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The Rockingham County Education Foundation, led by Superior Court Judge Ed Wilson, has since raised $68,000 and will focus on two projects over the coming year: funding additional high school college advisers and SAT preparation classes. “There are all sorts...

Sales manager Christopher Burke and teenager Josh Robson "showed absolute disregard for the safety of other road users" as they raced each other on the A9...The duo – described as boy racers – were driving just feet apart from each...

The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team needed fewer than nine hours to identify where the eight-foot (2.43-meter) red balloons were tethered across the United States...Regina Dugan said in a statement after the Boston-based university won Saturday's contest.

They don't clamor for attention the way other attractions do. With that in mind, The Cultural Landscape Foundation has created an online resource to help steer travelers to some of the greatest parks, gardens, and historic homes in the United...

THE Productivity Commission's audit of efficiency in the not-for-profit sector has been criticised for largely ignoring technology. A draft has been released, with the full report due by the end of the year, but technology appears to have been largely...

Australian IT launches a new information technology online resource -- The Hub. Not just another IT news website, The Hub has been designed from the ground up to provide a fresh perspective on all that's happening in the IT industry....

But its top five bureaucrats have been paid almost $1.8 million between them, including a salary of more than $411,000 for the department's director-general, Debora Picone. Professor Picone's four deputies were each paid between $309,000 and $366,000 while the chief...

Australia would not lead to an increase in problem gambling, an internet-based gambling company said yesterday. Betfair Australia's chief executive, Andrew Twaits, told a Productivity Commission hearing in Melbourne that while he supported a liberalisation of online gaming laws, ''I...

But is changing from Microsoft Office to Google Apps the right move for every business? Experts, and even Google itself, are advising companies to analyse operations to see whether switching suits their needs. Business analyst Gartner says proprietary office suites...

This event and our online discussions will help ensure we maximise those opportunities," Senator Conroy said. The public can vote on which digital economy ideas most appeal to them and can contribute their own ideas, including posting links to YouTube...