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Meridian High School Korey Damery

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Meridian High to experience curriculum changes next fall

MACON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Students at Meridian High School in Macon may experience changes in the curriculum when they return to school for the 2019-20 academic year. "Every year, we are always looking to see what we can do better," said Eric Hurelbrink, principal at Meridian High School. Hurelbrink notes changes to the agricultural department, citing its offerings depend on who they hire in the new year and discover what they are best suited to teach. Among other changes is […]

todayDecember 28, 2018 78

Dow Jones

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Dow survives early losses to close up 260 points

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Dow Jones ended with a second consecutive day of gains after a roller coaster session that saw it drop more than 600 points Thursday. At its lowest point of the day, the Dow Jones was down 611 points, before rallying back to close up 260.37, or 1.14 percent, to 23,138.82 at the end of trading. The S&P 500 fell as much as 2.8 percent, while the Nasdaq dropped 3.3 percent, but each closed the day […]

todayDecember 27, 2018 33

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Dow Jones soars more than 1,000 points in largest single-day increase

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,000 points Wednesday for its largest-ever single-day point increase, as stocks rebounded from a historically poor Christmas Eve. The Dow Jones was up 1,086.25 points, or 4.98 percent, at the end of trading, while the S&P 500 rose 4.96 percent and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.40 percent. Retailers helped lead the charge Wednesday, as shares of Wayfair, Kohl's and Dollar General all rose at more than 7 percent, […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 37

Arizona

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Missing 14-year-old’s body found 700 feet below Arizona overlook

PAGE, Ariz. (UPI) -- Authorities in Arizona found the body of a missing 14-year-old girl hundreds of feet below Horseshoe Bend overlook. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said the unidentified teen was found dead near the bottom of the rock formation near Page, Ariz., on Monday night after she was last seen at about 2 p.m. while visiting from San Jose, Calif., with her family. Her parents reported her missing at about 4 p.m. Monday and CCSO Search and Rescue […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 40

Amazon blockchain

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Amazon hops on board the blockchain wagon

Blockchain technology is not a new thing, but when corporations announce their usage of the technology, the Internet goes wild. Retail giant Amazon made an announcement last month during their ReInvent conference that they were going to join the blockchain trend by starting two blockchain-oriented ledgers. The announcement was made by Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Andrew Jazzy regarding their newest endeavors under the blockchain -- Quantum Ledger Database (QLD) and Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB). Jazzy admitted that their clients […]

todayDecember 17, 2018 51

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Pensions keep Illinois in fiscal turmoil

Goodbye to Illinois’ $130 billion pension hole. Now it’s $133 billion. And getting deeper. Sometimes the clearest warning about Illinois’ fiscal crisis can be communicated using numbers, sometimes with a well-chosen phrase. Here we present both, as reminders during the period before a new Democratic governor takes office with a Democratic mega-majority, that the state’s messes will only worsen. Until lawmakers take decisive action. First, the awful numbers: For several years we’ve cited the figure of $130 billion to represent Illinois’ […]

todayDecember 16, 2018 24

holiday shopping Christmas shopping sales tax taxation

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OP-ED: Holiday shopping and the sales tax Scrooge

The average American will spend around $800 on gifts this Christmas. But making those holiday buys in Illinois will leave many families wishing they could get more bang for their buck. Illinois passed its first state sales tax – 2 percent on all retail goods – all the way back in 1933. It not only replaced revenue that came from the old statewide property tax, but brought in a lot of new money as well. Fast forward to today: Illinois’ […]

todayDecember 16, 2018 74

romaine lettuce

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FDA traces romaine E. coli outbreak to California farm; some lettuce safe to eat

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it was able to trace an E. coli outbreak to a California farm. The FDA's investigation identified a positive sample result for the outbreak strain in the sediment of a local irrigation reservoir used by Adam Bros. Farms in Santa Barbara County. The agency said the farm has been cooperating with the outbreak investigation and hasn't shipped any romaine lettuce since Nov. 20. So far 59 people in 15 […]

todayDecember 13, 2018 29

Robin Thicke Pharrell Williams Blurred Lines infringement

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Thicke, Williams ordered to pay $5 million for infringement

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- A Federal judge in California ordered a final judgement of nearly $5 million to the family of Marvin Gaye for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' copyright infringement in their song "Blurred Lines." District Judge John A. Kronstadt said the two artists must jointly pay Gaye's family damages of $2.9 million. Separately, Thicke must pay $1.7 million and More Water From Nazareth Publishing -- Williams' publishing company -- must pay $357,631. The final judgment, issued Monday, was […]

todayDecember 13, 2018 37

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