through a crowded shopping street in Diyala, only hours after a car bomb in Baghdad killed a U.S. soldier and nine Iraqi civilians.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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Former D.N.C. Chairman Backs Obama |
Joe Andrew announced he had switched his allegiance from Hillary Rodham Clinton to Barack Obama.
New York Times -
May 1, 2008 |
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BARACK GETS A "DO-OVER" ON WRIGHT.
April 28, 2008 -
May 4, 2008 |
Two wrongs don�t make a right, but for Barack Obama a second chance to deal with the radical rantings of his preacher may put his suddenly faltering campaign back on track.
When Reverend Jeremiah Wright�s vitriolic sermons gained national attention a month ago, Obama was reluctant to disavow him. He danced around what he knew, what he ha... |
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TENNESSEE LEGISLATIVE RACES WILL BE KEY BATTLEGROUND IN 2008.
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