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18 hrs ago | Telegram & Gazette

Volunteers comb the city for votes

Chris Litchfield is a freshmen at American University in Washington, D.C., and he lives in Westboro.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Niner Online

Being fed a load of crud

Many students may not be aware that this is a critical time in which the future of the Universitya s food service is being determined.

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Related Topix: Sodexho Alliance SA, Restaurant Management, SUNY Albany, George Mason University, Mecklenburg County, NC

The Huffington Post

Nan Aron: Bush DOJ Official Agrees "Torture Memo" Lawyers Should Be Investigated

This week, I participated in a panel discussion about the Bush administration's "torture memos" with a former Bush administration official, Daniel Levin.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, Washington College

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Boston Globe

In Kennedya s towering shadow, Senator Kirk discreetly toils

Paul G. Kirk Jr. kept to himself on a recent day in the Senate chamber, sitting quietly with a manila folder of policy papers while his colleagues milled around on the floor, back-slapping and schmoozing.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Folk, The Kennedys, Healthcare Law, Law, US News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KSWB-TV San Diego

Former President Clinton talks about suicide bombers, links extremism with lack of opportunity

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday drew a link between extremism and lack of opportunity in the Middle East, telling students in the region that suicide bombers are driven by a feeling they have more to gain in the afterlife than now.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, History in the News, Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

OfficialWire

Discrimination Against Indian Graduates: Most Indian Bachelor's...

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin, US Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Goli Ameri said 'The United States wants more Indian students in its universities." Why isn't this happening? In the recent ...

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Related Topix: Public Relations

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Miami New Times

Head Spins: DJ Mednas

But if we're ever going to truly be considered a world-class city, it'll be because of cats like DJ Mednas .

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Related Topix: World News, Morocco, Miami Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The State

Highest paid private college presidents

Leaders in Total Compensation at Private Colleges, 2007-8. Source: IRS tax reports analyzed by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Related Topix: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Suffolk University, University of Tulsa, University of the Pacific, New York University

Sun Nov 01, 2009

DispatchPolitics

Off-year elections don't have same buzz

A year ago, voters slept outside Franklin County Veterans Memorial so they could be the first to cast ballots in the historic race for president.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, OH, Capital University, Columbus, OH, Columbus Metro

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Daily Star

Over half of Lebanese graduates further careers through emigration

BEIRUT: Over half of all Lebanese university graduates entering the labor market emigrate each year in search of better job opportunities.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Lebanon, World News,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Groong Armenian News Network

'Alcohol Faction' Defeated: Andranik Tevanyan Monitors Politicians I

Date : Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:19:01 +0500 'ALCOHOL FACTION' DEFEATED: ANDRANIK TEVANYAN MONITORS POLITICIANS IN ARMENIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Tert Oct 23 2009 Armenia Passing the draft law in the National Assembly on making amendments to the Republic of Armenia Law on Excise Tax became a subject for observation by analysts who were monitoring the ...

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Related Topix: Asia, Armenia, World News

Thu Oct 29, 2009

USA Today

Obama shows pragmatic side as president

It had been less than a week since Saturday Night Live had lampooned him as a do-nothing president when Barack Obama was awakened this month with the news that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary" and inspirational leadership.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Saturday Night Live, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, History in the News

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Hollywood.com

Judy Sheindlin

One of reality TV's most influential women, the acid-tongued, brutally sarcastic Judge Judith Sheindlin kicked off a television programming revolution in the mid-1990's, thanks to the success of her self-titled.... One of reality TV's most influential women, the acid-tongued, brutally sarcastic Judge Judith Sheindlin kicked off a television ...

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Related Topix: Judge Judy, Reality TV, Entertainment, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Oct 27, 2009

WisInfo

The Pointer on the Hub: Alumna finds herself in a very unfamiliar place

Central Wisconsin Hub will occasionally post stories from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's student newspaper The Pointer.

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Related Topix: Stevens Point, WI, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Afghanistan Travel,

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Jerusalem Post

J Street branch drops pro-Israel slogan

J Street's university arm has dropped the "pro-Israel" part of the left-wing US lobby's "pro-Israel, pro-peace" slogan to avoid alienating students.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Activism, Hampshire College

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

The Executive Leadership Council and Foundation Honor Ten Students in National Essay Competition

Winners Participated in 2009 Recognition Dinner with Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr., General Colin L. Powell and Johnson & Johnson Corporation WASHINGTON, Oct.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, African-American, Stanford University, Michigan State University, Howard University

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Washington Times

Zero-emissions ultracapacitors recharge in minutes

When the bus driver started the new electric engine, it was so quiet he turned the key twice to make sure it was running.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Germantown, TN

Craig Murray

Washington and Brussels Meetings

Am at Schiphol again at 5.30am, after an overnight flight from Accra, waiting eight hours for a connecting flight to Washington, and thinking "Why oh why do I put myself through this?" Slightly mitigated by the joy of being able to post again on a working internet connection.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sat Oct 24, 2009

The Star Online

Taking Malaysia-US relationship to greater heights

A visiting minister turned salesman for Malaysia at the recent Malaysia-US strategic partnership conference in Washington.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Malaysia, Travel, Malaysia Travel, Opinion

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Intellectual Property Watch

US Federal Circuit May Offer Patent, Tech Policy Guidance For High Court

Inside Views 23 October 2009 By Winter Casey for Intellectual Property Watch @ 7:25 pm WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals should act more like a teacher to the Supreme Court and do a better job explaining its policy reasoning when it makes decisions on innovation-related cases, a top patent law academic said late ...

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Related Topix: Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Patent / Trademark Law, Law

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