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U.S. colleges: What bad economy? Gifts rise 8.2% to $30.3 billion
Nation NowDonations to U.S. colleges and universities rose 8.2% last year as the institutions of higher education improved their financial condition after some tough economic years, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education.... -
Law professor's death probed as possible suicide
L.A. NOWLaw professor's death possible suicide: The death of Chapman University law professor Mary Katherine Baird Darmer, who perished after falling from a building is being investigated as a suicide, according to authorities.... -
Ted Forstmann dies at 71; Wall Street financier, philanthropist
Ted Forstmann, a longtime Wall Street financier and philanthropist who was a major player during the wave of corporate takeovers in the 1980s, including the battle for RJR Nabisco in 1988, died Sunday. He was 71.
The cause was brain cancer, according...Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Yale University, Cancer, Finance, Community Health Systems Incorporated
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Stopping Kony: Why has the ICC tackled cases from only Africa?
World NowThe notorious Joseph Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court, along with seven other men accused of heinous crimes. It’s hard not to notice that all of the wanted men are from Africa. African leaders have definitely noticed: Last year the... -
On the Media: Tea party, Occupy Wall Street share a moment
You likely saw the quirky signs and heard some protesters talk about how they would just as soon disband the government. Then a reporter dutifully informed you that these people had gathered en masse but didn't really know what they wanted. Some in the...Tags: Social Media, Demonstration, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Rachel Maddow, Mass Media
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Occupy Wall Street shifts from protest to policy phase
How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment?
One clue is when the protesters are casually dismissed as hippies or rabble, or their principles redefined as class envy or as (that all-purpose insult) "un-...Tags: Demonstration, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Finance, Republican Party, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Wall Street protests: A long American tradition
The only thing really surprising about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it didn't happen sooner. The United States has a long history of friction over policies that enable an elite to thrive at the expense of ordinary people.
The earliest tensions...Tags: Demonstration, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Morning books: Climate wars, Nick Hornby, Francis Moore Lappe
Jacket CopyControversies over food, climate change and university publishing, a hike in ebook prices, a changed sport, and a literary look at Pinterest in today's book news.... -
Flash! Facebook causes teen drinking! (Until you read the fine print)
Opinion L.A.Teens who use social media are five times likelier to use tobacco, three times likelier to drink alcohol and twice as likely to try marijuana, says Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse after conducting a survey of...... -
California Coastal Commission appoints new executive
L.A. NOWCalifornia Coastal Commission: Charles Lester named the panel's executive director.... -
Weekend Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of June 5 - 11 in PDF format TV listings for the week of June 5 - 11 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
PASSINGS: John Hospers
JOHN HOSPERS
1st Libertarian presidential candidate
John Hospers, 93, a USC philosophy professor who became the Libertarian Party's first presidential nominee and received one electoral vote in the 1972 election won by Richard Nixon in a landslide, died...Tags: U.S. Electoral College, Career and Workplace, Philosophy, City University of New York, Richard Nixon
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