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5/30/14
TechNews for the week: May 30; May 28;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
In Ukraine's crisis, a generational divide; In Ukrainian election, chocolate tycoon Poroshenko claims victory;
Battle at Donetsk airport; new Ukraine leader says no talks with 'terrorists'; Russia has withdrawn most troops from Ukraine border;
Obama to leave 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan;
Lawmakers reject military budget cuts; - again; 41 GOP Senators Voted Against a Landmark Veterans Bill in February, Today They Blame the VA;
Veterans Groups Rip Into Sen. Richard Burr For Questioning Their Priorities;
Supreme Court rules in favor of death-row inmates with low IQ;
Nate Silver: Time to Ditch 'Tea Party' Label;
Joe The Plumber: 'Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights' To Have Guns;
The 10 Dumbest States in America;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Could Democrats and Independents be a Secret GOP Weapon?
SC State President's new car;
Finance and Economics
US economy shrinks for first time in three years; Renewable Energy Faces Setback In Ohio;
Aging Workforce Will Drive Internet Of Things Progress; Young people open to alternative banking;
Critics claim: Piketty's economic data 'came out of thin air';
Firms Hit by Chinese Hackers Didn't Tell Investors; China reportedly considers stopping banks from using IBM servers;
How long you'll wait to see a doctor, by specialty;
Report: Phoenix vets waited average of 115 days for doctor appointment;
How do VA bonuses and performance ratings compare? bill would block bonuses for poorly performing VA docs;
ISPs Sent 1.3 Million Copyright Violation Notices;
Drugs and prostitution add 10bn to UK economy;
Other news
Pope, Netanyahu spar over Jesus' native language;
Education:
How much each state spends on public school students; Spending At Top Public Universities Tilts Toward Administration;
Racial Gaps in Attainment Widen, as State Support for Higher Education Falls; At-Risk Students Who Fall Behind Struggle to Catch Up;
2 Years On, Two-Thirds of This Graduating Class Aren't Financially Self-Sufficient; For Whom Is a College Worth It?
In New Orleans, traditional public schools close for good;
Cloud-based Math Program Free to Summer Schools This Year; Harvard and MIT Release Scrubbed MOOC Data;
Bipartisan Letter Seeks To Stymie Gainful Employment Rules; Are We Solving the Right Problems?
Judge Rejects Claim That Illinois Hazing Law Is Unconstitutional; VMI cadet describes missteps in sex assault investigation;
Antitrust Suit Against NCAA to Go to Trial Next Month ; NCAA Teams Up With Defense Dept. on $30-Million Concussion Study ;
'Friendly Faculty': the Quiet Danger to Athletics Programs;
5/23/14
TechNews for the week: May 23; May 21; May 19;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. troops deployed to Chad in search of missing Nigerian girls;
Thailand's army declares military coup; Thai coup leaders summon ousted premiers, leading politicians for talks;
CIA: No more vaccination campaigns in spy operations; U.S. to reveal justification for drone strikes on citizens; Long-delayed Homeland Security headquarters in doubt;
Cheney's claim on missile defense is false;
Republican leaders to block US immigration measure; block path to citizenship for military veterans; Immigration Reform: 3 Reasons Why Congress Won't Act This Year;
John Boehner: Distinction Between Tea Party And Republicans Is Hard To Find;
This is what 60 years of gerrymandering looks like; Former members of Congress are hoarders of campaign cash;
US billionaire to target climate sceptics;
Operation American Spring to hit D.C. to oust Obama, Biden, Boehner, Holder; march falls flat: 'This is very disappointing,' Texan says;
There's No Good Way to Explain GOP's Hitler-Obama Analogy;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Bobby Harrell conspires against the very conspiracy he created; New ethics reform bill makes getting around laws easier;
S.C. Panel Opposes Sale of Private Law School to Fla. Company;
Finance and Economics
Climate change: Get ready or get sued;
AT&T agrees to buy DirecTV in $48.5B deal; Regulatory OK for AT&T/DirecTV may hinge on the 'bundle';
State Regulators Working on Model Laws for Bitcoin;
Russia, China Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal; BP will ask Supreme Court to hear oil spill claims case; Power Prices Expected To Rise Significantly In Coming Years;
Goldman moves to sell metals warehouses;
FCC Chair to Look at Netflix's Internet Complaints; Google offers best argument for broadband competition;
Patent reform bill targeting patent trolls shelved in Senate; Death of 'Patent Troll' Bill Is Mixed Blessing;
Lawsuit Says Apple Won't Send Texts from iPhones to Android;
Return Of Middle-Skill Jobs Challenging; Candidates should join the fight against dark money;
'Financial Times' Questions Data in French Economist's Best-Selling Book;
Education:
