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Are student loans worth it?
Dear Liz: I am a junior in college, and I might have to take out a loan my senior year because of financial cuts in the state. Is it really a bad idea to take a loan for college? Answer: No, it's not. You don't want to overdose on education debt, but...
Tags: Loans, Teaching and Learning, Students, Personal Finance, Colleges and Universities
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Congress' horse-and-buggy computer laws
As martyrs go, Aaron Swartz was an extraordinary example of the breed. A computer programming genius, he had helped develop the social networking site Reddit and became known as a leading advocate for easy and free information sharing on the Web. When...
Tags: Media Industry, Laws, Social Media, Reddit Inc., U.S. Congress
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Other countries eagerly await U.S. immigration reform
World NowGlobal Focus: They design our electronics, harvest our food, staff our research labs and care for our children. Immigrants -- legal and illegal, skilled and unskilled -- by all accounts are vital cogs in the wheel of the U.S. economy and the money they... -
Disadvantages and options for job hunters without college degrees
Navigating the job market without a college degree is harder than ever, but there are still plenty of solid jobs to be had, according to a new report. Some 29 million jobs with annual salaries of more than $35,000 exist for those who haven’t...
Tags: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Media Industry, Labor Markets, Colleges and Universities
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Was one of Georgetown's canine mascots a war hero?
Sports NowFOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: One of Georgetown's canine mascots was a war hero. The first live animal mascot in college football was "Handsome Dan," a bulldog who was purchased by Yale student Andrew Graves in 1889. The bulldog became quite popular...... -
Limbaugh drowns out his own message about the pill
Opinion L.A.Rush Limbaugh has been trying for three days to apologize for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" on air without retracting any of his criticism of Fluke's position on contraception. It's a fine line to...... -
Dr. Charles Edwards dies at 87; led Scripps foundation
Dr. Charles Edwards, a major figure in public health issues as a federal official and later as president of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in San Diego, died Aug. 7 at his home in La Jolla after a lengthy illness. He was 87.
Edwards, the...Tags: Medical Services, Research, Wars and Interventions, University of Minnesota, Medical Research
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Studying Jay-Z: Rapper is source material for Georgetown course
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Two Southern California women named Rhodes Scholars
L.A. NOWTwo Southern California natives were named as Rhodes Scholars on Saturday and will join 30 other students in receiving full scholarships to the University of Oxford. Stephanie Bryson of San Diego graduated as valedictorian from Cal State Long Beach in....... -
News Corp. taps Lord Anthony Grabiner to lead internal probe of phone-hacking scandal
Company TownFollowing a weekend that saw News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch apologize for phone hacking by the company's now shuttered tabloid News of the World and the arrest of Rebekah Brooks, the senior executive who had oversight of the paper, the...... -
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Paul E. Sullivan dies at 87; analyst earned a spot in history of civil rights
Paul E. Sullivan, an analyst with the U.S. Defense Department who won an important civil-rights victory in 1969 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the whites-only membership policy of his Fairfax County, Va., swimming pool club, has died. He was...Tags: The Washington Post, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Justice and Rights, Fairfax County
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