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Schoolgirls' math skills now measure up to boys'
AP Education WriterSixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The...Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Colleges and Universities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Government, Technology
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Dow Chemical reports decline in 2Q profit
AP Business WriterDow Chemical Co. said Thursday that despite record sales and two double-digit price increases unveiled in the second quarter, its profit for the period fell 27 percent, in large part because of sharply higher costs for energy and raw materials. The...Tags: Rohm & Haas Company, Dow Chemical Company, Joint Ventures, Sales, Kevin McCarthy
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Running on Empty
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHow far can we stretch a gallon of gasoline? OK, maybe it isn't a question for the ages. But with oil setting new records at more than $60 per barrel, it seems like a good time to ask. And considering that the U.S. economy is hooked on oil imported from...Tags: Daimler AG, Eagle Rock, Ed Begley, General Motors Corp., Computer Crime
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Aerospace, Medical Device Firms See Potential Gain In Collaborating
Special to The CourantIt was only by accident that a Connecticut company best known for building equipment to test and service helicopters found itself working with one of the planet's biggest medical device makers. HabCo Inc. of Glastonbury at first turned down the chance to...Tags: Asnuntuck Community College, East Granby, Economic Policy, Fuel-efficient Cars, West Hartford
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Mahoning planners approve age-restricted development
Special to The Morning CallPlans for a 236-unit, age-restricted community along Mahoning's busy commercial Route 443 corridor have been accepted by the township Planning Commission. Tony Ganguzza of TMG Consulting Engineers of Allentown appeared before planners Tuesday to seek...Tags: Allentown, Technology
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Program aims to link students with job skills
The News LeaderStuarts Draft High School will unveil a new program this fall that's designed to give students practical skills for the local job market. The high school's new Center for Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology will offer a series of courses to...Tags: Employees, Public Employees, Colleges and Universities, Consumer Electronics Industry, Government
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Take more recyclables to the curb
The Orange County Utilities Department now accepts more recyclable materials curbside from residents of unincorporated Orange County. The following additional materials are now accepted: In an orange bin, residents may deposit pasteboard (i.e., cereal...Tags: Orange County (Florida), Valencia, Valencia Community College, Colleges and Universities, Winter Park
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Proposed road would destroy wetlands
Sun reporterFederal and state officials have scheduled a hearing on Charles County's proposal for a new highway that would require the destruction of 7 acres of wetlands around Mattawoman Creek. The Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Department of the...Tags: Wetlands, Defense, Water Pollution, Rivers, Bodies of Water
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Rush job fixing runway requires $2.4 million repair
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe asphalt had not even cooled when the first plane took off at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a late-night scramble to repave the main runway. The work on a key intersection was supposed to take 28 hours over three days....Tags: Josephus Eggelletion, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Contracts
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Firms to present proposals to panel
Special to The Morning CallThree engineering firms bidding to prepare a comprehensive plan for Weissport and East Penn, Mahoning and Franklin townships will make proposals to a committee. The Central Carbon County Joint Comprehensive Planning Committee, made up of...Tags: Conservation, Allentown, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources
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