What Public-College Presidents Make; Study Links University President Pay, Student Debt, Adjunct Professor Growth;
College Graduates Incur Record Amount Of Student Loan Debt; Applying for Aid May Be a Barrier for Returning Students, Too;
Debt Costs Consume Growing Part of U.S. Higher-Ed Dollar; The '1 Percent' isn't America's biggest source of inequality - college is;
Education Dept. Is Urged to Clarify Policy on Student-Loan Bankruptcies; Report: Colorado's Higher-Ed Vouchers Are Not Living Up to Promises;
Few Firms Looking For Liberal Arts Grads, More Seeking Engineering, Business Majors; What the 6 Types of Prospective College Students Are Looking For;
US Navy Looks To Increase Simulated Training; 11 Years Late, Key Job-Training Legislation Finally Heads Toward Passage;
States are fighting new science curriculum teaching climate change and evolution;
Harvard Will Loosen Subject-Test Requirement; Law-School Admission Council Agrees to Changes for Disabled Test Takers ;
The Erosion of Faculty Rights;
University Protests Forcing Would-Be Graduation Speakers To Step Aside;
NCAA's President Pressed on Instruction of Athletes ;
5/16/14
TechNews for the week: May 16; May 14; May 12;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine self-rule vote; Russia to deny US space station access;
Pakistan cracks down on Afghan immigrants; Modi sweeps to power in Indian election;
Fact-checking the Benghazi attacks; Benghazi Chair Explains Why Calling Expert Witnesses Is A Charade; Graham: Playing Politics and Getting Burned;
Washington's open secret: Profitable PACs; 'Frontline' Doc Explores How Sept. 11 Created Today's NSA;
Fed govt failed to inspect higher risk oil wells; Earmarks are out, reviews of military ladder options are in;
GOP divided over minimum wage increase; U.S. Senate Republicans block energy bill, forfeit Keystone vote;
Conservatives plot a comeback within the GOP; Why the GOP wants to 'divide and conquer' the poor;
Marco Rubio: I Don't Believe Humans Are Causing Climate Change; Tea party Republicans are biggest climate change deniers;
Cantor faces tea party's fury in his own back yard; How ad about 'castrating hogs' transformed Iowa's U.S. Senate race;
Chamber Of Commerce President To GOP: Pass Immigration Reform Or Sit Out 2016;
America's most gerrymandered congressional districts;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Boeing's South Carolina Employees Reach Necessary Production Rate For 787 Work;
Ex-Lawyer at South Carolina State Pleads Guilty to Role in Kickbacks; In New Round of Layoffs, S.C. State Lets 90 Part-Time Workers Go;
USC-Upstate Cuts Center That Held Gay-Culture Event; S.C. Senate votes to fund teaching U.S. Constitution as compromise on book cuts at College of Charleston;
New ethics reform bill makes getting around laws easier; AG Alan Wilson will go forward with investigation of House Speaker Bobby Harrell;
Consider Changing South Carolina's Constitution - One Way Or Another;
Defeating Strom The year we saved the Voting Rights Act;
Legislature struggles with billions in infrastructure funding;
Charleston County GOP censures Lindsey Graham;
Finance and Economics
Corporations can't stop gobbling up their own stock;
The Supreme Court saddles up for an attack on retiree benefits;
America's oil boom and the price at your pump; More proof that fracking is dirtier than advertised;
FCC approves plan to allow for paid priority on Internet; FCC 'Open' Internet May Mean 'Paid';
Why Comcast's $10 a month Internet isn't all it's cracked up to be; Comcast vs. Netflix: Is this really about Net neutrality?
AT&T claims common carrier rules would ruin the whole Internet; 10 Reasons Web Giants Want FCC to Enforce Net Neutrality;
Net neutrality explained;
Other news
George Will Strikes Out vs. Obamacare;
Thomas Piketty is economics' biggest sensation and the field's fiercest critic;
Education:
U.S. Is Ranked as Top Higher-Education System in the World;
States shift costs to students; When Laying Blame for Rising College Costs, Don't Forget About Enrollment;
Enrollment Drops 0.8% Over All, but Edges Up at Private 4-Year Colleges;
Tennessee Promises Free Community College Tuition To All High School Graduates;
Sallie Mae to Pay Millions to Settle Claims It Overcharged Military Borrowers;
For-Profits' Revenues Falling As Gainful Employment Fight Continues; Senators Call for a Tougher 'Gainful Employment' Rule;
Active Learning Is Found to Foster Higher Pass Rates in STEM Courses; Reports: Conventional Online Higher Education Will Absorb MOOCs;
VMI Agrees to Step Up Protections against Sexual Assaults;
2+2=What? Parents rail against Common Core math;
Coaches, Not Presidents, Top Public-College Pay List;
NCAA Penalizes 36 Teams for Poor Academic Performance; NCAA searchable database; 3 Senators Seek Records From NCAA's President;
Ex-Football Coach at U. of Georgia Found Not Guilty of Investment Fraud;
5/9/14
TechNews for the week: May 9; May 7; May 5;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Ukraine crisis: Putin says referendum on autonomy should be postponed; Pro-Russia prisoners released as activists storm Odessa police HQ;
