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193 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 15:23:45 by redsfaithful | 10 comments
Widespread marketing and misrepresentation have resulted in a glut of phony degrees, and you should
check any alleged accreditations against the US Department of Education Database. Sometimes though,
it is not only the phony college who benefits, as the list below will reveal.
270 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 23:20:16 by mmaine | 51 comments
Although first instituted in 1915, the idea of daylight time had been batted around for a more than
a century. Benjamin Franklin suggested the idea more than once in the 1770s while he was an emissary
to France. But it wasn't until more than a century later that the idea of daylight time was taken
seriously.
347 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 07:18:48 by mikek814 | 21 comments
During the years Salman Khan spent scrutinizing financials for hedge funds, he rationalized the
profit-obsessed work by telling himself he would one day quit and use his market winnings to open a
free school. Instead, he started one almost by accident.
226 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 18:31:45 by AdamBaz | 216 comments
Misconception 1 Jihad means holy warIn Arabic, the word jihad means to strive, struggle and exert
effort. It is a central and broad Islamic concept that primarily means to struggle against evil
inclinations within oneself.
310 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 18:39:58 by bettverboten | 131 comments
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166 votes | submitted 2010-03-08 20:08:49 by FamousDigger | 13 comments
There are certain design elements that all blogs should have to keep readers happy and engaged in
your content. With the evolution of blogs and social media sites, the expectations for a blog are
much higher.
380 votes | submitted 2010-03-05 16:51:36 by braveheart007 | 60 comments
Take Your Daughter Child to Work Day is fast approaching April 22 will be upon us before you know
it. Chances are your place of employment is already making plans to host and entertain more than the
usual number of immature people who show up for work every day.
331 votes | submitted 2010-03-05 22:34:33 by RobertWright | 90 comments
It costs an estimated $1 million to deploy a soldier to Afghanistan for a year and $49,000 to
incarcerate a prisoner for a year in California. The state of California spends less than $10,000 to
educate one K-12 student each year. The tradeoff is clear and unjustifiable.
450 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 05:11:50 by RobertWright | 161 comments
One reason colleges have a hard time stopping sexual assault is a misconception about who is
committing these crimes. The assumption is that rapes are often committed by young men whose
judgment is impaired by drinking. But one researcher says many rapists are serial predators and
intentionally look for vulnerable women.
225 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 15:28:08 by BuzzEdition | 36 comments
If you have been blogging for more than a few months, you have undoubtedly had to deal with content
theft on more than occasion. Since it has been a couple of years since I have written about online
content theft, I felt it was the perfect time to write an up-to-date post outlining some of the ways
you can catch someone stealing your content.
378 votes | submitted 2010-02-25 15:25:25 by schwartzloenard | 252 comments
Rhode Island has fired all 88 of the teachers from one of its lowest-performing high schools, in an
effort to improve its graduation levels.
167 votes | submitted 2010-02-23 20:14:36 by TimBuc1 | 142 comments
A growing list of colleges are notifying parents every time a student younger than 21 is caught
drinking, drunk or in possession of alcohol.
274 votes | submitted 2010-02-25 01:06:54 by hbyrne | 8 comments
Target Corporation has signed onto an innovative program called Climate Corps, enlisting students in
an internship program to solve energy efficiency challenges. The interns bring a laser focus to
their task and build a business case for energy efficiency, focusing on stores, offices, and
distribution centers.
623 votes | submitted 2010-02-24 14:19:41 by bossm4n | 205 comments
According to his blog, Kevin visited the Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland with his son to spend
the £10 his father gave the boy on a family visit. While there, he seated his son on a
coin-operated train ride and snapped a photo of him with his cameraphone. At this point, a Bridges
security guard came by and ordered him to stop taking pictures
290 votes | submitted 2010-02-24 15:56:31 by astorygirl | 84 comments
The school district responsible for supposedly spying on a student at home has agreed to preserve
evidence on its 2,300 student MacBooks. The ACLU, EFF, and even parents are weighing in as well.
324 votes | submitted 2010-02-19 22:26:16 by Janinco | 53 comments
In the spirit of journalistic research, we smoked several brands of herbal incense over the course
of a month leading up to the news short linked above. And while JWH-018 is still legal, there are a
few other things you should know about smoking it.
433 votes | submitted 2010-02-15 14:01:14 by ImALiar | 26 comments
Hey! The groom is stabbing a life sized replica of the bride!