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4 hrs ago | Coaching Tip

Hiding Your True Self at Work

Coach John G. Agno is your own cultural attache; keeping you abreast of what's effective in leadership.

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Related Topix: University of Houston, Rice University

8 hrs ago | Gazette.net

Former Prince Georgea s nonprofit administrator accused of theft

After 13 years with a Prince George's County nonprofit organization, a former administrator has been charged with theft after allegedly using organization funding on personal travel, clothing and furniture expenses, according to federal court records.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Bowie, MD, Forestville, MD

12 hrs ago | The Catholic Sun Phoenix

First Amendment, not about Pill, but Bill of Rights

That's the view of two legal scholars on religious liberty issues as they observe what they see as an orchestrated campaign against the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.

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Related Topix: Prison, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, Employment / Labor Law, US News, US Supreme Court

17 hrs ago | The Economist

How the planet got its spots

IN JANUARY NASA, America's space agency, released a massive, high-resolution image of Earth from space, a 64-megapixel update to the iconic "blue marble" shot snapped by Apollo 17 astronauts on their way to the moon in 1972.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science

Wed May 30, 2012

KERA-TV Dallas

Dilemmas of Progress in Modern Society

Hour 1:A A A A A A A A A A Why are the attractions of living in a modern, urban, and affluent society losing their luster for some? We'll talk this hour with Peter N. Stearns , Provost and University Professor at George Mason University.

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WTOP-FM Washington

Analyst: Home prices show D.C. region in firm recovery

John McClain, senior fellow at George Mason University and deputy director of the Center for Regional Analysis, said the median price of a home in the D.C. area has gone up quite a bit in the past year, and the region now can be classified as firmly in recovery.

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Patch.com

Manassas Participates in Clean the Bay Day

Most local waterways lead to the Chesapeake Bay and that is why a volunteer project taking place in Manassas Saturday aims at cleaning up the floodway along the Winter's Branch Trail.A The project's leader is Rob Gaither, General Manager at Old Town's City Square Cafe .

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Related Topix: Manassas, VA

Tue May 29, 2012

Examiner.com

Obama nominates DC professor as U.S. nuclear security chief

President Barack Obama has nominated Allison Macfarlane , a Professor at George Mason University , as the next Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat

US News & World Report

3 Lies About Jobs and the Unemployment Rate

Antony Davies is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and an associate professor of economics at Duquesne University.

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Related Topix: Duquesne University, Opinion

The Catholic Sun Phoenix

Religious freedom issues at heart of HHS lawsuits, legal scholars say

The mass media have done the public a disservice by consistently referring to health reform law regulations so narrowly as the "contraceptive mandate," because it leads people to think the regulations are a matter of interest only to Catholics, according to Harvard Law professor Mary Ann Glendon.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Politico

Macfarlane's mixed nuclear record - Nat gas vehicles: The road not...

A MIXED RECORD: People wondering what to make of NRC nominee Allison Macfarlane may not need to look much further than her own extensive paper trail.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, US News, US Politics, Mitt Romney, Eddie Bernice Johnson, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon May 28, 2012

Fredericksburg.com

Germanna leads in innovation, service

Triplets Corey, Courtney and Christopher Kilgore, 20, graduated from Germanna Community College on May 9, 2012.

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Related Topix: James Madison University, University of Virginia, Moscow, ID

The Heritage Foundation

There's More to the Story on Obama's Pick for America's Top Nuclear Regulator

Last week, President Barack Obama announced that he would nominate Dr. Allison Macfarlane, a nuclear waste expert from George Mason University, as the United States' top nuclear regulator.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Examiner.com

Support for college-bound veterans grows through Yellow Ribbon Program benefits

Over the past year, the Yellow Ribbon Program has made significant improvements in benefits available to student-veterans enrolled in local colleges and universities.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Texas, McDaniel College, Christendom College

Outside the Beltway

Best Political Ad Ever?

Jeff Barth is running for Congress against Kristi Noem in North Dakota's at-large District, apparently as an Independent.

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Related Topix: US News, Conservative Political News

Sat May 26, 2012

The Virginian-Pilot

Is another government/financial meltdown on horizon?

To halt the changes or lessen their impact, Democrats and Republicans in Congress, along with the president, will have to find common ground and act immediately.

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Related Topix: US News, Social Security, Personal Finance, US Politics, Barack Obama, George Bush

Post-gazette.com

Geologist Is Nominated to Lead Nuclear Agency

Naval academy's first black grad endured hazing Boy, 17, drowns in Yough River Park Man to stand trial in pedestrian's death Obituary: Jayne Rager Pine-Richland pals Neil Walker and Blake Lalli find way to Pirates, Cubs North Allegheny rolls, Ambridge rallies in WPIAL volleyball championships Seneca Valley, Hampton claim WPIAL lacrosse titles ... (more)

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Geology, Science, Rutgers University, US News

Fri May 25, 2012

Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times

Mid-Rivers awards 25 scholarships totaling $25,000 to area students

Mid-Rivers Communications is proud to announce the recipients of 25 $1,000 Higher Education Scholarships to high school and college students within the Cooperative's service area.

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Related Topix: Trinity Bible College, University of Idaho, Montana, Montana Tech, University of Minnesota

Daily Kos

Mitt Romney courts African American vote to show he's 'severely compassionate conservative'

The Republican Party once had a lock on the African American vote. But that began loosening 125 years ago when the "Lily-White" movement openly began to push blacks out of the party .

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Related Topix: African-American, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Hank Azaria, Newt Gingrich

The Washington Post

Rapped advice for Class of 2012

Okay, okay, maybe not all commencement speeches follow the same unmemorable script .

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Related Topix: Education

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