Gates Funds Aid University of Oregon’s College-Prep Efforts (Newswise)

Developing a set of core content standards to prepare high school students with the academic foundation and skills necessary to succeed on any college campus is the goal of a new initiative at the University of Oregon. Specifically targeted are mathematics and English, as well as a set of career-oriented two-year certificate programs.

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Census Bureau Special Edition Facts for Features: 2010 Census by the Numbers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — This year, America conducts its 23rd census. The nation’s largest domestic mobilization began in a remote corner of Alaska and will continue throughout the rest of the country – and in Puerto Rico and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Virgin Islands) – with the goal of counting every …

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Census Bureau Special Edition Facts for Features: 2010 Census by the Numbers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — This year, America conducts its 23rd census. The nation’s largest domestic mobilization began in a remote corner of Alaska and will continue throughout the rest of the country – and in Puerto Rico and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Virgin Islands) – with the goal of counting every …

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Music theater closer to reopening (The Salem News)

BEVERLY and mdash; The zoning board gave its OK to keeping the North Shore Music Theatre a theater, putting new owner Bill Hanney closer to his goal of opening in the spring. “This was a major hurdle for me to get over,” Hanney said after zoning board members unanimously granted his request for a special permit. The decision was met with a round of applause from a small audience at last night’s …

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Music theater closer to reopening (The Salem News)

BEVERLY and mdash; The zoning board gave its OK to keeping the North Shore Music Theatre a theater, putting new owner Bill Hanney closer to his goal of opening in the spring. “This was a major hurdle for me to get over,” Hanney said after zoning board members unanimously granted his request for a special permit. The decision was met with a round of applause from a small audience at last night’s …

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Jamaica, T&T Caribbean showdown (Trinidad Express)

GOAL-BOUND: Trinidad & Tobago Under-20 women’s football team captain Mariah Shade, right, gets away from Cuban defender Yamara Carrazana during Friday night’s CFU Women’s Final Round Under-20 Championship match at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya.

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Maradona hails ‘Saint Palermo’ as last-gasp goal rescues Argentina (The Scotsman: Sport)

ARGENTINA manager Diego Maradona has called the goal by second-half substitute Martin Palermo “the miracle of Saint Palermo”.

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Kenner street targeted for third time in code enforcement sweep (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Councilman vows to ‘remain vigilant in our goal to eliminate blight in this area.’

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Homeland superiority for Saint Martin’s (The Olympian)

It was a familiar scene. Mom and dad were on the sideline, cheering. And Jill Webb, the blonde and bubbly forward for Saint Martin’s soccer team, was weaving around a chasing defender, kicking the ball toward the goal.

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