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PHILADELPHIA – Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether schools can discipline students for Internet speech posted offsite reached different rulings Thursday in two Pennsylvania cases. One 3rd U.S. Circuit Court panel upheld the suspension of a Schuylkill County eighth-grader who posted sexually explicit material along with her principal's photograph on a fake MySpace page. However, a different three-judge panel said that school officials in Mercer County cannot reach into a family's home and police the Internet. That case...

WASHINGTON – Popular US technology blog Engadget turned comments back on Thursday, two days after pulling the plug, and urged readers to be "reasonably polite" with their remarks. Engadget editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky announced the move in a blog post and changes...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Lynda Petty, the wife of seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty, has been diagnosed with central nervous system lymphoma....

CHICAGO, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. , will report financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2009 after the close of business on February 24, 2010. A quarterly conference call for investors and other interested parties is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Management will discuss the company's fourth...

Download image BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marriott International, Inc., "Marriott," today announced that its board of directors has declared the issuance of a cash dividend in the amount of four cents per share on each share of Class A common stock outstanding of the company, payable on April 9, 2010 to shareholders of record on February 19, 2010. ...

NEW YORK – The chief executive of book publisher Macmillan said on Thursday his company is still in talks with online retailer Inc, despite the apparent settlement last weekend of a dispute over the price of electronic books. Over the weekend, Amazon caved in to pressure from Macmillan, which wanted to charge $12.99 to $14.99 for most of its books sold at the bookstore of Amazon's...

Internet search giant Google has tapped government agencies to help the company find the person or people responsible for a recent cyberattack. But privacy advocates are not happy with the backdoor partnership between Google and government authorities. Google is working with the National Security Administration , according to published reports. While the company admits it's working with relevant U.S. authorities on the cyberattack, Google would not disclose which agencies are involved. "Quite frankly, most in the business of data mining and its related research area would be...

THE IDEA: A startup called Kwedit wants to help people without credit or debit cards buy virtual goods used in games and other Web sites....

LOS ANGELES – Blogging by teenagers and young adults has dropped by half over the past three years as they turn instead to texting and social networking sites such as Facebook, a new study shows. The study released this week by the Pew Internet and American Life project also found that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter, a surprising finding given overall...

SAN FRANCISCO – AOL Inc. has named a former executive from Time Warner Inc. as its new head of content. He takes...

SAN FRANCISCO – IBM said Thursday it has been enlisted by the US Air Force to show how defense and intelligence networks can safely soar into the online software "cloud." "Our goal is to demonstrate how cloud computing can be a tool to enable our Air Force to manage, monitor and secure the information...

MOSCOW – The Web site of a prominent Russian newspaper that relentlessly criticizes the Kremlin is back...

BRUSSELS – Online fraudsters have carried out a "widepread" cyber attack on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme , the EU commission said Thursday, promising a security review. The scam involved fake emails asking users of the carbon trading registries to log on to a malicious website and disclose...

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  Book a Hyatt Hotel or Resort stay on Tuesday, January 12 and receive up to 30% off for stays now through April 4, 2010 Download image CHICAGO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Are the winter blues and post-holidays blahs getting you down?  Start planning a 2010 getaway with Hyatt's exclusive 24-HOUR SPECIAL OFFER, available for Hyatt Hotels and Resort stays through April 4, 2010. ...

Yokogawa Electric has developed a range of monitoring systems for use on temperature-controlled container ships used for cold-treated food transportation. Based on Yokogawa's data-acquisition hardware integrated with customised software, these systems have received the all-important USDA certification, which is mandatory for all food imported by ship into the US. The USDA In-Transit Cold...

Endress and Hauser will show monitoring and targeting solutions for metering, data collection, analysis and reporting at Maintec 2010, which is due to take place on 2-4 March at the NEC in Birmingham. On display on Stand D4 will be a range of...

A two-year land audit was due to begin in Zimbabwe in February - but an angry reaction from President Robert Mugabe's allies and more attacks on white farmers have put that in doubt. One of the first casualties was Raymond Finnaughty. Just before Christmas, a 15-strong group armed with sticks and traditional weapons confronted him at his farm in Mashonaland East province and ordered him to leave. The armed men were accompanied by a central bank employee who claimed the property. Although the High Court granted Mr Finnaughty an order to stay and told the new occupant to leave, she stayed put. In early January, he was forced off the farm - abandoning more than 150 workers and livestock...

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Changi Airport Group and the International Air Transport Association highlighted aviation’s commitment to the environment, with the launch of the Changi Airport Group & IATA Environment Exhibition at Singapore Changi Airport. The exhibition was inaugurated by IATA’s Director-General and CEO, Mr Giovanni Bisignani, and CAG’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lee Seow Hiang. The exhibition, at Changi’s Terminal 3 Departure Hall, will run until 28 February 2010. Through the displays,...

The Hilton Seychelles resort has joined other local organisations in a call for help to make a difference in the lives of the people of Haiti following the earthquake that struck the country last month. Members of the...

The appointment of tourism “ambassadors” to promote Seychelles across the world has made news in the international media, largely because it is a “first”. Incentiveworld – a South African media organisation for the tourism...

MONTREAL, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ - Villa vacations were a hot trend for 2009, despite the sluggish economy, and promise to continue in 2010, according to Luxury Retreats, one of the world's leading specialists in luxury villas . The rise in popularity of private villas, one of the fastest growing segments in the travel industry, was evident in the company's figures throughout 2009, and especially the last quarter, where requests for Luxury Retreats' villa rentals increased by 14% over 2008. There was a revenue boost of 50% during the same period. "Travelers are really starting to understand what villa rentals can offer in terms of value, especially for families...

Recognition Marks an Era of National Peace and Reconciliation, Validates National Stability WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York Times chose Sri Lanka as the world's No. 1 place to go in 2010, noting that the end of the terrorist threat last May promises "a more peaceful era for this tear-drop island off India." The selection at the top of the major newspaper's list of The 31 Places to Go in 2010 is expected...

International and internal opposition to the Belo Monte dam Project in the Amazon led the Brazilian Government to suspend the construction of a super-dam in the 1990s. Today as Brazil once again announces plans to resurrect the project, critics are springing up in the international community lending their voice to those who think they know better than President Lula and his team. BREAKING NEWS Israel Uses White Phosphorus in Combat Action Tasteless and Shameless More... The Belo Monte project in the State of Para has for twenty...

It was surprising that neither Polly Toynbee's piece nor your on recognised that much of what is now means-tested social care was provided freely by the until as recently as the 1980s. When I worked in social services in the 1970s there was a clear dividing line between...

Simon Jenkins is wrong to suggest that the is a threat to liberal values or intolerant of religious belief. Our legislation goes a long way to accommodate religious organisations. Churches will not be forced to appoint gay priests or vicars. But, where a job is not closely tied to the religious purposes of the organisation – for example, cleaners or cooks – most people would agree that a "no gays" policy is pretty difficult to...

 

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