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UPDATED: UVA administrators react to Playboy ranking
UPDATED: Playboy has named the University of Virginia the top party school in the nation, but the University isn't too thrilled. Administrators released a statement Wednesday saying it's far more important for the school to be known for academic...
Tags: University of Southern California, Education, University of Florida, University of Virginia, Colleges and Universities
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Beverage Industry, Cornell University, Global Change
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Evanston woman versus The Donald
Tribune reporterDonald Trump seems to relish an image as a no-nonsense businessman and boss, some might even say a bully. But the real estate mogul might have met his match in an Evanston grandmother who had humble beginnings growing up in a children's home. "Someone...Tags: Roosevelt University, Donald Trump, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of California, Irvine, NASA, Students, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996:...Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Religion and Belief, Biology
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Woman testifies in suit against Trump Tower
Her family too poor to care for her, Jacqueline Goldberg was placed in a children's home at age 10. Seven decades later, Goldberg had the kind of money that allowed her in 2006 to put cash deposits down on two condos in Donald Trump's luxury...
Tags: Whoopi Goldberg, Roosevelt University, Donald Trump, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Hotels
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Northwestern junior competes for $100,000 on 'Jeopardy!'
For RedEyeNorthwestern University junior Daniel Donohue may or may not have won $100,000 in the "Jeopardy!" College Championship. You'll have to watch the two-week tournament starting Monday to find out for sure. Donohue was selected to compete on the show against...Tags: Georgetown, Teaching and Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jeopardy!, Students
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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...Tags: Family, NFL Pro Bowl, Tuskegee Airmen, Champ Bailey, Philosophy
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There's a better way to track a bomber
Los Angeles TimesThe mayhem in Boston the week of April 15 was a reminder of how an American city can be paralyzed by a homemade bomb. The same kinds of improvised explosive devices that menaced U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan can easily be deployed by freelance...Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Emergency Incidents, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Seven seek district judge seat held by David Harding since 1989
A decision by David B. Harding not to seek re-election after almost 24 years as district judge in Center Valley has led to a flood of candidates in the May primary. The seven hopefuls includes lawyers, a police chief, a police officer, a constable and an...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, DeSales University, Allentown, Crime, Law and Justice, Separation of Church and State
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LCF seniors win $1,000 scholarships
Eight high school seniors from La Cañada Flintridge were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship last week. The La Cañada Thursday Club lauded Matt Singelyn, Colleen Degnan, Kara Lankey, Sophia Eckerle, Liza Upton, Katharine Henry, Danielle Smith and Colby...
Tags: Schools, Awards and Prizes, Financial Aid, Sports, Soccer
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Everyone on Earth is related to everyone else, DNA shows
The history of Europe is written in its people's DNA. The Huns and the Slavs made incursions into Eastern Europe about 1,500 years ago. Migrants moved from Ireland to England in recent centuries. Populations in Italy and Spain have been comparatively...
Tags: Africa, Chemical Industry, University of Chicago, Medical Research, Biotechnology Industry
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