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Pitt Hyde testifies in favor of Common Core's higher school standards
2013-09-21 05:19:57| Auto Parts - Topix.net
For 7-1/2 nonstop hours Friday, educators, parents, business executives, a military leader and political advocates testified for and against the Common Core state education standards that Tennessee and 44 other states are deploying in public schools.
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Climate Woes Continue: Changes In Polar Bear Diet Result In Higher Toxin Exposure
2013-09-20 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Warmer than average Arctic temperatures in recent years have been stirring up all kinds of ecological changes and a new study in the journal Global Change Biology indicates that polar bears could be getting exposed to higher levels of toxins as a result. The study looked at an East Greenlandic population of polar bears, which is expected to enjoy the Arctic sea ice far longer than other regions. However, the loss of ice sheet cover in these waters occurs at a rate of nearly 1 percent per year,...
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Climate Change Linked Higher Chemical Load in Polar Bear Diet
2013-09-20 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Polar bears are changing their diets to adapt to climate change, a new study has found. Researchers also found that a change in the diet has led to increase in toxic chemicals in the bears' bodies. The study was conducted by researchers from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Aarhus University (Denmark) and their colleagues. The team found that the diet of polar bears has changed over the past few decades and their tissue samples are showing high levels of contaminants. Polar bears...
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U.S. economy shows signs of shrugging off higher interest rates
2013-09-20 12:09:50| Real Estate - Topix.net
U.S. home resales surged in August to a 6-1/2-year high and factories grew busier early this month in the Mid-Atlantic region, signs that rising borrowing costs might be weighing only modestly on the economy.
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UK: Asos expects higher FY profit after Q4 sales surge
2013-09-19 14:12:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Online fashion retailer Asos expects to post a higher than expected full-year pre-tax profit after another sales surge in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.
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