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The exams will be field-tested in a sample of high schools, with an eye toward statewide implementation...History Field testing of Algebra 1 and geo- metry is scheduled to begin in May. About 25,000 students across the state will take part in a field...
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Many of the artifacts were salvaged from the detritus of Chinatown: straw sandals from Mott Street, an eight-foot sign advertising a Chinese laundry, and shelves from a general store being dismantled on the Bowery. Forget bidding at auction for precious...
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At least eight Northern California nonprofits have sponsored dream-home raffles this year. While some have hit the jackpot, others have been canceled or forced to scale back their grand prizes because they didn't sell enough tickets...Raffle tickets are...
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For most movies, bigger-than-expected Thursday midnight shows are a great start to an opening weekend. For "Where the Wild Things Are," they may have been a mixed blessing. Warner Bros.' adaptation of the classic children's book collected $700,000 before...
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last week's champ, Michael Bay's Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen , a sequel about good robots fighting bad robots, based on a line of toys and a Saturday-morning cartoon. In the other: Michael Mann's new film, Public Enemies , based on the true story...
Just because Batman landed in Hong Kong doesn't mean "The Dark Knight" will...Hong Kong is a Chinese-ruled former British colony that maintains separate political and economic systems. Another possible sticking point is a brief appearance by Hong Kong...
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Finally, a post-apocalyptic utopia movie for the entire family. "City of Ember" is a weird little hybrid of socialist manifesto and wholesome sci-fi adventure, which ought to make it a tough sell, despite its strong cast and the backing of Tom Hanks'...
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The Pentagon's top military officer says a fixed timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq could put political and economic progress at risk. Admiral Mike Mullen says the best way to determine troops levels is based on conditions on the ground. He...
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The information provided by many informed sources in the absence of official information indicates that they are still alive", the embassy said in a statement published on Wednesday. The issue of the four diplomats are one of the main issues are being...
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Currently the world's 160 million web addresses end with one of some 250 top-level domain names: .country or .territory domains, and generic ones such as .com, .net and .org, as well as .gov and .edu...Under the new system, the web's 1.3 billion users...
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