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Planners discuss outdoor diningFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:30AMThe St. Helena Planning Commission will review a new ordinance that would allow outdoor dining at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 at Vintage Hall.

U.S. plans big changes in how students are testedFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:30AMStandardized exams — the multiple-choice, bubble tests in math and reading that have played a growing role in American public education in recent years — are being overhauled.

IPS examines agricultural funding in AfricaFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:27AMInter Press Service examines how some African countries are benefiting from the global agriculture fund the G8 pledged $22 billion to in July 2009. According to the article, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which seeks to increase African spending on agriculture to foster more growth, "has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing" on the ...

Gulf oil disaster costs BP £5.2bnFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:25AMOil giant BP has said that the cost of tackling the Gulf of Mexico disaster had risen to 8 billion US dollars (£5.2 billion) so far.

Official Twitter App for iPad feels smooth as butterFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:25AMNEW YORK, USA: The official Twitter app for iPad is finally here, and star developer Loren Brichter has polished yet another gem.