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Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer
Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the...
Tags: Justice System, Sports, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Shootings
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Security officials face questions over Boston Marathon bombings
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was formally charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death at a bedside hearing on Monday in his hospital room, where he was recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in...
Tags: Justice System, Sports, U.S. House of Representatives, Shootings, Bombings
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More violence near Boston
Tensions continue running high outside of Boston, Massachusetts where police are converging on a neighborhood in Watertown. The sounds of gunfire and explosions rang out early Friday morning. Police are out in force in the Watertown community where...
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One of the toughest colleges to earn an "A" is in our area
ReporterThere are no easy "A's" at Roanoke College. Sophomore Robert Hillman told News 7, "I think I've gotten one A, just one, yeah." The website GradeInflation.com has listed Roanoke College has one of the toughest graders in the country. The website came up...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Sociology, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance, Restraint of Trade, Thomson Corporation
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Sociology, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance, Restraint of Trade, Thomson Corporation
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YOUR MONEY-Wall St. on the silver screen: Pros pick top movies
Reuters(The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his/her own.) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - In the annals of Hollywood, Wall Street has not been treated very kindly. From "Wall Street" to "Boiler Room", "Trading Places"...Tags: Long Island, Margin Call (movie), Leonardo DiCaprio, Citigroup Incorporated, Jim Cramer
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Hopkins closes science writing program, citing low selectivity
Graduates of the Johns Hopkins University's master's program in science writing have explained the prospects of life on Mars, the promise of neuroscience research and the ethics of animal testing on the pages of Scientific American, Nature and Popular...Tags: Entertainment, Education, Graduation, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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Wall St. on the silver screen: Pros pick top movies
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - In the annals of Hollywood, Wall Street has not been treated very kindly. From "Wall Street" to "Boiler Room", "Trading Places" to "American Psycho", the halls of finance are usually portrayed as places of shiny excesses and dark...Tags: Long Island, Margin Call (movie), Citigroup Incorporated, Leonardo DiCaprio, Economy, Business and Finance
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Thrifty Merrimack developing new cancer drugs at lower cost
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Little known biotechnology company Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc has quietly built a large pipeline of experimental cancer treatments that it aims to deliver at a fraction of the cost spent by larger rivals. That could translate into...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Biotechnology Industry
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NRA draws wrong conclusions from Boston
In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their homes during the tense "shelter in place" manhunt....Tags: Richard Donohue, Jr., Interior Policy, Sports, Shootings, Politics
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Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports while he studies data
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on...Tags: Alternative Energy, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving, Energy Resources, Natural Gas
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