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Congress: Egypt, Turkey can help resolve conflict

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By ANNE FLAHERTY and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. lawmakers are calling on Egypt and Turkey to take a central role in helping to end the bloody conflict in the Middle East, with one influential senator going so far as to say that American aid dollars were at risk if Egypt

SKorea, China, Japan to start free trade talks

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By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea, China and Japan will soon start talks for a free trade pact that will encompass three of the world's biggest economies, South Korea's trade minister said Monday. Bark Tae-ho said the decision to start talks will be

Loose ends to drive second term education agenda

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By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Loose ends and thorny partisan issues that have long dogged attempts to move forward on education await the next Congress as President Barack Obama's second term begins. Soaring campaign-year aspirations to close the achievement gap and

Palmer Sparks Zags Past Monmouth

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by Gonzaga Univ. athletics SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Gonzaga University women's basketball team rolled to a 77-51 victory over Monmouth University Sunday evening in front of a near capacity crowd at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The Bulldogs, who improved to 4-0 with the victory and had 5,

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama draws crowd in Yangon

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By AYE AYE WIN and JULIE PACEAssociated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Downtown Yangon came to a near halt Monday during President Barack Obama's historic visit to this once pariah nation. Crowds flooded the streets, workers left their jobs and a nurse even snuck out of the hospital to see

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama draws crowd in Yangon

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Israel bombing kills militant in Gaza Strip

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By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 100, as Israel broadened its targets in the

Cisco Systems to buy Meraki for $1.2 billion

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NEW YORK (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking gear, said Sunday it is buying Meraki for $1.2 billion to expand its ability to let customers compute in the cloud. Cloud computing refers to the increasingly popular practice of storing software applications

New frontier for scaling up online classes: credit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By JUSTIN POPEAP Education Writer In 15 years of teaching, University of Pennsylvania classicist Peter Struck has guided perhaps a few hundred students annually in his classes on Greek and Roman mythology through the works of Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus and others - "the oldest strands of our

Mont. tribe seeks to turn corner in its history

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press BILLIINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana's Little Shell tribe appeared poised to fade from history in recent years after it was denied federal government recognition, lost its financial support from the state and saw its elected leadership splinter. But the past year