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POPSObama’s No-Brainer on Education The stakes couldn't be higher. The United States now ranks 25th among 30 industrialized countries in math. "If I told you your basketball team finished in 25th place, you'd be outraged," says former West Virginia governor Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education. When the landmark "A Nation at Risk" report was issued 25 years ago, the education system was ailing, but the United States was still No. 1 in college-graduation rates. Now we are No. 21. "We simply have not progressed," says former Colorado governor Roy Romer, who heads a commission that recently updated the report. "The rest of the world has." For example, the average European nation has 13 more school days than we do.
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POPSProperty Snake perfect for watching property prices tumble and grabbing a bargain, but not until 2010 when the market starts to bottom out.
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POPSBargain Bite: Muracci's Japanese Curry & Grill in SF's Financial District Sounds well worth checking out. From the thumbnail photos, I can already tell they have matcha roll cake with azuki beans in the filling - yum! But I'm having trouble making a name like "Muracci" fit what I know about Japanese pronunciation and writing. Oh, wait - it would work if it were spelled "Murachi" (mu-ra-chi all being Japanese phonemes). I wonder why the Italianesque spelling?
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POPSBargain of the Week This is a real site! What a strange world we live in. I imagine they'll draw enough wackos to make a tidy sum. P. T. Barnum would be proud.
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POPSHal the Computer Meets Jesus the Rapturer It's only 40 bucks per year to sign up for this nifty service to notify your godless friends and relatives that Jesus is coming in the clouds. Remember that the next time some smelly homeless person asks for a dollar. It's a literal bargain to care for the poor!
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POPSFree, 1 Euro iPhones No Great Bargain Some of the new European iPhone deals (in the UK and Germany) look good, especially compared to the U.S. iPhone price of $199. But they tend to carry higher monthly fees, making them pricier in the end. Fortune computes the costs (click through for larger view.)