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Monday | The Journal of Commerce Online

AT&T's Ralph De La Vega Named Worldwide Chairman of Junior Achievement

Colorado Springs, Colo. Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO-AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, has been named to a two-year term as chairman of the board of directors of JA Worldwide .

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs Metro, Family, Kids, Northern Illinois University, University of Virginia

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Palm Beach Post

Juvenile crimes dip, despite recent cases

Try not to focus on the Dunbar Village rapists. Don't be consumed by news that five Deerfield Beach teens are accused of setting another teen on fire.

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Related Topix: Deerfield Beach, FL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Fri Nov 06, 2009

St. Augustine Record

Artist turns yard into gallery

Artist Shirley De Witt poses with a collection of her work in the yard of her David Shores home.

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Related Topix: Anastasia (St. Augustine, FL), St. Augustine, FL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

News Chief

Brogan mends universities' ties with lawmakers

When former Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan became the state university system's chancellor three months ago, he faced an imposing list of financial and political problems.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Niceville, FL, Florida International University

Wed Nov 04, 2009

EurekAlert!

Scientists are first to 'unlock' the mystery of creating cultured pearls from the queen conch

Conch pearls are formed by concentric layers of fibrous crystals, and this layering often produces the desired flame structure, which is characteristic of conch pearls.

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Related Topix: Boca Raton, FL, West Palm Beach Metro, Science / Technology, Inventions

Tue Nov 03, 2009

EurekAlert!

Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says

While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly .

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, SUNY Buffalo

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Physics Org

Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says

While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly .

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Related Topix: Outsourcing

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Boston Globe

Harvard a leader in ed, but not sex ed

Harvard may reign supreme when it comes to academics, but the Ivy League university is apparently regressing when it comes to sex.

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Related Topix: Boston College, University of South Carolina, Stanford University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Free Republic

CAIR official disrupts free speech conference, ejected by Capitol Hill police

An intern for the Council on American-Islamic Relations was ejected Wednesday from a conference held at the US Capitol Visitors Center Congressional Auditorium after behaving in a threatening manner and repeatedly violating conference rules by attempting to record conference speakers who have been the subject of death threats by Muslims.

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Related Topix: West Palm Beach Metro, Boca Raton, FL

Thu Oct 29, 2009

WPBF-TV

Few Aware Of Vice President's South Fla. Visit

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Boca Raton on Thursday afternoon to attend a private fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, but few people seemed to know he was coming to South Florida.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, West Palm Beach Metro, Boca Raton, FL

Palm Beach Post

Consulting firm that tapped Brogan for state's top university job is...

The consulting firm that Florida Atlantic University recently hired to help with its presidential search is the same firm that recruited ex-President Frank Brogan for the statewide university chancellor position earlier this year.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Sebring News-Sun

TK Hill sentenced to four years under plea bargain

Travis Kelton "T.K." Hill III was sentenced at the Highlands county Courthouse on Monday to four years in state prison and six years mandatory probation.

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Related Topix: Highlands County, FL, State Prisons, Prison, Coconut Creek, FL, Louisiana State University

Tue Oct 27, 2009

ResourceShelf

Online Audio Available: The Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University

From the Blog Post: Between the early 1990s and 2002, Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library acquired about a thousand recordings of Jewish music.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Tallahassee Democrat

Journalist Mike McQueen, 52, dies in New Orleans

Mike McQueen, chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Louisiana and Mississippi, has died.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Florida State University, Publishing, Media, Knight Ridder, Biloxi Metro, Biloxi, MS

The Baltimore Sun

LIVE BaltTech updates live from UM Tech Startup Bootcamp

Updates will appear at the top of this post: 11:16: Hinman finishes up his keynote.

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Related Topix: Electrical Engineering, Science, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Palm Beach Post

EDITORIAL: At FAU, it's the commuters

In 2005, then-Florida Atlantic University President Frank Brogan said, "We recognize we're going to be a commuter school forever that provides great access." There are times when FAU, which wants to become more like a traditional university, seems to forget that mission.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Palm Beach Post

The stroll for well-being

She credits the Morikami Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach with helping lift her constant sorrow earlier this year, and a study by Florida Atlantic University concurs: the 16-acre garden is not only beautiful, but its soothing design can comfort people like Valeriay, suffering with persistent sadness.

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Related Topix: Delray Beach, FL, Boca Raton, FL, West Palm Beach Metro

Tue Oct 20, 2009

GlobeSt.com

Wackenhut Gets New North American...

National security firm G4S Wackenhut has signed a lease for a 63,000-square-foot build-to-suit office building that will become its new North American headquarters.

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Related Topix: Security

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Science News

Manatee and whale woes with boat speed limits

This isna TMt a cop convention. These are marine mammal biologists, but they do care about speed limits.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Palm Beach Post

Sound off on the suspected python

Lisa R.- yes, snakes can be a danger to pets and children. But we live i Florida, on the border of the everglades.

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Related Topix: Florida, Kids, Family, Palm Beach County, FL, Blog News, Riviera Beach, FL, West Palm Beach Metro

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