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What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:31 PM EST (Yahoo!)

According to the Census Bureau's 2010 American Community Survey, the majors that give you the best chance of reaching the 1 percent are pre-med, economics, biochemistry, zoology and, yes, biology, in that order. Below is a chart showing the majors most likely to get into the 1 …

college, wall-street, universities, job, money, schools, education, colleges, top, economics

Lego man in space moves the Web

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:12 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by krishna-167929

Two teens from Toronto successfully launched a Lego figure into near space -- and launched a storm of interest on the Web. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, 17-year-old classmates at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, took four months, many Saturdays, and $400 to carry a Lego figuri …

canada, space, science, video, DIY, web, toronto, gps, lego, viral

Arizona Candidate Struck From Ballot Over English Skills | Care2 Causes

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:54 AM EST ()

Seeded by Dr. Sherman N. Miller

It is disquieting to rule on English proficiency without randomly picking other people from the state’s population to establish what is normal. When I listen to many people interviewed on the television I find myself wondering if grammar is even taught in school today.

politics

The God-Given Loophole: How Religion Is Infiltrating America's Public Schools

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:01 AM EST (Reuters)

Seeded by Carloz

the annual “See You at the Pole” prayer event...happens at schools nationwide on the same day. On the understanding that the event is student-initiated and student-led, it is deemed to be constitutional.

politics, lawsuits, first-amendment, aclu, public-schools, atheism, freedom-of-religion, church-and-state, peer-evangelism, pizza-evangelism

Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes Sharia law

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:05 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by krishna-167929

The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member has told the Guardian.

world-news

Gingrich Surge Wipes Out Romney Advantage in Florida While Improving Obama's Numbers

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:43 PM EST ()

Seeded by krishna-167929

Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Mitt Romney have helped Barack Obama considerably, but have not helped Newt Gingrich—should Gingrich be the Republican nominee for president, according to the latest Quinnipiac University polls released Wednesday and Today. In a head-t …

politics

VEA General Assembly Daily Reports: The Annual Contract Bills

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:48 AM EST ()

Seeded by Grae

I usually write the entries on this blog, but what follows was written by VEA Senior Staff Attorney Dena Rosenkrantz, who is providing able assistance to the VEA Lobby Cadre as we lobby the Governor’s annual contract bill. House Bill 576 (Richard Bell) and the compan …

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