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Yesterday | Knoxville News Sentinel

Vanderbilt's tuition tops $50,000

Vanderbilt University was one of dozens of private colleges that nudged into the $50,000-a-year price bracket this year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Saturday | The Tennessean

Jets' trails suggest role in global warming

Jet trails that spread out across the skies have more implications than just marring a nice view.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Hampton, VA

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Technology Review Feed v2.1

Blog - Absent-minded Robots Remember What Matters

We are constantly inundated with new information, and to manage it effectively it's sometimes necessary to forget old, irrelevant memories.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Cambridge, MA

WSMV-TV 4 News

Vanderbilt Medical Students Host Flu Clinic

Everyone's talking about H1N1 these days, but it's important to remember that the regular seasonal flu is a threat, too.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Tennessean

Chipotle opens Nov. 13 on West End, plans Green Hills store

Chipotle Mexican Grill will open its first Nashville restaurant at 2825 West End Ave.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Restaurant Management, Nashville, TN

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Study: Texas' teacher merit pay program hasn't boosted student performance

For the $300 million spent on merit pay for teachers over the last three years, Texas was hoping for a big boost in student achievement.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Texas A&M University, University of Missouri

Tue Nov 03, 2009

New Scientist

Murderer with 'aggression genes' gets sentence cut

A judge's decision to reduce a killer's sentence because he has genetic mutations linked to violence raises a thorny question can your genes ever absolve you of responsibility for a particular act? In 2007, Abdelmalek Bayout admitted to stabbing and killing a man and received a sentenced of 9 years and 2 months.

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Related Topix: Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN, Genetics, Biology, Science, Prison

NorthJersey.com

Study: Cholesterol drugs may improve flu survival

A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves - cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Nashville Metro

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Mountain beauty brings hazards, too

Mountain beauty brings hazards, too Living in a place blessed with as much natural beauty as Western North Carolina means regularly coping with the dangers that natural world poses.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Heath Shuler, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Old Fort, NC

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Rehab Management

Frovatriptan reduces frequency, intensity of menstrual migraines

A monthly six-day course of frovatriptan reduces the frequency and intensity of menstrual migraines, according to two independent phase III trials.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Migraine, Health, Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN, Healthcare Law, Law, Pain

Science Daily

Inconspicuous Leaf Beetles Reveal Environment's Role In Formation Of New Species

Johnsbury, Vermont, tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental factors play a major role in the formation of new species.

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Related Topix: St. Johnsbury, VT

Fri Oct 30, 2009

National Institutes of Health (NIH) N...

Researchers Develop Innovative Imaging System to Study Sudden Cardiac Arrest

A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

JMU journalists face judicial charges at the school

Two student journalists at James Madison University face judicial charges at the school after entering a dorm to get comments for a news story.

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Related Topix: Journalism, James Madison University, Chantilly, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Tennessean Nashville News

Vanderbilt professor has become go-to expert on H1N1

In a small basement room on Vanderbilt University's campus, Dr. William Schaffner gets prepped to teach his students.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, HIV/AIDS, Bird Flu, Medicine, Preventive Medicine

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

As rocks fell, 73-year-old was trapped in car

Darlene Johnston tends to worry about her feisty, 73-year-old mother. After Sunday morning, she has more reason for concern.

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Related Topix: Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Landslide

WAFF-TV Huntsville

Teen charged in deadly TN arson has first day in court

The suspect arrested in connection with an arson that killed a Tennessee family had his first day in court.

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Related Topix: Giles County, TN, Pulaski, TN

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Tennessean

America's lingering racism should be fought vigilantly, panelists say

With the election of a black U.S. president and a society becoming more multicultural, race relations have improved in recent years.

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The Tennessean

VU bistro hall green, but how's the food?

The Chef James Bistro renovation at Vanderbilt University is now officially green.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Energy

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

CEO the epitome of a Markel Stylea

CEO the epitome of 'Markel Style' Photo Lindy Keast Rodman / Times-Dispatch Alan I. Kirshner, chairman and CEO of Markel Corp.

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Related Topix: Markel Corporation, Insurance, The Citadel, Henrico County, VA

Murfreesboro Post

Juvenile dies in traffic crash

One juvenile died at the scene and a second one suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash about 4 a.m. Sunday on Deerwood Avenue, the Murfreesboro Police spokesman said.

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Related Topix: Murfreesboro, TN

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