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    Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Getting Kim Jong Un's attention

    Nothing about the international response to North Korea's third nuclear test in February or subsequent provocations has been unreasonable. The crisis is entirely of Pyongyang's making. But it is possible that the hard-line approach taken by Washington,...

    Tags: China, Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea)

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Thirty years later, nation remains at educational risk

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game. "A Nation at Risk," the report issued 30 years ago by...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Xavier University of Louisiana, Michelle Rhee, Columbia University, Russia

    3. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Cap on H-1B visas for tech workers is reached in five days

    American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days.
    American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that it has received more than 85,000 applications...

    Tags: Lotteries, Immigration, Software Industry, Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc.

    4. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks

    WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran does not provide a “substantive and concrete” response during negotiations this week in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
    WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Nuclear Weapons, Iran's Nuclear Program, White House, Almaty (Kazakhstan)

    5. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  5. Beta Testing Ed. Products Can Get Tricky for Schools

    Education Week, Bethesda, Md.
    Beta testing is one of the most basic steps on the path to getting education products and ideas into the classroom--and, researchers and developers say, one of the trickiest to get right. As applied to K-12, the term generally refers to the early...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Gaming, Gaming Industry, Teachers, University of Michigan

    6. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. City moves forward with AdvanceKC economic development reforms -- minus the 'super-board'

    The Kansas City Star
    A long-anticipated game plan for overhauling how Kansas City runs economic development is finally taking shape more than three years after it was first launched. The reforms in the works for the Kansas City Economic Development Corp. fall far short of...

    Tags: Economic Policy, Finance

    7. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. The bomb suspect and the law

    When long stretches of time pass without a terrorist incident, it's important that Americans and their government resist complacency. It's equally important, though, not to panic when an attack does occur. In its handling of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Obama administration has kept its head even as some of its critics were overreacting.
    When long stretches of time pass without a terrorist incident, it's important that Americans and their government resist complacency. It's equally important, though, not to panic when an attack does occur. In its handling of alleged Boston Marathon bomber...

    Tags: Laws, Prosecution, U.S. Congress, Timothy McVeigh, Justice System

    8. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  8. City development overhaul moves forward

    The Kansas City Star
    A long-awaited plan for overhauling how Kansas City runs economic development is finally taking shape more than three years after it was launched. The changes in the works for the Kansas City Economic Development Corp. fall far short of the radical...

    Tags: Economy, Economic Policy, Finance

    9. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  9. Report: Slight shift in jobs away from Hampton Roads downtowns

    While fewer jobs are located in downtowns in Hampton Roads, there wasn't a dramatic shift in location from 2000 to 2010, according to a report. The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program analyzed how far from city downtowns jobs...

    Tags: Hampton Roads

    10. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. McManus: A tax everyone can love

    The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both individuals and corporations and at the same time "close loopholes."
    The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...

    Tags: Personal Income, Mitt Romney, Energy Saving, John Boehner, Global Change

    11. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Europe austerity strategy is hurting growth, IMF says

    WASHINGTON — Britain and the Eurozone are steadfastly sticking to austerity measures despite increasing evidence that such action alone isn't working to revive their economies and is dragging down global growth.
    WASHINGTON — Britain and the Eurozone are steadfastly sticking to austerity measures despite increasing evidence that such action alone isn't working to revive their economies and is dragging down global growth. Such persistence, analysts said,...

    Tags: Sweden, Moody's Corporation, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, National Government

    12. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  12. Job sprawl grows in the Kansas City area

    The Kansas City Star
    Job sprawl has sucked employment from Kansas City's core. A report to be released today by the Brookings Institution said that in 2010 just 16.9 percent of the area's jobs were in the core, defined as within three miles of Kansas City's downtown. That's...

    Tags: Personal Income, Public Transportation, Washington, DC, Employment Opportunities, Environmental Politics

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