Kobe scores 38, Lakers beat Wolves 119-115 to end 10-gm skid (Yahoo Sports)
Kobe Bryant has lifted the Los Angeles Lakers onto his shoulders countless times over the past two decades, and he rarely flinches under the weight. ”You’ve seen it for 20 damn years,” Bryant said with a shrug. Bryant hit seven 3-pointers while scoring a season-high 38 points, and the Lakers snapped their 10-game skid with […]
GCSE Scores Show 330 UK Schools Falling Short
Newly-published figures from the British Ministry of Education have shown yearly exam results for England’s secondary schools, and 329 schools did not meet minimum government standards in 2015. Compared to the previous year, this figure is not very different, but it is twice the number in 2013 when only 154 institutions fell short. More than a quarter […]
Irving scores season-high 25, Cavaliers beat Raptors 122-100 (Yahoo Sports)
Here’s more bad news for opponents of the Cleveland Cavaliers: Kyrie Irving is back. Playing his sixth game since returning from a broken left kneecap, Irving scored a season-high 25 points and Cleveland defeated the Toronto Raptors 122-100 on Monday night. The performance was a big moment for Irving, who faced nearly seven months of […]
Tennessee Teachers Want Test Scores Out of Evaluations — For Now
At the same time that Tennessee is struggling over a new state test, several education advocates are pushing for the exclusion of state test scores from teacher evaluations for this school year. The advocact groups that have joined under the name Tennessee Strong began an online petition on Monday. The petition says: “I oppose the […]
Harden scores 50 as Rockets beat winless 76ers 116-114 (Yahoo Sports)
James Harden had 50 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the winless Philadelphia 76ers 116-114 on Friday night. Philadelphia moved one loss away from matching the New Jersey Nets’ NBA-worst mark of 18 losses to open a season. The Sixers have dropped 27 in a row dating to last season […]
Ivideon scores $4M from Impulse VC to take its video-streaming service global
Got email marketing? We’ve got best practices from LivingSocial and estate sale guru Everything But The House in our next Insight webinar. Ivideon, a Russian startup whose cloud platform allows users to beam video to any device using almost any hardware configuration, has just raised $ 4 million from Russian venture fund Impulse VC. The […]