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U.S. universities were tops among the world's top 100 institutions of higher education, a report found.

Kathleen Prisco has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of her husband, Ralph Prisco in Fort Salonga.

"Woodrow Wilson" , By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate" if his administration were to be consumed by concerns over foreign policy.

Yemen's latest assault on Shiite rebels in the north seems unlikely to end a conflict that has flickered for five years and inflicted thousands of casualties.

Main American mathematician born October 30, 1946, Washington, D.C., U.S. American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1983 for his work in topology .

Fluorescent rocks, ancient fossils, and the first dinosaur paintings are on view at Morven Museum and Garden as part of its new exhibition, 'Rocks & Dinos!' The show is anchored by the work of British naturalist artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins , whose large oil paintings feature dinosaurs, ancient mammals, and landscapes from different geologic ...

Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Congress, celebratesA Bob McDonnell's election as governor of VirginiaA on Tuesday.

Elsevier [has] announced it is partnering with several universities from around the globe to launch Scholarly Perspectives 2009, a webinar series for librarians and researchers.

Democrats are looking today's few elections straight in the eye and seeing potential for embarrassment.

Governora s races today in Virginia and New Jersey have been anticipated as barometers of next yeara s midterm congressional elections .

Senior researchers and librarians from the University of Aberdeen, Princeton University and HKU will discuss best practices and share case studies on a range of topics including the strategies and tools needed to support multidisciplinary research as well as the role of Ebooks, among others.

Three Chinese principals from Shanghai secondary schools have been shadowing assistant principals and talking with teachers and students at local schools this week to gather ideas they can implement back home.

When 65 scientists met at Princeton University in 1955 to decide where to permanently store radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, their conclusion was simple: Bury it deep underground, far from earthquakes.

Sequoia Voting Systems plans to publicly release the source code for its new optical scan voting system, the company announced Tuesday - a remarkable reversal for a voting machine maker long criticized for resisting public examination of its proprietary systems.

Members of the Richmond, Calif., community were stunned by the alleged rape and assault of a high school student after a school dance last Saturday.

Governor Corzinea TMs campaign on Thursday promoted President Obamaa TMs Sunday visit to New Jersey, independent Chris Daggett accused Republicans of trying to push him from the race, and Republican Chris Christie challenged Corzine to "man up and say Ia TMm fat" on a national broadcast.

A learning-disabled freshman suing Princeton University for refusing to allow her extra time to take exams was dealt a setback this week, as a federal judge refused a temporary restraining order on the eve of midterms.

Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman was paid nearly $800,000 for the 2007-08 academic year, a report in the Daily Princetonian said.

The New Jersey Hall of Fame has announced that architect Michael Graves, FAIA, of Princeton, N.J., has been nominated for its Class of 2010.

Twice in the Earth's history, living creatures underwent astonishing growth spurts, and each time, new organisms emerged that were a million times larger than anything that had existed before.