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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Howard University, Feminism, Karl Rove, Elections
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World science map grim for Latin America
The highly respected Nature Scientific Reports journal has just published a map of the world's leading science cities, and it looks pretty bad for emerging countries: It shows the planet's northern hemisphere full of lights, and the south almost solidly...Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Science, Education, Engineering
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Patriots Draft Wrap: Run On Rutgers; Three Scarlet Knights Selected
With Bill Belichick holding just five selections heading into the 2013 NFL Draft -- and no picks in the third, fourth or fifth rounds - speculation was that New England would be looking to trade down from the 29th selection in an effort to add more picks....Tags: Leon Washington, Seattle Seahawks, Brandon Lloyd, Josh Barrett, Denver Broncos
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Feud over electric-car charging stations
Two companies are battling in court to take over Chicago's electric-vehicle charging stations, which are less than two-thirds complete amid a backlog of unpaid bills and a federal probe into payments to vendors. JNS Holdings Corp. in Arlington Heights...
Tags: Simon Property Group, Inc., FBI, Walgreen Co., Freedom of Information Act, Vehicles
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WRAPUP 5-Boston bombing suspect in prison, brother's body unclaimed
Reuters* Wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Devens prison medical center * The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev remains unclaimed * Carjacking victim tells Boston Globe of night of terror * Lawmakers raise questions about prior probe of suspect (Adds details on...Tags: Martin Richard, Times Square, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Prisons, Lu Lingzi
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WRAPUP 3-Boston bomb suspect moved to prison from hospital
Reuters* Wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Devens prison medical center * Lawmakers press inquiry of prior probe of suspect * Carjacking victim tells Boston Globe of night of terror (Adds quotes from congressman) By Scott Malone and Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, April...Tags: Sean Collier, Martin Richard, Prisons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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College Town Shuttered: Not Easy For Students Locked Down In Boston
The Hartford CourantSpring is the high season of college life in Boston, with Frisbee on the Common and sun-bathing on the Esplanade, but students were finding it a very different place Friday as they stared out their windows from the dormitories where they were locked down....Tags: Shootings, Public Transportation, Lifestyle and Leisure, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a vexing puzzle about the Boston Marathon bombings: The younger of the two accused brothers hardly seemed headed for a monumental act of violence. How could he team up with his older brother to do this? Nobody knows for sure,...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Research, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Spring heat rises in Baltimore, and so does city violence
As record heat baked Baltimore, a wave of violence unfurled across the city: six shootings and eight people wounded over a period of less than eight hours. The first shots were fired around dinnertime Wednesday, and the violence continued until after...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Colleges and Universities, Iowa State University , Social Sciences, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Deerfield High chess champ shares skills with youngsters
For most schoolboy chess players, approaching a chess board with Jonathan Kogen in the other chair is like a rookie NBA player confronting Michael Jordan in his prime, crouched and ready. Kogen, a 17-year-old junior at Deerfield High School, is a...
Tags: High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Lake Forest, Lifestyle and Leisure, Education
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A rational response to Sandy Hook
President Obama has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent another Sandy Hook. "Because what choice do we have?" he asked. "We can't accept events like this as routine." Unfortunately, such events are far more random than they are routine....
Tags: Barack Obama, Gun Control, Shootings, Rentals, Murder
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Naughty and nice: That’s the million-dollar question
The Religion WorldWake Forest University is spending $1 million to better understand virtue and vice. The Character Project awarded eight grants on the philosophy of character and eight on the theology of character from 170 submitted proposals. “Those selected...
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