Has college financial aid totally backfired?
New study points to controversial explanation for higher college costs
New study points to controversial explanation for higher college costs
OMAHA, Nebraska - Norfolk Southern officials remain focused on their plan to improve the railroad's profits, not on rival Canadian Pacific's takeover offers.
Russian envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko said that NATO justifies the necessity to deter Russia by inflating the myth about the threat from the East.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday approved legislation to clarify the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to notify the public about danger from lead in their drinking water — the first action by Congress to respond to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The bill, approved 416-2, would direct the EPA to notify residents and health departments if the amount of lead found in a public water system requires action, in the absence of notification by the state. State officials in Michigan... Читать дальше...
Bobby Labonte is going back home to Joe Gibbs Racing, driving for Kyle Busch in the season-opening Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
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Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators during a federal corruption probe that tainted his career, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Baca resigned from the helm of the nation's largest sheriff's department in 2014 amid the probe that led to charges against underlings for beating inmates and for trying to thwart an FBI investigation into those beatings.
U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker scheduled an afternoon news conference... Читать дальше...
Fiorina ended her longshot presidential bid Wednesday after a disappointing finish in both of the nation’s first voting contests.
This classy morning news team has a major case of the giggles, thanks to a story about naked yoga. It started simply enough, one morning at 7:30 a.m., with a little light-hearted news...
Lumber Liquidators rallied after U.S. regulators said the retailer’s China-made laminate flooring carries low risks of causing cancer.
PHOENIX (AP) — A Senate panel has passed a measure that would significantly reduce funding used to provide an equal opportunity education to minority students in Arizona school districts. Decades ago the federal government ordered 19 school districts to end racial discrimination practices and allowed them to levy higher local property taxes to pay for the changes.
NATO defense ministers on Wednesday approved a new multinational force to beef up defenses of frontline alliance members most at risk from Russia, the alliance's secretary-general announced.
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Hundreds of people from all over California showed up for a public hearing in Morro Bay this morning to determine whether Charles Lester, the embattled executive director of the California Coastal Commission, should be fired.The move to oust the executive director has set off a fierce debate over...
E com a ajuda de pessoas na internet.
Um casal de Nova York contou que eles descobriram algo muito importante por causa da pulseira de monitoramento Fitbit: eles estão esperando seu primeiro filho.
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"Eu sabia que poderia acontecer a qualquer momento", disse David sobre a gravidez de sua esposa.
Ele pediu que o BuzzFeed News não usasse os sobrenomes deles, pois o casal está com apenas um mês de gravidez... Читать дальше...
Estou sem palavras. Estou sem fala.
Este é Lehu Zhang, um designer gráfico chinês que mora e trabalha em San Francisco.
"Meu estilo de design é bastante minimalista", disse Zhang ao BuzzFeed News. "Decidi usar apenas algumas formas básicas para criar a cara de um macaco. Essa foi a minha intenção. Estava brincando com formas e de repente isso surgiu."
O cartaz levou uma hora para ser feito, e Zhang colocou a imagem no WeChat para ver a opinião dos amigos. Читать дальше...
Women report more bad side effects from medicines than men do. Researchers say the discrepancy may stem in part from how biomedical research is conducted at its earliest stages in animals.
Local shares are poised to open higher on a positive lead from Wall St. Earnings from Rio, ASX and Cochlear ahead.
Perhaps it is better to embrace its ugliness as a form of cool rather than speak hopefully of regeneration and beautification
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is a huge fan of Fitbit, the fitness tracking device maker that went public last year.
He was an early investor and has been an ardent supporter of the company for many years. In fact, he used to hand out free Fitbits during meetings back in 2008, way before the wearable device became popular.
But Fitbit hasn't been doing particularly well lately. Although it beat its most recent earnings in November, its stock tanked roughly 7% the next day. Читать дальше...
Mukesh Bansal’s journey at Flipkart began after his fashion e-commerce venture Myntra was acquired in May 2014 for $330 million by its crosstown rival. That was an emotional moment for Bansal, but leaving Flipkart and saying goodbyes now is even more difficult, he says.
Hedge fund impresario Steve Cohen is in the market again, this time not just to buy some stocks but also to find a new firm to help monitor his market activities, the FOX Business Network has learned.
Lucknow University administration is out to play moral police. The university on Wednesday issued an advisory for students ahead of Valentine’s Day, directing them to bring no outsiders to campus, exchange no gifts, only attend classes and head straight home.
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A murder suspect who was mistakenly released from a California jail told a judge Wednesday he won't fight his transfer in custody from southern Nevada back to Los Angele…
HENDERSON, Nevada - A murder suspect who was mistakenly released from a California jail told a judge Wednesday he won't fight his transfer in custody from southern Nevada back to Los Angeles for retrial on an overturned murder conviction.
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A murder suspect who was mistakenly released from a California jail told a judge Wednesday he won't fight his transfer in custody from southern Nevada back to Los Angele…