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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Mathematics</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Utah lawmaker mulls run against US Rep. Matheson over opposition vote on health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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Utah&#8217;s Matheson may get Dem rival over health vote

SALT LAKE CITY — A Democratic state lawmaker said Monday he may run against U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson because of his vote against health care legislation.
State Sen. Scott McCoy of Salt Lake City said he and other Democratic activists are disappointed and frustrated with Matheson for joining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FACT CHECK: X divided by Y equals dubious math in debate over stimulus job creation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Woodward</dc:creator>
		
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FACT CHECK: GOP math suspect in stimulus debate
WASHINGTON — Beware the math.
Some Republican lawmakers critical of President Barack Obama&#8217;s stimulus package are using grade-school arithmetic to size up costs and consequences of all that spending. The math is satisfyingly simple but highly misleading.
It goes like this: Divide the stimulus money spent so far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at math scores by state</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state-by-state look at average math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nationwide series of federally funded achievement tests often referred to as the nation&#8217;s report card:







State
4th
Grade
8th
Grade


Ala.
228
269


Alaska
237
283


Ariz.
230
277


Ark.
238
276


Calif.
232
270


Colo.
243
287


Conn.
245
289


Del.
239
284


D.C.
219
254


Fla.
242
279


Ga.
236
278


Hawaii
236
274


Idaho
241
287


Ill.
238
282


Ind.
243
287


Iowa
243
284


Kan.
245
289


Ky.
239
279


La.
229
272


Maine
244
286


Md.
244
288


Mass.
252
299


Mich.
236
278


Minn.
249
294


Miss.
227
265


Mo.
241
286


Mont.
244
292


Neb.
239
284


Nev.
235
274


N.H.
251
292


N.J.
247
293


N.M.
230
270


N.Y.
241
283


N.C.
244
284


N.D.
245
293


Ohio
244
286


Okla.
237
276


Ore.
238
285


Pa.
244
288


R.I.
239
278


S.C.
236
280


S.D.
242
291


Tenn.
232
275


Texas
240
287


Utah
240
284


Vt.
248
293


Va.
243
286


Wash.
242
289


W.Va.
233
270


Wis.
244
288


Wyo.
242
286


Nation
239
282


Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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		<title>On nationwide math tests, fourth-grader progress stalls but eighth-graders improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — New math scores show fourth-graders made no gains since 2007, the first time in two decades they have failed to improve. Eighth-graders advanced for yet another year.

Education officials called the results troubling, even though it is impossible to know from one test whether progress over the long term has stalled.
&#8220;We&#8217;re clearly not requiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On nationwide math tests, fourth-grade progress stalls but eighth-graders improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — New test scores show fourth-graders made no gains in math since 2007, although eighth-graders&#8217; scores improved.

Math results were released Wednesday from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. They show fourth-graders stalled after two decades of slow and steady progress.
It&#8217;s too early to tell if there is a trend. Since 1990, test scores have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading mathematician, professor Israel Gelfand dies in NJ at age 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. — A Russian immigrant who was considered one of the world&#8217;s top mathematicians has died in New Jersey. Israel Gelfand was 96.

Gelfand&#8217;s son Sergei (SUR&#8217;-gay) says his father died Monday of natural causes at a hospital in New Brunswick.
The distinguished professor of mathematics at Rutgers University conducted pioneering research and served as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Argentine astronomer calculated orbits of Halley&#8217;s Comet and Saturn&#8217;s outermost moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Hand Orellana</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pedro Elias Zadunaisky, an Argentine astronomer and mathematician whose calculations helped determine the orbit of Saturn&#8217;s outermost moon, Phoebe, as well as Halley&#8217;s Comet, died Wednesday. He was 91.

Zadunaisky was a pioneer in celestial mechanics, applying mathematical models to determine how gravity and other forces alter the orbits of other objects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FACT CHECK: Obama uses iffy math in pledging health insurance overhaul won&#8217;t fatten deficit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system without adding &#8220;one dime&#8221; to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars.

The president&#8217;s speech to Congress contained a variety of oversimplifications and omissions in laying out what [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its stock option backdating case against Ann Mather, a Google Inc. board member since November 2005 and former chief financial officer of Pixar Animation Studios.

Her spokesman, Paul Kranhold, said the SEC sent a letter last week saying it was no longer pursuing the case, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACT scores hold steady; more students college-ready but most will still need remedial work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam held steady for the high school class of 2009, a sign of modest progress considering the pool of students taking the test continues to expand.

Nationally, more students earned scores indicating they&#8217;re prepared to succeed in college in all four areas tested by the ACT: English, math, reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meltdown 101: Enticed by &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217;? Do your homework before jumping in to a new car</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the government&#8217;s cash-for-clunkers rebate and the thought of that new car smell about to pull you off the couch and into the nearest showroom?

Before you take the leap, you should consider the total impact on the family budget of owning a new car. And think about that old car you&#8217;ll be trading in — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On 40th anniversary, Apollo 11 astronauts meet Obama, who makes no promise of moon or Mars</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The same question that could have been asked 40 years ago moments after Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon is still being asked today: Now what?

On the 40th anniversary of man&#8217;s first moon landing, the Apollo 11 crew met with President Barack Obama, who used the opportunity to talk about inspiration and science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia could toss suspect math exam results, joining long lists of state with tampered tests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Georgia could become the latest state to punish schools caught cheating on standardized tests, becoming another example of what some observers call an alarming trend of educators caving under the pressure to meet federal achievement standards.

The state Board of Education is set to vote Thursday on whether to void the test scores for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From math and science to &#8216;matematik&#8217; and &#8217;sains&#8217;: Malaysia schools drop instruction in English</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Yoong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia announced Wednesday it will abandon the use of English to teach math and science, bowing to protesters who demanded more use of the national Malay language.

Malay will be reinstated in state-funded schools starting in 2012 because teaching in English caused academic results in those subjects to slip, Education Minister Muhyiddin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your Social Security number? Researchers say it&#8217;s surprisingly easy to figure out</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/whats-your-social-security-number-researchers-say-its-surprisingly-easy-to-figure-out-101208/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there&#8217;s a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure out the precious nine digits of Americans&#8217; Social Security numbers.

&#8220;It&#8217;s good that we found it before the bad guys,&#8221; Alessandro Acquisti of Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh said of the method for predicting the numbers.
Acquisti [...]]]></description>
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