2013年5月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Washington, D.C., Named the Best Big City for Working Women

Posted: 29 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT

Washington, D.C., Named the Best Big City for Working WomenNerdWallet is an online personalized finance service that helps "consumers make better decisions about their personal finances, travel plans, or higher education." The company recently published a report that named the best places for women in the workforce, and Washington, D.C., was No. 1 on the big city list.


Italy professor says has found world's oldest complete Torah

Posted: 29 May 2013 07:53 AM PDT

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - An Italian professor said on Wednesday he has identified what he believes is the world's oldest complete scroll of the Torah, containing the full text of the first five books of Hebrew scripture. Mauro Perani, professor of Hebrew at the University of Bologna, said experts and carbon dating tests done in Italy and the United States dated the scroll as having been made between 1155 and 1225. The scroll, which has been in possession of the Bologna University Library for more than 100 years, had been previously thought to be from the 17th century. ...

Ho! Ho! Ho! ‘Merry Christmas Bill’ expected to become law in Texas soon

Posted: 29 May 2013 05:36 AM PDT

After a good amount of hoopla, Texas Governor Rick Perry is expected to quietly sign legislation allowing public schools to celebrate Christmas and other winter holidays plainly and explicitly without fear of lawsuits.

Exonerated NY man gets master's degree

Posted: 29 May 2013 05:19 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit has received a master's degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

5 teens identified as victims of fiery Calif crash

Posted: 28 May 2013 07:00 PM PDT

Cars drive past the scene of a Monday fiery car crash that killed five, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Newport Beach, Calif. Coroner officials were still working to positively identify all five victims who were killed in the Monday crash, when an Infiniti sedan carrying the five people veered off a road around 5:20 p.m. and hit a tree, said Kathy Lowe, Newport Beach police spokeswoman. The impact split the car and it caught fire, she said. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUTNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Five Southern California high school students who died in a fiery car wreck on their way to the beach included a pair of sisters and best friends who bonded over their immigrant experiences, friends said Tuesday.


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