Articles Archive for 1 June 2010
Emergencies, Headline »

Leonard DiCaprio is well known for his various acting roles. However, he is also very involved with the environment. He has recently joined forced with the WWF in an effort to save the tigers. There are only about 3,200 of these animals that remain in the wild today. The goal of the collaborative efforts between DiCaprio and the WWF involve the Save Tigers Now campaign. Incidentally, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese culture.
This particular campaign is aimed at educating people about the threats tigers face …
Economy, Headline »

A new national dropout report released this month shows 25% of all students including 40% of Hispanics and blacks are failing to graduate. There are 2000 high schools that produce half of the nation’s dropouts and nearly three quarters are minority students. Forty seven states that reported by gender, say that the rates of males dropping out was higher than females, according to ABC News. The education Department believes this is a crisis.
The President’s agenda addresses the crisis with a commitment to take the low performing schools and turn them …