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The awkward negotiation over tuition fees and family
Rachel Canning (right) sits with her friend Jamie Inglesino during a hearing at the Morris County Courthouse on Tuesday. Canning, an honor student who says her parents kicked her out of the house when...
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Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History of the San Andreas Fault
John Dvorak's book “Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault” (Pegasus, 2014). California lives under the threat of a tectonic time bomb, thanks to the...
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Too drunk to gamble? Man sues Las Vegas casino after losing $500,000
Guests gamble at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on May 6, 2011. ; Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty ImagesA California businessman who filed a lawsuit against the Downtown Grand Las Vegas Hotel...
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The Sabremetric Revolution: how have analytics changed baseball?
"The Sabremetric Revolution: Assessing The Growth of Analytics in Baseball” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) written by Andrew Zimbalist and Robert A. Woods. In the decade since the Oakland...
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Criminal enterprise or tragic accident? Mystery of missing Malaysian jet...
Passengers check in for a Malaysia Airlines flight from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur at China's Beijing Airport on March 10, 2014. Malaysia said a missing airliner carrying 239 people may have inexplicably...
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Libertarian Rand Paul wins Republican Straw Poll
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord International Hotel and Conference Center March 7, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland. The CPAC annual meeting...
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UC Davis creates center for the study of coffee science
; Credit: /iStockphotoUC Davis has introduced a new Coffee Center to its Foods for Health Institute. The coffee-focused program joins other food and beverage programs at UC Davis, which has made...
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After one full year at the Vatican, how has Pope Francis changed the Catholic...
Pope Francis waves from the Popemobile on his way to attend the Via Crucis on Copacabana Beach during World Youth Day celebrations on July 26, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.; Credit: Buda Mendes/Getty...
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The good, bad and ugly of the American fraternity system
Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity house at San Diego State University. ; Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty ImagesThe American college fraternity system has been in the hot seat lately after a number of high...
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Study finds smartphone use sparks distracted parenting
A man (R) looking at his smartphone while having dinner at a street food restaurant in Bangkok. ; Credit: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty ImagesA new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics...
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Senator Feinstein accuses CIA of spying on Senate computers
CIA director John Brennan, then the President's nominee for the position, meets with U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) at Feinstein's office at Hart Senate...
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Sacramento lawmakers offer competing bills to regulate medical marijuana
A man walks past a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles,CA on November 2, 2010. ; Credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty ImagesTwo California lawmakers have introduced bills aimed at regulating...
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Happy Birthday WWW! The World Wide Web turns 25
In this photograph illustration a ten-year-old boy uses an Apple Ipad tablet computer on November 29, 2011 in Knutsford, United Kingdom. ; Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesIt's nearly impossible...
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President Obama sits 'Between Two Ferns' to pitch health care to millennials
U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One and departing the White House June 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. ; Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty...
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Is Lean In’s Ban Bossy the right move for feminism?
Chief operating officer of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit on October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. ; Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNEThe...
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General Motors faces investigation for faulty engine switch that killed 13
Signs stand in front of the General Motors world headquarters complex November 18, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. ; Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesGeneral Motors will have some explaining to do when the...
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UC students vote to mandate warnings for 'triggering' content in classrooms
AirTalk takes a look at a growing academic trend in college classes that talk about war, rape, suicide, mental illness and more. Should students be warned that classroom material may "trigger"...
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President Obama set to expand overtime pay for 'executive' and 'managerial'...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks while congratulating the 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's and women's champions on the South Lawn of the White House March 10, 2014 in Washington, DC.; Credit:...
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Curtain call for Anne Sweeney - sudden exit for Disney/ABC boss
Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney/ABC Television Group Anne Sweeney speaks onstage during the Girls Inc. Los Angeles Celebration Luncheon at Beverly Hills Hotel on November 20,...
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Robots may take your jobs: new tech and the economy
The lifesize humanoid robot 'RoboThespian' interacts with fair visitors at the Engineered Arts Ltd stand of the 2014 CeBIT computer technology trade fair on March 11, 2014 in Hanover, central Germany....
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