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September 02, 2008 News and Trends

SAT Scores Remain at 10-Year Low

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:51:57 PDT
For a second straight year, SAT scores for the most recent high school graduating class remained at the lowest level in nearly a decade, a trend attributed to a record number of students now taking the test...and the bang-up job that public education is doing today.

Tropical Depressions

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:14:06 PDT
Daily Market Commentary for September 2, 2008 from Millennium-Traders.Com Across the country, major sighs of relief could be heard over the minimal amount of damage caused to oil rigs, oil platforms and oil pipelines was seen, by Hurricane Gustav resulting in the fall of Crude oil today to just under $110 a barrel in comparison to the price per barrel a year ago in the range of $70 per barrel. .… (read more) At the NYSE closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, here is how the major wor

The President’s Job

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:06:31 PDT
What is important in picking a new president? Is it economic health for the country? Physical health for it's citizens? Promise keeping to our military, our elderly, our children? Not according to the news.....

Russian News: September 2nd, 2008! | Windows to Russia!

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:06:39 PDT
Georgian troops are gathering in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko told a press conference in Moscow today. He pointed out that he had received data to this effect from Russia's General Staff, adding that Georgian armed forces were restoring their fighting efficiency in the security

Youth Suicides Continue to Rise in U.S.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:42:56 PDT
Suicides among U.S. children appear to be on the rise after a 15-year decline, and the trend may owe, in part, to fewer teens being prescribed antidepressants, a new study suggests.

Popular Emo Hairstyles

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:31:40 PDT
One of the latest trends to take the hairstyling world by storm is the “emo” look. Emo hairstyles are quite popular among teens and young adults, and can usually be worn by either males or females in virtually the same way.

Obama Met With Fox News Executives (Washington Post)

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:24:39 PDT
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2 -- At a secret meeting with Barack Obama three months ago, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes says, he tried to clear the air with the Democratic senator by saying that his organization was determined to be fair but would not be "in the tank" for Obama's campaign.

Evangelicals rally behind Palin after pregnancy news (CNN.com)

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:44:28 PDT
Key evangelical leaders rallied to Sarah Palin's support Monday amid news that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was having a child.

Game news: Hardcore gamers flock to Seattle (AP via Yahoo! News)

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:48:03 PDT
Real news from the virtual world:

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...


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