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36 min ago | Bloomberg

Harvard, MIT, Yale Students Lead Recipients of Rhodes Scholarships in U.S.

Students from Harvard University won five Rhodes Scholarships and those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were awarded three, leading the 32 U.S. recipients of the award for 2010.

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Related Topix: Prison, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Military Academy, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Morning Call

Classical guitarist Fisk joins PSO in return trip to Valley CLASSICAL

When world-renowned classical guitarist Eliot Fisk performs with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra Saturday night -- his first time with the Sinfonia -- he'll add to a long tradition of Valley appearances extending more than 20 years, and even further, into his youth.

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Related Topix: Classical, Eliot Fisk, Rodrigo, Joaquin Rodrigo, Andres Segovia, Music, Entertainment

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Cognitive Daily

And now we turn to the topic of Artificial Intelligence ...

The Collective Imagination is designed to explore some of the most compelling issues facing the world today and the ways that science and technology can help us address them.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Blog News, Biology, Anthropology, Harvard University

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Peruviuan police: Gang killed people for their fat

A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Peru

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Technology Review Feed v2.1

P4P Remodels File Sharing

Rather than sending files to users from a central server, P2P file-sharing networks distribute pieces of a file among thousands of computers and help users find and download this data directly from one another.

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Related Topix: P2P, Science / Technology, Computers

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Examiner.com

Corporate press covers Yale's secret society skull & bones

Directly prior to interviewing former president George W. Bush, CNN anchor Campbell Brown presents a segment titled SECRET SOCIETIES: Skull and Bones: Revealed , a 5 minute thumbnail sketch of Yale University's secretive group.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, George Bush

Mon Nov 16, 2009

- WTIC 1080 News -

Contaminated Lab Work Reported in Yale Student's Murder

The family of Suzanne Jovin, the Yale University student found stabbed to death off campus in 1998, has learned that DNA evidence in the unsolved murder was contaminated by a former Connecticut forensic lab worker.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Toledo Blade

Military rarely calls for death sentence

Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century. Maj.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Death Penalty, Fort Leavenworth

NewsTimesLive.com

Evidence in '98 Yale slaying worthless

The family of Suzanne Jovin, the Yale University student found stabbed to death off campus in 1998, has learned that DNA evidence in the unsolved murder was contaminated by a former Connecticut forensic lab worker.

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Related Topix: Connecticut

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Bloomberg

Yale Murder Suspect Caught Through DNA Match, Card, Arrest Affidavit Says

Raymond Clark , the Yale University laboratory worker charged with murdering 24-year-old graduate student Annie Le , tried to conceal a blood splatter in the lab two days after her death, according to the arrest affidavit in his case.

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Related Topix: Annie Le, New Haven, CT, US News

WNBC

Le Suspect Scrubbed, Made Small Talk With Cops

The man suspected of strangling Yale graduate student Annie Le was busy scrubbing drains and moving bloodstained evidence right under the glare of investigators searching for his victim, according to his arrest warrant.

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Related Topix: Annie Le, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News

Fri Nov 13, 2009

ABC 4

Warrant: Bloody sock links Yale suspect to victim

In this handout booking photo released by the New Haven Police, Raymond Clark III poses for his mug shot after he was earlier this morning arrested at a Super 8 Motel in connection with the murder of Yale University graduate student Annie Le on September 17, 2009 in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Related Topix: New Haven, CT, New Haven Metro, Annie Le

Queen's University News

Queen's research links teens' mental health with length of schooling

Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Teenagers, Medicine, ADHD, Health

StarTribune

13 charges of premediatated murder

Military prosecutors on Thursday filed 13 charges of premeditated murder against Maj.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Mungowit's End

There are no "Banned Images"

So, I was one of the signatories on the "statement of principle" regarding the newly published book, "Muhammed: The 'Banned' Images." Eugene Volokh announced it, and rightly so.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts

Springfield News Leader

Yale shouldn't allow porn star lectures

In the October 2009 issue of 'Education Reporter,' I read an article written by Matt Shaffer, a student at Yale University.

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The News

Smoking hampers brain power in adolescents

Thursday, November 12, 2009 Smoking is more harmful for teenagers says a study conducted by Yale University.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Teenagers, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Space Ref

Early life on Earth may have developed more quickly than thought

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Source: Texas A&M University - Comments The Earth's climate was far cooler - perhaps more than 50 degrees - billions of years ago, which could mean conditions for life all over the planet were more conducive than previously believed, according to a research team that includes a Texas A&M ...

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Related Topix: Texas A&M University, Stanford University

Science Blog

Amphibians as environmental omen disputed

Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a meta-analysis to be published in Ecology Letters.

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Related Topix: Science, Ecology, University of South Dakota, Washington State University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Entomology

EphBlog

Ernest Bernard Moore, Guilty of Fraud

This is very unwelcome news so close to next Monday's event, which Professor Moore organized, but I feel more details would be helpful after Brian Shepard '11 broke the news on WSO.

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Related Topix: Williams College, Prison

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