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...encouraging schools to prepare take-home study packets so kids can continue learning if their schools close. The Department of Labor has been drafting guidance for employers who may be hit by thousands of parents who need to stay home with their kids. All of it is being done very quickly for a threat that is unknowable and, scientists say, fast approaching. "Early on, there were some folks who said you can't go out and talk about this because we don't have all the facts," says John Brennan, a former CIA official who is heading the White House...
...appreciate that Mr. Tenenbaum finally acknowledged that artists and music companies deserve to be paid for their work," the statement read. "We only wish he had done so sooner rather than lie about his illegal behavior...
...this year, a foundation supporting Oregon's Lake Oswego school district has raised $1.6 million solely to fund teachers. The bulk of the fundraising was done through direct appeals - phone calls, e-mails, snail mail - and all money is spread out equally over the area's 13 schools through an agreement between the foundation and the district. Lake Oswego, an affluent bedroom community outside Portland, is able to leverage the wealth of its parents to help its 13 schools. "Our parents are willing to step up and provide money," says Bill Korach, Lake Oswego district superintendent. "But we are just...
...Quotes By: On the dangers of operating in Iraq: "Obviously, you can see the business risk that goes with it - being sued, being maligned in the press, a very significant rush to judgment. It can jeopardize all the rest of the work that we've done in the rest of the world without any controversy." - October 2007, in congressional testimony...
...successively an Aramaean temple, a Roman temple and then a Byzantine church. Over the centuries it has become a meeting place for the city. The mosque's courtyard - an inadequate term for this vast plaza of glittering marble - is alive with afternoon strollers and gossiping families. When you're done people-watching, track down one of the mosque's great curiosities: a shrine that purportedly holds the head of John the Baptist...