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Requirements to Become a Police Officer

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Learn about the education and preparation needed to become a police officer. Get a quick view of the requirements as well as details about education, required examinations, training and job duties to find out if this is the career for you. View 22 Popular Schools Essential Information Police officers are […]

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Amazon to Sell Predictions in Cloud Race Against Google and Microsoft

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Welcome to the era of low-cost predictions. Your products and services will never be the same, and a couple of big companies may wish we’d never arrived. On Thursday, Amazon Web Services announced that it was selling to the public the same kind of software it uses to figure out

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Amazon, Google and More Are Drawn to Home Services Market

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The installation of Deborah David’s new kitchen faucet was a $180 job. But it lies at the heart of an expanding $400 billion commercial war. Some of the biggest names in e-commerce, along with a growing pool of start-ups, are vying for a chunk of the fragmented, quotidian, heretofore entirely

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At Silver Moon Bakery, the Baking Never Stops

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Some move to Florida; some volunteer at the library. But when Judith Norell decided to retire as a concert harpsichordist at age 60, she thought she would try her hand at baking bread. “I grew up on packaged bread, the kind that stays squeezed when you squeeze it,” she said.

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Vapour trail

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The Economist Electronic cigarettes and health The latest investigation of vaping suggests it can help you quit smoking   Dec 20th 2014 | From the print edition THERE are few more reliable routes to an early grave than cigarette smoking. But despite the dangers, nicotine addicts find it almost impossible

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Black Immigrants Have Quadrupled Since 1980, Study Says

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The number of black immigrants in the United States has more than quadrupled since 1980, a new study has found, and that group is expected to make up an increasing share of the nation’s black population in the decades ahead. The study, released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, found

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Surpassing expectations, NYC municipal ID enrollment tops 100,000

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork More than 100,000 New Yorkers have enrolled in the city’s municipal identification program, which launched four months ago to much fanfare from immigrant-rights advocates, and 83% of that number have actually received their cards, according to a report submitted Thursday by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. Since its launch in

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This Drink Could Protect You From Skin Cancer

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork TIME  HEALTH CANCER Jan. 20, 2015 The sun is the biggest culprit in causing skin cancer, but there’s a beverage that may thwart some of the tumor-causing effects of ultraviolet rays   You may grab a cup (or two) of coffee every morning to help you wake up and face the

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Researchers find new reason to drink coffee: It may reduce risk of MS

k  follow us on twitter: @ GoAfricaNetwork FEBRUARY Drink up, coffee lovers: Neurologists say a healthy appetite for coffee may reduce your risk of developing multiple sclerosis. We’re not talking a cup or two of joe in the morning. Even a triple espresso might not be enough to register a difference. In a new study,

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Financial Aid for Undocumented Students No Longer Discussed in Hushed Tones

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork For years, it was information shared only in whispers. An undocumented student, bright and educated, wanted to go to college, and a precious few universities were willing, very quietly, to help them pay for it. But as ferocious battles rage in Congress, statehouses and courtrooms over the legal status of

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