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New York Teacher Ratings Released to Media

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New York City released evaluations of some 18,000 public schools teachers to news organizations that had requested the information on Friday, overriding the strenuous objections of the teachers union.
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New Skin Cancer Drug Raises Hope for Survival

A new treatment given to 132 skin cancer patients in the U.S. and Australia almost doubled their survival, according to New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers used the drug Vemurafenib (Zelboraf) on patients and found that they lived for average 16 months as compared to those who underwent conventional treatment and survived for only nine months on average.
Oscar Nominations 2012: 5 Reasons To Watch Nominees For Best Foreign Film

Oscar Nominations 2012: 5 Reasons to Watch Best Foreign Film Nominees

This year, the 2012 Oscars offer films from Iran, Belgium, Israel, Poland and Canada, all of them stunning portraits of what a movie can convey of human brutality, beauty, dignity, fragility and suffering. From a tale of backbiting and redemption between a father and son in Israel, to a gritty domestic drama of two families unraveling in Iranian film A Separation, here are brief introductions to the five nominations for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars 2012, and five reasons (to star...
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Kate Upton Gets Sexy in Hardee’s Burger Commercial [VIDEO]

Kate Upton, the 19-year-old Michigan native that's gracing the cover page of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition has been chosen as the next sultry model to smear burger all over her face as she rolls around in revealing clothing. Pure glam! Hardee's, known as Carl's Jr. along the West Coast, has featured several other bombshells in scandalous ads before.
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Lindsay Lohan: Almost Done with Probation, Judge is Pleased with Progress

Lindsay Lohan is at the home-stretch of her five-month long probation. According to Reuters, Lohan acquired the probation because of a theft conviction last year, after she admitted to stealing a gold necklace valued at $2,500 last January and two drunk driving cases. She was sentenced to 480 hours of community service.
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Sony's Vita Arrives Just as Market May Be Fading

Sony Corp's Vita hits the United States on Wednesday, the latest in a long line of mobile gaming gadgets in the spirit of Nintendo's Game Boy and Atari's Lynx. But with gaming habits rapidly changing, it may also be the last of its breed.

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