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  2. Dickson City, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    One point of major contention in the borough has been a 240-acre (0.97 km 2) swath of reclaimed coal-mining land south of Commerce Boulevard that was deeded to the borough for public use after the state government cleaned it up. Plans to build a bond-financed municipal golf course on the land launched during the early 2000s were scuttled after ...

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Florida, Standards of Academic Progress require a student to maintain a grade point average of 2.00 or above on the 4.00 numeric grading scale. The student must also finish 67% of the courses attempted, which includes previous failures, re-takes, and withdrawals. Additionally, a student may not attempt a course more than three times.

  4. Pennsylvania Auditor General - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania auditor general is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850. [ 1 ] The current auditor general of Pennsylvania is Republican Timothy DeFoor .

  5. Deep state in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Political scientist George Friedman alleges that such a deep state has existed since 1871, when the president's power over federal employees was restricted. [12]Historian Alfred W. McCoy argued that the increase in the power of the United States Intelligence Community since the September 11 attacks "has built a fourth branch of the U.S. government" that is "in many ways autonomous from the ...

  6. College esports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the NACC became the University League of Legends (uLoL) Campus Series, run by CSL, after IvyLoL and NACL stopped functioning and many of their staff were hired as Riot Games employees to orchestrate their collegiate activities.

  7. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government withdrew its troops, and Southern Democrats took control of the region [149] In 1882, the United States passed the Chinese Exclusion Act (which barred all Chinese immigrants except for students and businessmen), [150] and the Immigration Act of 1882 (which barred all immigrants with mental health issues). [151]

  8. Distance education - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1888 to provide training for immigrant coal miners aiming to become state mine inspectors or foremen, it enrolled 2500 new students in 1894 and matriculated 72,000 new students in 1895. By 1906 total enrollments reached 900,000.

  9. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state-level action.