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This Startup Believes a Supercomputer Can Help You Write a Better College Application Essay

This Startup Believes a Supercomputer Can Help You Write a Better College Application Essay

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The college applications season is in full swing and millions of students across the United States are diligently working on their college application…

In Home Massage From The Massage Experts, Zeel, Launches In Portland, Oregon

In Home Massage From The Massage Experts, Zeel, Launches In Portland, Oregon

Inventors of the on-demand, in home massage category continue Pacific Northwest expansion NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Zeel, the Massage On Demand® company dedicated to delivering the best…

Vital Support for Zika Response Provided by Pfizer and Pfizer Foundation Contributions

Vital Support for Zika Response Provided by Pfizer and Pfizer Foundation Contributions

Donations to the CDC Foundation offer Zika-related assistance and funding for Zika response ATLANTA, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Zika outbreak continues to evolve rapidly, with the number of…

Gary Oliver Posted on October 23, 2016 at 9:41 pm Aristotle said, “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. They keep the young out…

Students using ASSISTments, developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, saw significant gains in standardized test scores compared to peers in control group.

Students using ASSISTments, developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, saw significant gains in standardized test scores compared to peers in control group.

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — A new study from SRI Education, a division of SRI International, found that a web-based mathematics homework intervention called ASSISTments, developed by…

Civil Rights Hero From ’60s Takes Criticism as Trump Backer

Civil Rights Hero From ’60s Takes Criticism as Trump Backer

Clarence Henderson was hailed as a hero nearly 60 years ago when as a young black man he participated in a sit-in at a segregated North Carolina lunch counter. In…

An armed man held a toddler hostage for hours. A police sniper fired one shot and saved her.

An armed man held a toddler hostage for hours. A police sniper fired one shot and saved her.

By Kristine Guerra October 24 at 11:27 AM Officer Jason Lawless, an Oklahoma police sniper, had one chance, one narrow window to save a 2-year-old girl who had been held…

The story of the ‘best little baby’ and the state trooper who rescued him

The story of the ‘best little baby’ and the state trooper who rescued him

Derek Graham encountered the woman and child on Tuesday evening. Graham, a senior trooper in West Virginia, and another trooper had stopped a female driver who was “highly intoxicated,” Graham…

This photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there’s more to the story.

This photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there’s more to the story.

By the time Michelle Burton and a dozen other Birmingham, Ala., police officers arrived at an apartment, it was too late to save a 30-year-old man, who died of an…

‘My son is not breathing’: Harrowing video shows hero cop saving toddler in distress

‘My son is not breathing’: Harrowing video shows hero cop saving toddler in distress

“My son is not breathing.” Seconds after a distraught Texas father uttered those chilling words to a 911 operator, Officer Chase Miller was on his way. He didn’t have to…

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