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Housing recovery to 'accelerate' U.S. economy: Summers
London :: United Kingdom | 15 minutes ago
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Topics Former White House economic advisor Larry Summers looks into the audience at the Bretton Woods Committee International Council in Washington, September 23, 2011. A recovery in the housing market and strong growth in consumer wealth will help
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Commonwealth Court panel hears arguments on NCAA's $60 million Penn State fine
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 1 hour ago
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Penn State University's $60 million post-Sandusky fine within Pennsylvania should go forward. Sen. Jake Corman, who represents the State College area, and Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord -- made arguments in a preliminary hearing today in front of
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UMass board to hike tuition if budget falls short
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 hours ago
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With one eye on Beacon Hill, University of Massachusetts trustees have voted to authorize up to a 4.9 percent increase in tuition and fees that would occur only if the Legislature does not approve the level of funding the university is seeking. UMass
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Micheni unfit for office, panel told
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 hours ago
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The Principal Secretary nominee for the Fisheries ministry on Wednesday had a difficult time to prove to MPs that he meets integrity standards...Nominee Sicily Kariuki (Agriculture) and Khadija Kassachom (Livestock), however, impressed the
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How poor students get soaked for college sports
Asheville :: NC :: USA | 3 hours ago
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In the 2010-11 academic year, the 227 public institutions in Division 1 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association collected more than $2 billion in athletic fees from their students or an average of more than $500 per enrollee according to
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1964 Report: Humanities "Uniquely Equipped to Fill the 'Abyss of Leisure'" Made Possible by Forty-Hour Workweek
Fairfax :: VA :: USA | 3 hours ago
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David Austin Walsh is the editor of the History News Network...A new report on the state of the humanities in the United States reaffirms the importance of understanding our shared history as one of the cornerstones of democratic decision-making. The
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Vancouver's Chan Centre announces star-studded 2013-14 season
Montreal :: Canada | 6 hours ago
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You won't need to leave Vancouver to go globe-trotting this year thanks to the Chan Centre for Performing Arts' new season lineup. Kicking off Oct. 19 with the critically acclaimed Kronos Quartet performing new works by famed composer Philip Glass,
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Daily Kos: The 'Myth' of Liberal Media Bias Is 'Killing Journalism'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 hours ago
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Andersen stumbled through an attack on the myth of liberal bias in the media, propagated by the Media Research Center. This myth only makes our nation weaker and creates a nation of dunceswhich is just what the right wants. The MRC is apparently one
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Column: Buckeyes' boss learns how close worlds of sports, politics are
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 10 hours ago
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Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University, is by all accounts a brilliant man. In addition to serving his second term as president of OSU, he has also led Vanderbilt University, Brown University and the Universities of West Virginia and
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A Constitutional Conservative
Toronto :: Canada | 11 hours ago
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The term I see and hear continually popping up in leftist writings and chattering is Anti-Intellectualism. Sounds like a pitch fork and torch crowd about to lynch an elitist college professor in the middle of the night. That's what it is supposed
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