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There goes Iraq -- again, or: Depart in haste, repent at leisure
Paul GreenbergThis week's news from Iraq isn't good, though when has it ever been? Well, maybe at those exceptional times when Washington was paying close attention and American troops were being given the support and leeway to do their job right. Indeed,...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Culture, David Petraeus, John Kerry, Arts and Culture
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Ryan Boatright, DeAndre Daniels Best Buddies With More Work To Do At UConn
The Hartford CourantRyan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels arrived at UConn together. Recruits who had first committed elsewhere, they came to Connecticut in the wake of the Huskies' national championship in 2011 and neither figured to be around long. "Every freshman thinks...Tags: Culture, National Basketball Association, Connecticut Huskies, Basketball, Arts and Culture
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California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills
SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...
Tags: Interior Policy, Culture, Safety of Citizens, Heroin, Mark Leno
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South Dakota FFA Agriscience fair results announced
BROOKINGS - The South Dakota FFA Association hosted its annual Agriscience Fair during the 2013 State FFA Convention, April 14 - 16. The Agriscience Fair was sponsored by Jim Chilson and the SD FFA Foundation. The displays included 49 exhibits in six...Tags: Culture, Food Industry, Environmental Issues, Agriculture, Natural Resource Industry
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FEATURE-German spy agency stages exhibition to warn of far right
Reuters* Trial of surviving member of neo-Nazi cell to start next week * Touring exhibition shows varied far right presence in culture * Neo-Nazis seen as constantly mutating threat to democracy By Alexandra Hudson EBERSWALDE, Germany, May 3 (Reuters) - In a...Tags: Culture, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief, Murder, Nazi Party
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Give friends keys to your Facebook account with 'Trusted Contacts'
Facebook is rolling out a new feature Thursday that lets users locked out of their accounts get back in with the help of their friends. The new feature, called "Trusted Contacts," lets a user pick up to five friends to receive security codes if the user...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Media Industry
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Facebook Q1 Earnings: Social Network Tries to Prove Mobile Is Paying Off
ReutersMay 01 (TheWrap.com) - Roughly a year after its messy, horrible, no good initial public offering, Facebook touted its progress to Wall Street with the release of its first quarter earnings. In particular, the social network set out to prove that its...Tags: Culture, New Products, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg
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South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...
Tags: Culture, Twitter, Inc., Politics, European Union, Arts and Culture
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Small stores rely on China's new retail revolution
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkSHANGHAI (China Daily/ANN) -- An operator of a small store introduces newly arrived goods through Sina Weibo to netisens in 2012. It is a thing-to-thing exchange store, which is on Tongming road, in Hongkou district, Shanghai. The unusual store attracts...Tags: Culture, Consumer Goods Industries, Sales, Finance, Petroleum Industry
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Polish far-right "flash mobs" scare liberal thinkers
Reuters* Masked young men ambush academic lectures, conferences * Liberals say far-right intimidating, could turn violent * New tactics combine soccer hooliganism and politics * Right-wing says it is defending Polish values By Marcin Goettig WARSAW, April...Tags: Culture, Donald Tusk, Values, Computer Networking and Internet, Racism
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Northern May 2013 graduates
More than 250 students will receive degrees during Northern State University’s spring commencement, exercises, which begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the NSU Barnett Center. ESPN sports journalist and best-selling author Buster Olney will deliver...Tags: Culture, Education, Finance, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Michael Paul Williams column
Richmond Times-DispatchSome universities burnish a reputation for academic excellence. Others make headlines in the athletic arena. Virginia State University has accumulated a sad history of hazing-related tragedies. Its response to the latest must be swift and powerful. On...Tags: Culture, Students, Virginia State University, Hazing, Teaching and Learning
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