Disrupt SF is right around the corner, and the deadline for getting early bird ticket pricing to the show ends this week. You seriously don't want to miss out on the opportunity to save $1,000 on tickets to the hottest show in tech — an event you totally are going to go to anyway. Read More
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said Wednesday that Common Core K-12 education standards are being overly influenced by testing and textbook companies and that the federal government is presenting states with a tough choice by tying grant funding to the system.
"Common Core may have started out as a set ...
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"If she is indicted, they would lay that document down in front of her and say, 'Is this your signature?'"
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"Oh my god. He's trying to kill me."
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White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer for data policy DJ Patil is coming on stage with us at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015. We're excited to have him come and chat with us about his role as the first national data scientist. President Obama appointed Patil to his current position this spring. Patil was formerly the head of data science at LinkedIn but came to the White House from… Read More 
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Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York's newspapers:
The Post-Standard of Syracuse on the state testing opt-out movement in New York.
Aug. 14
Over three years, the number of New York parents opting their children out of state testing has grown from a handful of dissidents to ...
"We never stop thinking about our moms!"
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Happy Wednesday, friends, and welcome back to another episode of Bullish, a new show from TechCrunch designed to force me to wear makeup at least once a week. This time 'round we're talking about education, technology, and how they don't always end up together. How much do we invest in technology in our school districts? How can we get more tech into our classrooms? And,… Read More 
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday maintained her private email system and server she used as the nation's top diplomat was "legally permitted" while pleading ignorance about some of the machinations behind the set-up.
She was asked repeatedly after an appearance in Nevada if she tried to ...
"It's like squeezing a balloon. The total amount of air is the same, but the shape is changed."
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"You try to erase my heritage, you try to erase anything you think is racist. But the whole time you were up here, sir. I apologize, but everything you said was racist."
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Disrupt SF 2015 is right around the corner, so we thought we'd catch up on one of last year's Battlefield contestants — Cinder. Cinder didn't win the competition, but they've been doing some pretty good things since the show. Here's a bit more about the company and what they've been up to since Disrupt SF 2014. Read More 
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GOP consultant Rick Wilson sent a tweet Tuesday afternoon suggesting that conservative author and columnist Ann Coulter is prostituting herself out to Trump. Wilson insisted on CNN over the weekend that Breitbart News is a virtual cheerleading squad for Trump. He also attacked 25% of the Republican base as "low information voters "on Friday on CNN. Breitbart wrote a response suggesting ...More
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, a 15-term congressman from Ohio who took on tough assignments looking into assassinations and scandals, has died. He was 90.
His death, confirmed by a family statement, comes a month after he announced he had brain and lung cancer.
Stokes was ...
"I'm not going to make cakes for same-sex weddings."
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"If you're saying something that you know is untrue, that's a lie."
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Xiaomi may be best known for its competitively priced smartphones, which have soaked up marketshare in China at the expense of Samsung and other Android makers, but it also has its own version of Android. Today, the Chinese company unveiled the latest iteration of its MIUI platform, which was first created back in 2010 before Xiaomi had begun selling phones and now counts 150 million users. Read More 
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"Electrical discharges can extend 20 to 30 kilometers"
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Subway: We have "already ended our relationship with Jared."
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Api.ai, a developer of AI and natural language tech that enables developers to add Siri-like conversational interfaces to their apps, has raised $3 million in additional funding. The startup has also decided to make usage of its API free to developers with no limits. Read More 
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Which emojis do New Yorkers use more than other U.S. states? How diverse is California's emoji usage? Do Alaskans dream of emoji fish? Read More 
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky attorney general's office has found that the state Board of Education violated the Open Meetings Law by not notifying the public of a committee meeting to choose a firm to help with the search for a new commissioner.
The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/1Nimre7 ) reports ...