How can I write a program that will input a list of names into a search database and return organized results?

I have an excel worksheet with about 35,000 entries. Each one needs to be searched at a specific website, and the search query results listed. What computer programming languages should be used or are there ones already out there designed for this sort of thing.

Since your running with Excel VB.Net is probably your best choice.

Rattled: Learning about education is like selecting a bagel
My last column found me puzzled about education. This week finds me trying to shoe horn the information I found at the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System into 750 words. I’ve never written about something that evoked more eye-rolling. Everyone has an opinion about education. I was shocked at the level of snark out there, and this is coming from someone who buys magazines to see the …