ContributorNetwork – In a competition among 35 states and Puerto Rico for millions of dollars in grant money from the federal government for education, Oklahoma has lost out — for the third time. Oklahoma’s governor, Mary Fallin, told NewsOK.com that “Oklahoma delivered a strong application” for the federal grant and “It is disappointing the Obama administration has chosen not to name us as a Race to the Top grant winner.”
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Race to the Top Education Dollars Not Awarded to Oklahoma
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Reuters – The Obama administration wants prompt repayment of more than $270 million in federal grant money dedicated to New Jersey for a rail tunnel to Manhattan that became a political flashpoint when the state withdrew from the project.
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U.S. bills New Jersey $271 million for tunnel costs
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-By Warner Todd Huston Well if this isn’t a fitting addition to the story of the stimulus what is? The University of Notre Dame in Indiana recently fired an electrical engineering professor over allegations that the prof used $190,000 in federal grant money and matching university funds to buy cameras and other equipment to make homemade
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That Stimulating Stimulus Paid for Homemade Porno?
