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...enable workers of all ages to adapt to a rapidly evolving economy, the federal government would create tax-protected "personal competitiveness accounts" - "a G.I. Bill for our times," in the words of the report - that could be drawn upon for education and training at any point in life. At birth, the feds would deposit $500 per child into the account...
...French language; the Flemish spoken in the north was considered little more than a peasant patois. But since the Second World War, Flanders has moved ahead, with higher income, lower unemployment and a more dynamic economy than its southern neighbor. The differences range from social security to birth rates to cultural proclivities, and there are Flemings and Walloons ready to argue about every one of them...
...acting chancellor, Norman Abrams, warned that a “sophisticated computer hacker” had illegally gained access to the school’s database. The database contained information about some student applicants and parents of applicants who applied for financial aid. Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses and contact information were stored on the database, according to the e-mail. The hacker “sought and retrieved” some Social Security numbers, the e-mail said. “I question why [UCLA] still had my information,” said a UCLA applicant...
...life expectancy at birth, as an African American girl, was less than 40. But she lived in the age of invention, of penicillin, vaccines, x-rays, cat scans, lived in the century when life expectancy doubled. She was hardly ever sick, her grandchildren said, until a stroke two years ago left her unable to tell her stories anymore...
...Rodriguez is a liberal Democrat who voted against the Iraq war, against banning same-sex marriage, for partial birth abortion and for a boost in the minimum wage. Rodriguez had served seven years in Congress before losing his seat in the neighboring 28th congressional district in 2004 after DeLay's redistricting plan anchored the district in Laredo, away from Rodriguez's home base in San Antonio. The new district favored Laredo resident and conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar, who beat Rodriguez by just 58 votes in the primary. Rodriguez challenged incumbent Congressman Cuellar again this year in the March primary...