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      <title><![CDATA[Using Computer Programs to Improve Student Writing]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Students at all levels across the country are struggling to develop writing skills, making some educators turn to Web-based programs for help.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely on Wikipedia]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Wikipedia provides Internet users with millions of articles on a broad range of topics, and commonly ranks first in search engines. However, its reliability and credibility fall well short of the standards for a school paper. Wikipedia itself wrote that &ldquo;while some of the articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly rubbish &hellip; use [Wikipedia] with an informed understanding of what it is and isn't.&rdquo;<br /> <em><br /> To help you develop such an understanding, we present these 10 reasons you cannot rely on information in Wikipedia:</em>]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Academy Awards Televised for First Time]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On March 19, 1953, the Academy Awards appeared on television for the first time, and 34 million viewers tuned in.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[FBI Follows Suspects Onto Social Networks]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Federal agents are logging on to popular social networks to gather information about suspects, while recent months have seen significant lapses in online privacy protection.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Gandhi Imprisoned for Civil Disobedience]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On March 18, 1922, a British colonial court convicted Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi of sedition after a protest march led to violence. He was sentenced to six years.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Gas Leak Causes New London School Explosion]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On March 18, 1937, the worst school disaster in American history occurred when a gas explosion killed nearly 300 schoolchildren in Texas.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[New Texas Curriculum Stirs Debate Over Politics in the Classroom]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[An &ldquo;ultraconservative&rdquo; voting bloc on the Texas Board of Education has pushed through curriculum changes that have elicited criticism from liberals and historians, and could impact the textbooks used by students outside the state.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: First St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated in America]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On March 17, 1737, Boston became the first U.S. city to celebrate the feast day of St. Patrick, Ireland&rsquo;s patron saint.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[New Controversy Revives Debate Over Shakespeare’s Authenticity]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare wrote parts of a play formerly credited solely to playwright John Fletcher, shedding light on the Bard&rsquo;s collaborations and how researchers determine the authenticity of literature.]]></description>

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      <title><![CDATA[On This Day: Aldo Moro Kidnapped by the Italian Red Brigades]]></title>

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      <description><![CDATA[On March 16, 1978, former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was kidnapped by a left-wing extremist group; he was killed 55 days later when the terrorists&rsquo; demands were not met. Many in Italy believe that domestic or international government forces were complicit in the murder of Moro, who was due to sign a controversial agreement with the Communist Party on the day of his kidnapping.]]></description>

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