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Education - "Elementary Workforce Readiness"

By Aaron Lazenby Oracle helps students prepare for global challenges. Five clocks hang high on the wall in Deb Austin Brown’s “communications center” at Alban Elementary School in St. Alban’s, West Virginia. “These clocks...

Scenes of devastation...

Wildfires threatening Los Angeles could plunge the entire city and its 3.8million inhabitants into darkness. A massive blaze in the heavily populated San Fernando Valley broke out on Thursday night, destroying dozens of...

Los Angeles wildfires: Residents evacuated as flames destroy 1000 homes

Mandatory evacuations are underway in parts of Southern California as firefighters battle to control raging wildfires threatening communities in and around Los Angeles. By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Firefighters across...

The face of Oz

Australia is putting on its best cinematic face for an epic movie which it hopes will revive its struggling tourism industry and replicate the so-called Crocodile Dundee effect, which saw thousands of international visitors...

Glam Madonna is glum again while Guy Ritchie has never looked happier

She spruced up for a glittering photoshoot over the weekend, but beleaguered Madonna is once again looking pale and gaunt. Less than 24 hours after she was spotted in Beverly Hills looking a picture of glamour complete with...

Snoop Dogg's Upscale Community Evacuated (E! Online)

Jovie Baclayon Jovie Baclayon – 1 hr 5 mins ago E! Online – Snoop Dogg's Upscale Community Evacuated(E! Online) Los Angeles (E! Online) – Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe aren't the only celebs affected by the raging wildfires...

MUSIC BITS: Roots to join 'Late Night'; UMA brawl; Madonna's school; Wu-Tang boots; Natalie Cole...

Hip Hop collective The Roots have been named the new house band for NBC's "Late Night" when former "Saturday Night Live" actor Jimmy Fallon replaces Conan O'Brien as host in March 2009, reports allhiphop.com.

Cider Al Fresco

SMOKERS, rejoice! Steven Greenberg, who has the city's biggest (20,000-plus square feet) outdoor rooftop bar atop 230 Fifth Ave., has figured out how to keep it open through the winter. He's installed a massive array of outdoor...

LEARY BECOMES SURPRISE OPRAH FAN

Actor-turned-author DENIS LEARY fell in love with THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW after he tuned in to prepare a scathing routine about the TV host. Leary dedicated himself to watching the popular programme because he wanted to gather...

Celebrities flee from ‘Armageddon’ fire

The city of Los Angeles was encircled by wildfires last night as fleeing celebrities described how parched 70mph desert winds had fuelled 200 feet flames, causing scenes “like Armageddon”. One of the blazes, in the district of...