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A University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll released Monday shows Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee gaining ground in Iowa, moving into a statistical tie for second place with Rudy Giuliani and trailing Mitt Romney. "If Huckabee can motivate religious conservatives to attend the caucuses in large numbers, he may well threaten Romney," said DAVID REDLAWSK, director of the poll. The newspaper is based in New Hampshire.
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The University of Virginia sent more workers to the Peace Corps in 2006 than any other "medium-sized" university in the United States.[35] Volunteerism at the University is centered in Madison House, which offers numerous opportunities to serve others. Among the numerous programs offered are tutoring, housing improvement, and an organization called Hoos Against Hunger, which gives leftover food made at restaurants to Charlottesville's homeless rather than allowing it to be thrown away.
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Democratic senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical tie in Iowa among the party's likely caucus-goers, a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA poll found. Clinton of New York received 28.9 percent support compared with 26.6 percent for Obama of Illinois. The gap is within the poll's 5.5 percent margin of error for Democrats. In a similar August poll, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards was backed by 26 percent, a near-tie with Clinton's 24.8 percent. Obama received 19.3 percent support in August. In the latest poll, Edwards garnered 20 percent support.
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COLLEGE STATION - Several academic units of Texas A&M University will share in a $900,000 grant from the United States Department of Education in an alternative teacher certification partnership with the Region IV Education Service Center (ESC) in Houston. The "Transition to Teach" grant will help ease teacher shortages by making it possible to prepare and place at least 90 teachers through an accelerated certification plan for "high-need" subject areas, such as math, science, bilingual education, special education and foreign languages....
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Richmond, VA -- Last week, The Whitlock Group was honored as one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the State of Virginia at the 7th annual Virginia Chamber of Commerce Fantastic 50 awards. The Whitlock Group has appeared on the list a total of 4 times, for the years 1998, 1999, 2000 and now 2002. "It is truly an honor to be recognized in this capacity," commented John D. Whitlock, CEO of The Whitlock Group.
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