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Centre named to President¿s education honor roll for 2013
Centre College recently was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest
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Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to east coast
Associated PressMOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind topping 90 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves. Farther north, authorities readied a massive shutdown...Tags: Jack Markell, New York City, Disasters and Accidents, Nags Head, Battery Park
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Waters: Acknowledging big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Although far too few Kentucky 2011 high school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: Louisiana, Colorado, Illinois, Human Body, Kentucky
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Big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Guest columnistAlthough far too few Kentucky 2011 high-school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: Louisiana, Colorado, Illinois, Human Body, Kentucky
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GABBF 2011: Soul Rebels Brass Band
The soulful roots of New Orleans culture permeate the sounds of Soul Rebels Brass Band, a new participant in the Great American Brass Band Festival. Soul Rebels Brass Band blends the sounds of Mardi Gras funk, soft rock and reggae, with an element of hip-...Tags: Facebook, Soul Rebels Brass Band (music group), Mass Media, Arts and Culture, Mardi Gras
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Food truck ready to respond
In a moment of disaster, Aberdeen's Salvation Army's food truck is ready to respond. The truck is outfitted with a stove top, two refrigerator units, a flat grill and serving window for easy distribution. "We do want to make sure we have adequate...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Dwayne Johnson, Fires, The Salvation Army, Vehicles
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Lake Okeechobee dike threats linger into hurricane season
Thirty Palm Beach County school buses on Friday put Lake Okeechobee in their rearview mirrors and practiced racing a rush of water. It's a drive that lakeside residents and emergency management officials alike hope they never have to make — fleeing...
Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Health and Safety at School, Disasters and Accidents, West Palm Beach, Hurricanes
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State trooper delivers donations to Oklahoma tornado victims
Villa Park resident Adam Miklaszewski didn't want to travel light when he planned a 12-hour road trip to Moore, Okla. And he didn't. Miklaszewski and his wife, Erica, and friends Kristin and John Meyer, of Westmont, drove to the town recently pulverized...Tags: Downers Grove, Natural Disasters
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Obama tells America the Jersey Shore is open for business
TRENTON, N.J. — President Barack Obama and New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie, strolled along the Jersey Shore boardwalk like old friends on Tuesday, a political odd couple just hanging out together. The two men had a common purpose:...
Tags: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Elections, Government, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Fleeing a hurricane: Could we evacuate in time?
If a major storm bears down on South Florida this year, evacuation could be far riskier than in past hurricane seasons. That's because we are facing new challenges: • Two major evacuation routes from the beach will be tied up due to construction,...
Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Highway Transportation, Disasters and Accidents, Traffic
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How to survive a zombie apocalypse
chrisc@herald-mail.comZombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations. Thrilling stuff of end-of-life-as-we-know-it science fiction books and movies. But as recent news coverage reminds us — Superstorm...Tags: Plan B (drug), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), New York City, Anthrax, Terrorism
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Jefferson Davis' 'presidential' library
This spring will be remembered, by history junkies at least, for the opening of a major new institution, one named after a polarizing leader, devoted to a divisive period, subsidized by taxpayers and stationed in the South. I'm not talking about the...
Tags: Mexican-American War, Bill Clinton, Armed Forces, Arts and Culture, U.S. Senate
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