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Deja vu for Dole as CEO makes bid to take company private again
Billionaire David H. Murdock has made an unsolicited buyout offer for the 60% chunk of Dole Food Co. that he doesn't already own, valuing the Westlake Village company at nearly $1.1 billion. The bid of $12 a share marks the latest step in Dole's dance...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Strawberries, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Corporate Officers
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New principal hired for Waynesboro Area Senior High School
waynesboro@herald-mail.comSteven E. Pappas took a tour of Waynesboro Area Senior High School on Tuesday, just minutes after he was hired as the building’s new principal. The school board approved hiring Pappas, of York, Pa., at an annual salary of $87,500. He replaces...Tags: Arts and Culture, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Culture
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Confessions of a former government contract worker
I once held a security clearance from the U.S. government. For all I know, I still do since I never heard about it being rescinded. I was a mere 18 years old when I got cleared, certified through an FBI investigation that it was safe for me to handle...
Tags: Arts and Culture, National Security Agency, Culture, Government Contracts, National Government
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From Tinley Park to Helsinki
Ever since he was a child, Alexander Leslie has been interested in the ways of the world. Whether he's following global news stories or taking AP European history as a freshman at Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Leslie has been a committed student of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Helsinki (Finland), Hillary Clinton, Culture, Finland
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Maine West teens to get taste of working for the community
The thought of kicking off summer vacation by waking up early and heading to a five-hour high school government class might seem unappealing to some sleep-loving teenagers, but 16-year-old Krista Musgrave of Des Plaines can't wait. This week, she will...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Sociology, Culture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Students
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden: He's no Daniel Ellsberg
Edward J. Snowden is "a low-level disenchanted punk," says LA Observed's Marc Lacter. In the New York Times, David Brooks notes that Snowden wasn't very neighborly or much of a loving son to his mother. A front-page story Tuesday in the L.A. Times begins:...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Prisons, Daniel Ellsberg, National Security Agency, Culture
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Security contractor was determined to shine a light
WASHINGTON — He was a high school dropout, sometime junior college student and failed Army recruit. But Edward Joseph Snowden found his calling in America's spy services, using his computer skills to rise from a lowly security position to life...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Arts and Culture, General Contracting, ABC (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice
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More Americans consider themselves multiracial
The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than any other racial group nationwide, new Census Bureau data reveal, a sign of slow but momentous shifts in the way that Americans think about race. Mixed or multiracial...Tags: Demographics, Arts and Culture, New York University, Culture, Colleges and Universities
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FBI visits family of NSA leaker in Upper Macungie
The father and stepmother of Edward Snowden, the man who said he leaked news of the government's classified surveillance program, live in Upper Macungie Township and were visited Monday afternoon by two people who identified themselves as FBI agents....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Macungie, The Wall Street Journal, ABC (tv network), National Security Agency
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Bridging the male education gap
In the ongoing discussion of how to boost the education and skill levels of the American workforce, one central issue is rarely addressed: the gap between male and female achievement. The reality is that the slowdown in U.S. educational gains is...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Employment, School Examinations, Culture, Colleges and Universities
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Shared energy, resources can help curb black infant deaths
Orange County's overall infant mortality rate, at nearly 7 percent, is the lowest it has been in 10 years and is even closer to meeting Healthy People 2020's national target of 6 percent. While there is reason to celebrate the efforts responsible for...Tags: Demographics, Arts and Culture, Dominican Republic, Culture, Medicaid
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Leaders form strategies for crime prevention in black community
In front of a crowd of hundreds of teenagers and adults from throughout the state, Orlando police Chief Paul Rooney told the story of a 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed by his officers in the Conway neighborhood last September. The armed black...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Pam Bondi, Shootings, School Examinations, Pine Hills
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