Pop Quiz, US Common Core Math, 1.OA
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Medical journal retracts study that 1st linked autism to childhood vaccines
The British medical journal Lancet has expunged from the published scientific record the landmark report that…
7.0-magnitude earthquake devastates Haiti
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8455629.stm A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Although reports are still…
7.0-magnitude earthquake devastates Haiti
A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Thousands are feared dead.
Intelligence failed to connect the dots
President Obama was critical of intelligence, which he says failed to put pieces together in an Al Qaeda plot to blow up a plane.
Archbishop: Society forces children to grow up too fast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8430351.stm The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to say in his Christmas Day sermon that children…
Climate summit: Obama pushes for a deal
President Obama, in Copenhagen, called on the people of the world to get serious about climate change.
Italians convict American student of murder
Amanda Knox was found guilty in Italy of murdering her roommate. Lots of rumor and innuendo here.
Congruent and similar polygons
A state department of education, as a question on the public-release form of a statewide standardized…
Converting units: mL to L, etc.
A state department of education, as a question on the public-release form of a statewide standardized…