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A new bull market -- or a bubble?
WASHINGTON -- Where's the stock market going? Has a bull market started? Or are we on the cusp of a new bubble? As I argued in my last column -- which noted that stocks have reached new highs -- the answers matter beyond individual investment...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Stock Market, Federal Reserve
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Lynchburg students learn from the pros with new mentoring program
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefThe drama department at E.C. Glass High School is known for producing talent. They have a "wall of fame" to prove it. Pictures of successful grads are posted in the hallway outside the drama department. One of the featured alumni is Abby Baum, a...Tags: Celebrities, Teaching and Learning, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Schools, University of Virginia
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SXSW 2013: Kathleen Hanna reemerges in 'The Punk Singer'
AUSTIN, Texas -- In her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has brought a fiercely feminist perspective to her lyrics and music, inspiring multiple generations of young women. The new documentary “The Punk Singer,” which is having...
Tags: Music, Kim Gordon, Music Industry, Courtney Love, Entertainment
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Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Business, David Letterman, Manhattan (New York City), Consumer Goods Industries
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The market strikes back
WASHINGTON -- We now know the promise and peril of paper wealth. In the last 15 years, the stock market's convulsions ought to have rattled even hardy investors. Twice -- after the popping of the "tech bubble" in 2000 and after the financial crisis in...
Tags: Personal Finance, Mutual Funds, Satellite and Cable Service, Financial Markets, CNBC (tv network)
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The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...
Tags: Christianity, University of Chicago, Jesus Christ, Justice System, United Nations
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Daniel Sunjata: A character who can't be typecast
Welcome to Questions of Characters, the column that puts a name to some of the most familiar faces in movies, on television, the stage and commercials who either hail from Chicago or have spent enough time here to consider it home. Name: Daniel...
Tags: CSI (tv program), Sarah Jessica Parker, Prada, Sports, Jeffrey Wright
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Despite obesity rise, U.S. calories trending downward
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. adults have been eating steadily fewer calories for almost a decade, despite the continued increase in obesity rates, according to survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "It's hard to...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Disease Prevention, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Dow hits a record, but who's reaping the rewards?
You've heard the old joke about the stockbroker showing a friend all the luxuries he's bought with the commissions paid by his customers — big house, big car, big yacht. And the friend asks, "But where are the customers' yachts?" The joke needs...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Gross Domestic Product, Stock Market, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Lloyd Blankfein
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Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vehicles, Prices, Apple iPhone, Consumers
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Stanford becomes 1st school to raise more than $1 billion in a year
The nation’s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year. Out of the nation's top 10 fund-raising institutions, two others were in...
Tags: Land Price, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University
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Edible Institute to take place March 16-17 in Santa Barbara
Edible Communities Publications is rounding up a dynamic group of thinkers and tinkerers from the food industry for Edible Institute, a weekend of talks and workshops centered around the local food movement, scheduled to take place March 16 and 17 at...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Health and Safety at School
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