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Economy knocks education out of campaign spotlight

AP — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:47:08 +0000

Forget Joe the Plumber. Joe the teacher wants to know what happened to education as an issue during the presidential campaign.

Joost relaunching TV site as online shows abound

AP — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:19:33 +0000

Forget about the boob tube. Places to watch TV on the Internet are proliferating, from NBC Universal and News Corp.’s Hulu to Joost _ a site that plans to relaunch Tuesday to make it a more interactive...

Thrift shops thrive amid economic downturn

AP — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:02:01 +0000

Forget about the outdated notion of thrift shops as the refuge of the working poor, the down and out or the vintage fashion hipster. In these troubled times, the powerful lure of a secondhand retail bargain is attracting a whole new breed of...

Etiquette guide: What not to ask Olympic visitors

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:47:22 +0000

Questions about salaries are out. Ditto queries about the age of a foreigner visiting Beijing for the Olympics. And an inquiry about someone’s love life? Forget it.These are part of the “Eight don’t asks” displayed on posters in a central Beijing...

Wind and rain wreak havoc at British Open

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:43:22 +0000

Forget the leaderboard. No one dominated at Royal Birkdale like the whipping wind and soaking rain.The British Open got off to a chilly, soggy start Thursday, with storms rolling off the Irish Sea turning the historic links course into a house...

Dem candidates adopt boisterous Puerto Rican style

AP — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:21:36 +0000

Forget placards, stoic bodyguards and formal rallies. To win Puerto Rico’s presidential primary, both the Clinton and Obama camps are campaigning in the boisterous, face-to-face “boricua style” favored on this Caribbean island.The...

Battle over swimsuits moves to the courtroom

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:36:06 +0000

Forget the pool. The bitter battle over Olympic swimsuits is now in the courts, less than three months before the Beijing Games.In a case sure to rock the swimming world, California-based TYR Sport filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging that...

US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq

AP — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:58:24 +0000

Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.That’s all part of a five-year development “dream list” _ or...

US-backed plan sees shiny future for embattled Green Zone

AP — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:13:50 +0000

Clinton takes time for girl talk

AP — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:47:15 +0000

Forget about policy speeches and wooing superdelegates. For Hillary Rodham Clinton, Saturday morning was devoted to chick chat _ a panel discussion with a group of working moms on topics ranging from girl-on-girl violence to her daughter’s...