Thirty years ago, a young and floppy-haired Steve Jobs made a rare lobbying effort in Washington to get more Apple computers into classrooms. The effort paid off: Apple got tax breaks for donating computers to schools, a charitable effort that won over educators and made the Apple II and the Mac the first computers used by millions of children. Read full article > >
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Apple expected to delve into textbooks
Calls for Obama to ‘get more aggressive’ are often off the mark.
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The ‘bully pulpit’ fallacy
Japan must get the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control in the next 48 hours or face a situation that will be “deadly for decades,” a U.S. official tells ABC News. “We are all-out urging the Japanese to get more people back in there to do…
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U.S. Japan’s Next Two Days Critical
Some Wall Street lawyers have been lobbying Congress to get more money for the Securities and Exchange Commission, which faces a budget freeze.
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DealBook: Wall St. Joins S.E.C. in Plea for Bigger Budget
Centres providing support for rape victims in England and Wales are to get more than £10m as part of a wider package for victims of crime.
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More cash for rape crisis centres
Cleveland Indians officials have turned Progressive Field into a winter playground in an effort to get more use, and revenue, out of what would otherwise be a dormant facility.
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Sliding Into Second, Even in Winter
Amsterdam’s famous marijuana bars may get more exclusive after a European court ruled that the Dutch city of Maastritcht was within its rights during a temporary ban on tourists in drug dens in 2005. The ban was designed to combat so-called “drug…
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Tourists Banned from Marijuana Bars?
It’s time to catch more shut-eye. A new study shows that people who get more sleep appear more attractive. The Karolinska Institute in Sweden took photographs of 23 different subjects between 18 to 31 years of age. The first photo was taken after the…
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‘Beauty Sleep’ Is No Myth
A major drive to get more people to use the internet has started, to persuade reluctant users that the web can save money and time.
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Internet use campaign under way
It doesn’t get more outside the Beltway than Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Ron Johnson.
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Feingold foe boasts: Never been to D.C.
It doesn’t get more outside the Beltway than Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Ron Johnson.
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Feingold foe boasts: Never been to D.C.
A boxing game is spearheading attempts to get middle-aged men in Teesside to get more regular exercise.
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Boxing game to aid health fight
