Middle Sea Race: A race against the clock (Times of Malta)

October 18, 2009

Rambler took 40 hours and ten minutes in 2007 to reach the same point. Leopard has, however, been closing the gap on its virtual adversary and it is still very possible to set a new record for this race.

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Colleges offering video game courses and degrees (Columbia Missourian)

October 18, 2009

KANSAS CITY — Menacing, metallic and mega-gun brandishing, the cyber super soldier looms over Richard Fleming’s desk. Not exactly stereotypical for a professor’s office at Johnson County Community College? Well, as the “Gears of War” crowd might say: “Eat boot! Suck pavement! Get back into your hole!” This professor under the “Halo 3″ figure teaches video game development. So lock and load …

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When numbers are just numbers (Washington Post)

October 18, 2009

CBO’s price tags to rebuild the health system are educated guesses, but guesses nonetheless.

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In health debate, those numbers are just numbers (Washington Post)

October 18, 2009

Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you’ve never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis is the man who has to decide what it would cost to rebuild the health insurance system. He has essentially condemned two legislative proposals by…

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Virtual students go to school without being in school (Honolulu Advertiser)

October 18, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eleventh-grader Philip Marten’s second-hour class is orchestra. But first hour, third hour, fourth hour and the rest of his school day are spent not at school but at home in Shawnee, Kan.

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NE complex’s make-over plan has some tenants nervous (Washington Post)

October 18, 2009

Unwilling to accept what appears to be the inevitable, Ollie A. Wilkins intentionally ignores the black and white sign taped to the window near her apartment building’s entryway.

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Group working privately on bill (Washington Post)

October 18, 2009

Select senators and White House officials set to finalize legislation behind closed doors.

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CQ Transcripts: White House Adviser Jarrett, Sens. Kyl, Dodd on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)

October 18, 2009

CQ Transcriptswire

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Windows 7 vs. Mac Snow Leopard: The Great Debate (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

October 18, 2009

Two operating system execs face off in this virtual debate.

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Office etiquette matters in close quarters (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

October 18, 2009

If you work in a cubicle, you have many distractions during the day from co-workers. Here are tips on how to deal professionally to get some privacy.

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