In South Carolina a teacher has been placed on administrative leave for reading excerpts of Orson Scott Card?s science fiction classic??Ender?s Game to his middle school students. ?The??parent that reported him to the school district complained that the book was pornographic,? Tod Kelly writes. ?[T]hat same parent also asked the local police to file criminal ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 21:39

Administrators at the Schofield school where a teacher has been placed on administrative leave for reading supplemental material to his students without following proper procedure say they expect the matter to wrap up quickly. Apparently earlier reports that the teacher was also reading pornographic material off the internet are untrue.??Aiken Public Safety officials have now ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 23:25

Next month, SpaceX's Dragon capsule will dock with the International Space Station. This will be a historic moment for space travel.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 20:26

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (AMEX: SDY) where we have detected an approximate $76.3 million dollar inflow ? that?s a 0.8% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 164,053,658 to 165,403,658). Among the largest underlying ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26

If you want to digest a little Einstein on your break today, this new video from minutephysics does a nice job explaining the Special Theory of Relativity with simple but very effective animations. ? [HT] Follow me on Facebook and Twitter.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 20:26

Westlake Chemical posted six upside surprises in the last seven quarters.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 22:24

Standard and Poor's has been meticulously documenting mutual fund returns for the past decade and comparing them to appropriate indices. The latest results are now available in the bi-annual SPIVA Scorecard.?? I don't know how much S&P earns from doing this research, but I believe that active fund managers would pay a hefty sum not ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:53

Ahh, springtime. Time to open the windows, rid your house of dust-bunnies and to give your professional paperwork an overhaul.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 20:24

Admit it, Springsteen fans:?? you?ve played air guitar and acted out lots of?? his songs over the years. Now, a theater company is bringing his album Nebraska to the stage. month, the Tympanic Theater Company debuts Deliver Us From Nowhere: Tales From Nebraska. It's an evening of 10 short plays from 11 different playwrights and ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 16:53

March marks the start of the housing season. Prices peak in May, sales in June, and inventories in July. In colder regions, seasonal swings are bigger, and the market peaks later. By Jed Kolko (@JedKolko), ?s Chief Economist The housing market rides the seasons. ??Year in and year out, market activity has predictable ups and ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:23