Sunday, December 25, 2005 Preliminary results from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), released 15 December 2005 by the US National Center for Education Statistics, indicate gains and losses in literacy among minority adults between 1992 and 2003. Contents 1 Understanding the results 2 Selected results 3 Why are Continue Reading
British military secrets leaked on social networking sites
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted sixteen instances of sensitive information being leaked on social networking websites in the past eighteen months. Ten employees have been disciplined for misuse of the sites. The revelations follow a Freedom of Information request by Lewis PR and computer Continue Reading
An Adult Brother Sister Relationship
Click Here For More Specific Information On: It Procurement Consultants La By Jonathon Hardcastle I consider myself to be extremely lucky for having apart from two caring and loving parents, also a brother-who entered my life three and a half years after I was born-to turn to whether I am Continue Reading
Hope fades for families of trapped Mexican miners
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Almost 600 desperate family members and others remained camped outside the Pasta de Conchos coal mine near San Juan de Sabinas, in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila where 65 Mexican miners were trapped by a gas explosion around 2:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) Sunday. Some are Continue Reading
Flat Fee Real Estate Can Save You Thousands Of Dollars
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Real Estate Professionals Bald Hills Flat Fee Real Estate Can Save You Thousands of Dollars by Adam S. Waxler Selling a home in today’s market can be a difficult task. A few years ago when the real estate market was hot you could Continue Reading
Philadelphia to become largest city in U.S. without Boy Scout building
Thursday, June 7, 2007 When the Philadelphia City Council broke its 80 year old building lease with the Cradle of Liberty Council, it set itself on a course to be the largest city in the nation without its own Boy Scout building. The scouts must abandon their building before the Continue Reading
US Senate finance committee to vote on health care bill
Friday, October 9, 2009 US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that the Senate Finance Committee will vote on a sweeping health care reform bill next Tuesday. US President Barack Obama has made clear that extending health insurance coverage to as many Americans as possible is his top domestic Continue Reading
Australian government provides $15.8 million for North Adelaide Technical College
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Australian Minister for Vocational Education and Training, Gary Hardgrave has announced the government will provide AU$15.8 million to establish an Australian Technical College in North Adelaide. The minister said the government was entering into a partnership with the Archdiocese of Adelaide and consortium of industrial and Continue Reading
Beauty Product Stores: Is It Better To Shop Locally Or Online?
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Little Tokyo Beauty Product Stores: Is It Better to Shop Locally or Online? by Miquel Maestas Are you thinking about revamping or updating your appearance? If you are, you may want to think about going shopping for new beauty products and supplies. There Continue Reading
Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate
Saturday, January 29, 2011 U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate Jim Hedges of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania took some time to answer a few questions about the Prohibition Party and his 2012 presidential campaign. The Prohibition Party is the third oldest existing political party in the United States, having been established in Continue Reading