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Dr. Edward L. "Mac" McDill, Hopkins professor
Edward L. "Mac" McDill, former chairman of the Johns Hopkins University's sociology department who was also the founding director of the Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools, died April 25 of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in...
Tags: Social Organizations, Students, Jacksonville State University, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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Cellphone carriers face off at Coachella festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival starts Friday, and that means hundreds of thousands of smartphone users will descend on Indio. And when you get that many people in one location, there's bound to be some connectivity issues. That's why the...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, T-Mobile, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Sun commentators are blind to conservatism's virtues
It seems Easter was a field day for attacking Dr. Ben Carson for his conservative views ("Ben Carson's biblically based conservatism," March 31.) Columnist Dan Rodricks claimed he was not surprised by Dr. Carson's equating gays with pedophiles and...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Bill Gates, Periodicals, Punishment
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Mark Zuckerberg's political wingman: Fwd.us founder Joe Green
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Green, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate, is famous for having turned down an offer to move to Silicon Valley to join Facebook. Instead Green finished his college degree and worked for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John...
Tags: Sean Parker, Culture, Arts and Culture, Elections, Social Media
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Teens favor Apple's iPhone over other smartphones, survey finds
If you think you've seen a lot of teens with iPhones lately, that's because the popular Apple device may be owned by nearly half of all U.S. teens, according to a new survey. Investment bank research firm PiperJaffray on Tuesday released its Taking...
Tags: Apple iPad, T-Mobile, Culture, Arts and Culture, Social Media
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California lawmaker wants to regulate social network sites
Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-San Leandro) is making a second attempt to regulate social network websites, including Facebook and Twitter, amid privacy concerns. With support from Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Corbett has...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Personal Data Collection, Social Media, Google Inc.
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Anne Arundel County Digest
Triathlon The seventh annual Emily Schindler Memorial Triathlon will be held Saturday, April 20, at the Community Center in Severna Park. The 800-yard swim, 9.5-mile bike ride and 3-mile run will be held at the SPY Aquatics Center, 623 Baltimore/...Tags: Students, Washington Redskins, Internal Revenue Service, Financial Aid, Sports
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Clarifies viewpoints
Responding to Dr. Scott Bastian's letter on April 9, I appreciate Dr. Bastian's cogent and coherent response. I do, however, have to respectfully disagree with much of what was said in Dr. Bastian's letter. Before getting to the crux of my disagreement...Tags: Philosophy, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Facebook Q1 Earnings: Social Network Tries to Prove Mobile Is Paying Off
ReutersMay 01 (TheWrap.com) - Roughly a year after its messy, horrible, no good initial public offering, Facebook touted its progress to Wall Street with the release of its first quarter earnings. In particular, the social network set out to prove that its...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Google Inc., Mark Zuckerberg
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South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...
Tags: Africa, South Africa, Government, Jacob Zuma, Prisons
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Polish far-right "flash mobs" scare liberal thinkers
Reuters* Masked young men ambush academic lectures, conferences * Liberals say far-right intimidating, could turn violent * New tactics combine soccer hooliganism and politics * Right-wing says it is defending Polish values By Marcin Goettig WARSAW, April...Tags: Political Corruption, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, National Security Agency, here! (tv network)
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Northern May 2013 graduates
More than 250 students will receive degrees during Northern State University’s spring commencement, exercises, which begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the NSU Barnett Center. ESPN sports journalist and best-selling author Buster Olney will deliver...Tags: Biology, Software Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Financial and Business Services, Graduation
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