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Kiplinger, a personal finance advice magazine, recently rated Tufts as the 22nd most valuable college in the nation, and once again high school students and their families are left wondering how accurate - or useful - these ratings actually are.

Main American author born Dec. 2, 1963, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. American author whose novels often portrayed the intersecting lives of characters from disparate backgrounds.

Carriage House Poetry Series Presents a Tribute to Jack Wiler, December 15 By County of Union 12/2/2009 The Carriage House Poetry Series invites you to attend a free poetry reading on Tuesday, December 15, at 8:00 p.m. in the Patricia Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall.

When anyone asks me if I know which classes I'm taking next semester, I tell them that I've known since last year.

Nearly 60 universities have surpassed the $50,000 benchmark for total cost and GW, once the most expensive school in the nation, is now listed in fifth place, according to a list compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Michelle Wildgen admits that in books and movies, she's not generally a fan of dystopian scenarios.

Rachael Solomon, a Rockland native and recent college graduate, is new program coordinator for the Hopper House Art Center in Nyack.

Main American performance artist in full Meredith Jane Monk born Nov. 20, 1942, Lima, Peru American performance artist, a pioneer in the avant-garde, whose work skillfully integrated diverse performance disciplines and media.

Over the course of a brilliantly sunny Saturday - the kind of day when the sky appears even more cerulean than usual thanks to vivid yellow and scarlet leaves that stubbornly cling to branches - it becomes very clear that Eric Mabius has a tendency to overextend himself.

What can you buy with $50,000? With that much money, you could go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds in your new Ford Mustang GT500, purchase a parcel of land for real estate development, or enjoy 50,000 fruit and yogurt parfaits from McDonald's Dollar Menu.

Katharine Winthrop Tweed, a Vineyard publisher and photographer who launched the Island S.P.A.Y. program and was a friend, critic and inspiration to dozens of aspiring Island writers, and former art editor at New York's Viking Press, died at her home in Northern Pines on Lake Tashmoo on Sunday.

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An elite group in higher education just got a bit more crowded: the $50,000 club.

White Plains Common Council Member Rita Malmud will be the featured guest speaker at the November meeting of the White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations.

Redmond mom Tracy Stephens thinks she has her priorities straight. Sure, her house isn't always the cleanest.

Last week, WSN ran a story on a report from the website CampusGrotto that listed the nation's most expensive universities, including the cost of room and board.

The cost of a college education has been rising steadily over the past decade. Here are the priciest four-year colleges and universities this year, based on the latest report by The Chronicle of Higher Education .

Boston's Pants Yell! will release its fourth album, Received Pronunciation , November 10 via Slumberland.

Water pipe repairs will mean weak pressure in Mount Vernon and Yonkers tonight and may cut off water completely for a brief time in eastern Yonkers.

What can $50,000 buy you? Among other things, a year's worth of NYU life. According to a report published last week by college news website CampusGrotto, NYU is ranked as the second most expensive school in the country with a total cost of $51,991 - a figure that takes into account tuition and the average cost of room and board.