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Carl Schurz High School students greet Secretary Arne Duncan in Chicago.     
At the final event of the "Education and the Economy" Back-to-School Bus Tour, Secretary Arne Duncan returned to his hometown with an urgent message: Our country needs to invest in education today. Visit one of the leading stories linked below...  | 
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 American Jobs Act will invest in education now 
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 Join our Natl. Town Hall Discussion September 22nd 9:00am - 11:30am (via live webcast www.cbcfinc.org) CBCF hash tag on Twitter is #41stALC bt ▸  See ALC's ad on page 3 | September 2011 edition  | 
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 | DC Networking Event coming up Sep 15th. Mix, mingle and learn about #ITSMF efforts in support of #STEM DM me 4 details! URL ▸ About ITSMF   |  RSVP ▸ Pre-Register on or before SEP 14 | 
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South Florida Caribbean News, 9/6/2011 ( Larry Quinlan)  URL ▸ http://nblo.gs/mUTby Deloitte CIO award recipient  
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 | What questions are IT pro's heading to #SAPTechEd with? Don't forget it starts tomorrow! 
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 NAFEO currently updating their database of HBCU/PBI faculty members responsible for Governmental Relations. Please email updated info.  Email ▸ CLee@nafeo.org.   | 
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 US Ignite: A new foundation for America's #Broadband Future URL ▸ http://t.co/sfmPUBJ  | 
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 | Earning the CompTIA Security Trustmark means increased marketability, efficiency and productivity. Get yours!  URL ▸ http://t.co/UVq8QKW | 
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 #CyberWar - Safeguarding Infrastructure Assets from Cyber-terrorism: Measuring and... URL ▸  http://t.co/2E3RJEg  #Cyber #Hacker #Exploit #Security  | 
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 | Thanks to Power4Vets & the #SmartGrid Workforce Development program, this unemployed veteran is back to work.  URL ▸ http://t.co/wNYFCht | 
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 | Amazon in Talks to Launch Netflix-like Digital Book Service-Amazon Would Charge Customers Fee for Access to Digital-Book Library-WSJ | 
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 Obama Jobs Plan: How IT Workers Will Benefit URL ▸  http://bit.ly/nhBEDh  by @meridith 
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