Given the increasing importance of vocational and adult education across the country, it makes sense that the U.S. Department of Education would have a separate office dedicated to this facet of higher education. As their site notes, it has "information, research, and resources to help prepare young people and adults for postsecondary education, successful careers, and productive lives". The site...

Created during the first term of President George W. Bush, the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for preventing terrorist attacks within the United States and to also reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism. On its website, visitors can learn about grant opportunities provided by the department, read about its current leadership, and read the agency's overall strategic plan. ...

Most major conurbations in the developed world pride themselves on continually updating their built environment, whether it is through urban renewal programs or through the process of creative destruction, which reinvents certain areas (such as the demolition of old factories for a new planned residential development). In this process, individuals may forget about these seemingly obsolete...

Conditional cash transfer helps Pinoys beat poverty trap http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/07/30/10/conditional-cash-transfer-helps-pinoys-beat-poverty-trap Anti-poverty programmes: Give the poor money http://www.economist.com/node/16693323 Conditional Cash...

As most users can attest, a good deal of repetitive searching goes on as individuals move about the Internet in search of various items. DeskPort 1.0 is predicated on just these types of searches, as the application saves users time, as its forms combine the most-requested items from each category website. This process saves times, as users no longer have the scroll through multiple web pages to...

UNEP Reaffirms support to “Green” Olympics in Beijing http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=498&ArticleID=5491&l=en British Olympic official warns of Chinese "superstate" ahead of Beijing Games http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/15/sports/AS-SPT-OLY-Chinas-Might.php Olympics Threaten City Projects...

Where are the pay phones? http://www.timesheraldonline.com/letters/ci_8520721 Payphone Project http://www.payphone-project.com/ Pay Phone History http://www.telephonetribute.com/payphones.html The Antique Telephone History Web Site http://www.antiquetelephonehistory.com/ Telephone...

Hot-Dog Champ is Coming To Brooklyn, Manager Insists http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/manager-insists-kobayashi-is-coming-to-brooklyn/ Coney Island History Project http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/ National Hot Dog & Sausage Council http://www.hot-dog.org/ Takeru-Kobayashi.com [Macromedia Flash Player] http://takeru-kobayashi.com/ International Federation of Competitive...

A big year for Babe http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports/story/14253270p-15069181c.html NPR: Babe Ruth Gave Home Runs Their Due [Real Player] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5394493 Special Report: Comparing Bonds, Ruth, Aaron http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12073518/ Why Selig Should Be There For...

Terror police to track capital's cars http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2091023.ece Transportation Alternatives: Congestion Pricing http://www.transalt.org/campaigns/sensible/congestion.html Implementing Road and Congestion Pricing-Lessons From Singapore (2005) [pdf] http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-71464.html Straphangers...