Hillary Clinton is to formally end her marathon bid to become the United States’ first woman president.Mrs Clinton will use a party for campaign staff and supporters to suspend her 16-month campaign to become the Democratic Party’s nominee.She is expected to throw both her election machinery and support behind nominee Barack Obama.The news comes amid […]
By ANNETTE NEVINS / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsFor student journalists and their teachers in the McKinney school district, it’s a clean sweep: All three high schools and a middle school are recipients of top state and national awards.Student newspapers, yearbooks and video and broadcasting programs at McKinney, McKinney North and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tessa Eckley, winner of The Pantagraph Grand Final Spelling Bee, is ready to see if she has made it to the next round of the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 13-year-old student from Normal will receive her score for the bee’s preliminary round Thursday afternoon.“It was pretty hard,” Tessa said of […]
Government plans to introduce full net metering in Jamaica, allowing Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) customers to sell electricity generated from renewable energy back to the national grid at the same price they are charged by the utility.The system, as already practised overseas, allows for a customer’s utility meter to be run back as they […]
Good morning travelers! It’s Wednesday and that means SuperFly Wednesdays to Virgin America.Airline News | Today marks the first SuperFly Wednesday for Virgin America. Passengers get two free in-flight drinkypoos, are encouraged to mix and mingle on the in-flight chat rooms and there are scheduled after parties at cool clubs like Tao at the Venetian […]
Thirty-nine years ago this April, a new American holiday was born. A child of the 1960s, Earth Day began, perhaps not surprisingly, as a teach-in. A very large teach-in: On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million Americans gathered in parks, streets and classrooms across the country to learn about and bring attention to the […]
Starting next year, robots created by high school students for the national FIRST Robotics Competition will have software and hardware donated by Austin-based National Instruments Corp. This robot was built by National Instruments to demonstrate the capabilities of the company’s technology.National Instruments Corp. spent years supporting various parts of the FIRST Robotics Competition for high […]
Sen. Barack Obama will be at the National Constitution Center this morning to give a "a major address on race, politics and unifying our country"The new addition to his schedule, announced just yesterday afternoon, comes as he is attempting to disassociate himself from remarks made from the pulpit by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.The […]