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6 insurance tips to prepare for Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the East Coast. In its path are cities that haven’t taken direct hits from a hurricane in years, and in some cases decades. It’s a good time to review how much hurricane damage coverage you can expect from standard …AP – msnbc.com · 1 minute ago more »

Associated Press NEW YORK — East Coast residents braced for power outages and rushed to top off their gas tanks as Hurricane Irene swept closer to the region Friday. Power plants, refineries and pipelines prepared to shut down and utility repair crews gathered equipment to fix downed power lines. Gasoline more »

Women’s Roller Derby: The lost women’s sport of the 1970′s is making a worldwide comeback and we are all paying attention. Remember Roller Derby? Women on skates with a touch of violence. It was big, it was professional, and it was on television. Australian roller derby teams rocked the world. more »

Principal found dead in Memphis classroom, student held Reuters – 13 hrs agoMEMPHIS (Reuters) – The female principal of a small Christian school in Memphis was found dead on Wednesday and a 17-year-old male student was in custody, police sai … More »Principal found dead in Memphis classroom, student held Graduates accuse law schools more »

Admin Weinberger, JD Chief Technology Officer, Tina Landrith-Mills Tennessee ranks high for creating rigorous teacher evaluation system Tennessee ranks high in a survey of laws intended to improve teacher effectiveness, but if it wants to improve, it’s going to have to do things like tell parents when their children are being taught more »