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Corinthian Colleges' stock tumbles 23% since disclosing SEC probe
Shares of Corinthian Colleges Inc. fell 23% last week after the Santa Ana for-profit college chain disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission had launched an investigation into the company. Corinthian said it received a subpoena this month...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Education, National Government
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Defense chief Chuck Hagel seeks to reassure Asia allies
SINGAPORE — Chuck Hagel emerged from combat in the Vietnam War with two Purple Hearts and "a sense of how important it would be for America to engage wisely in Asia," as he put it to top defense officials gathered here. Now, more than a year after...
Tags: Martin Dempsey, Wars and Interventions, NATO, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Beijing (China)
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel heads for Asia
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — More than a year after the Obama administration announced it was shifting its defense policy to focus on Asia, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is trying to convince allies in the region that the so-called “Asia...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, NATO, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Japan, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Can 'The Purge' surge? CW finishes upfront sales.
After the coffee. Before figuring out how to come back as a house cat in my next life. The Skinny: I now am one of those people who no longer has a home phone. It feels a little weird even though I never used it and didn't even know the number. Will...
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'Zero Dark Thirty' report reveals Hollywood-Washington emails
WASHINGTON — When screenwriter Mark Boal went seeking Pentagon and CIA help on last year's hit movie "Zero Dark Thirty," he wooed glamour-starved official Washington with the classic Hollywood pitch: Let's do lunch. Boal promised "a real L.A....
Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Entertainment, Osama bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Movies
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Why would Leon Panetta, Marc Morial join for-profit Corinthian?
What do Leon Panetta, Marc Morial and Corinthian Colleges have in common? Good question. Panetta and Morial are among our most distinguished public servants. Panetta earlier this year concluded a stint as secretary of Defense, one of a string of high-...
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: Courts-Martial, Sexual Assault, Kirsten Gillibrand, Armed Forces, U.S. Senate
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Obama calls for military to do more to combat sexual assaults
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday that he has “no tolerance” for sexual assault in the U.S. military and pledged to crack down on the crime and any officials who turn a blind eye to it. Obama said he talked with Defense...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Sexual Assault, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, Assault
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...
Tags: Weaponry, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il, Iraq, Military Equipment
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On anniversary of Iraq war, legislators petition for Medal of Honor for Marine
L.A. NOWOn the 10th anniversary of the start of U.S.-led operations in Iraq, a bipartisan group of legislators in Washington submitted a resolution calling for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta of San Diego, killed...... -
Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]
Daniel Day-Lewis may have been "clothed in immense power" in "Lincoln," but when it comes to memorable movie lines from the past year, it would be hard to top Jessica Chastain's forceful explanation of why she happens to be attending a particular CIA...
Tags: Entertainment, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Central Intelligence Agency
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Women in combat? Old news for lady warriors of the big screen
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is lifting the ban on women serving in ground combat units, a landmark decision that will open up some 230,000 military jobs to women. But this is hardly new territory for the ladies of the big screen, where females...
Tags: Entertainment, Aliens (movie), Milla Jovovich, Gemma Arterton, James Cameron
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