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The Courts

Submission + - Freedom Information Act Takes Years To Get Docs (nytimes.com)

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* * Beatles-Beatles
* * Beatles-Beatles writes: "The Freedom of Information Act requires a federal agency to provide an initial response to a request within 20 days and to provide the documents in a timely manner. But the oldest pending request uncovered in a new survey of 87 agencies and departments has been awaiting a response for 20 years, and 16 requesters have been waiting more than 15 years for result

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/washington/02sec rets.html"
Education

Journal Journal: Does age really matter when hiring a 30yr grad

Journal by alex_rivera
lately i've started asking myself whether i should continue pursuing a bachelor's degree in IT. I want to become a systems analist. but right now im 25 years old and about to tranfer out to university within a year. im not sure whether or not by the time i'll get my BA i'll still be consider for a job in the field of information technology.
Space

Submission + - U.S. Billionaire Heads to Space Station

Submitted by TurnAround
TurnAround writes: A Russian rocket carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word roared into the night skies over Kazakhstan Saturday, sending Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts soaring into orbit on a two-day journey to the international space station. Climbing on a column of smoke and fire into the clouds over the bleak steppes, the Soyuz TMA-10 capsule lifted off at 11:31 p.m. local time, casting an orange glow over the Baikonur cosmodrome and dozens of officials and well-wishers watching from about a mile away.

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