Sanctions meant to hurt Russia take bite in Europe; The Biggest Loser from Russia Sanctions? Visa;
Defiant Ukrainian separatists will proceed with vote; Kiev braces for trouble ahead of patriotic holiday;
Israeli settlers launch enclave in Palestinian business hub; Israel fires back at U.S. envoy over peace talks' failure;
Big budgets, little oversight in war zones;
Have American politics killed the impartial Supreme Court? Supreme Court ruling supports Christian prayers at public meetings;
Supreme Court Justice Scalia gets his facts WRONG in EPA case dissent, court corrects opinion; Response to Scalia gaffe offers a lesson in partisan outrage;
Terminal neglect? How some hospices treat the dying;
The GOP civil war is over... and the tea party won; Lies, Damned Lies and Bogus Statistics;
Issa Tears Into GOP Candidate Over 'Hateful & Ignorant Garbage';
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Treasurer Curtis Loftis opponent: TV ads show political hypocrisy;
St. Andrews OKs charging out-of-district drivers for wrecks;
S.C.'s Public Colleges Find Themselves Caught in Election-Year Grandstanding;
Town of James Island looks for a way to get sales tax money to property owners;
Finance and Economics
US trade deficit drops 3.6 percent in March; These 5 States Squander Your Tax Dollars the Worst; The Study;
JPMorgan shuts foreign diplomats' accounts;
Industry Worker Skills Gap; US Manufacturers Warn Skills Gap Could Hurt Competitiveness; Foreign-Born Ph.D.'s in Science Stay in U.S. After Graduation;
Big Oil Companies Struggling To Cash In On Fracking Boom; Oil And Gas Drilling Blamed For Huge Spike In Earthquakes In Oklahoma;
Internet Of Things: What's Holding Us Back;
Major U.S. Internet Providers Accused of Deliberately Slowing Traffic;
Jury returns mixed verdict in Apple v. Samsung;
Other news
Five Business Lessons From Five Great Movies;
The personality trait that most often predicts success;
Education:
Flipped-Learning Skepticism: Do Students Want to Have Lectures? Student Evaluations Aren't Useless, They're Just Poorly Used;
Interest Rates on New Federal Student Loans Will Rise for 2014-15; Bill Would Let Student-Loan Borrowers Refinance at Current Rates;
A College Looks to a New Assessment Tool to Prove Its Value; Obama's Rating System: an International Perspective; How Do You Measure Diversity?
New York Unveils Plan For Top High School Students To Get Free Aid Toward STEM Degrees; Importance Of STEM-Related Skills For US Workforce Emphasized;
Why new college grads struggle in the job market; A peek at how online employment tests work;
Students call for shakeup of the way Economics is taught; Foreign Students In US Tend To Pursue STEM Fields;
VMI Engaged in Sex Discrimination in Violation of Title IX;
Law Professors Defend Students' Right to Sell Used Textbooks;
5 Priceless Facts About the NCAA's Football Revenue; Battle Over College-Athlete Labor Unions Flares Up at House Hearing;
Jim Tressel, Ex-Coach at Ohio State, Is New President of Youngstown State U.;
5/2/14
TechNews for the week: May 2; April 30; April 28;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Disarray in eastern Ukraine as separatists attack a rally; Rebels down Ukraine helicopters, Putin denounces city assault; Ukraine army launches assault on rebel stronghold;
White House announces new sanctions on Russian officials, companies; E.U. issues new round of sanctions on Russia;
Iraqis go to polls amid conflict, threats, floods; Iraq: What We Left Behind;
US gen: Corruption is top threat in Afghanistan;
Kuwait the top funder of al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria; Syria stalls as chemical weapons deadline looms;
Lawmakers pushing to add Israel to visa-waiver program;
Despite Pentagon spending cap, projects such as Growler jet get another chance at funding;
Senate Republicans block minimum wage increase bill;
Supreme Court debates police permission to search cell phones; Weighing The Risks Of Warrantless Phone Searches During Arrests;
White House seeks legal immunity for firms that hand over customer data; Snowden: Why hasn't the Director of National Intelligence been punished for lying to Congress?
Boehner's Truthful Gaffe on Obamacare; Oh, Now Darrell Issa's Angry About Bonuses, But ...;
Tea party PACs are spending big, but not very much on their candidates; Tea Party's Mississippi Mudslide;
For Palin, a diminished role in Republican Party; The GOP has a demographic problem; Santorum's misguided history lesson;
GOP group will target judicial races;
Republicans don't love their candidates, But they are going to vote for them; On issues voters favor Democrats, But that doesn't mean they will vote for them;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
S.C. State nearing 'financial disaster'; SC State gets $6 million -- to 'tread water';
Nut case: Beware of the Tax Creep; A Design For a More Efficient Government;
S.C. education commission passes pro-creationism vote to 'teach the controversy'; Plantation Mentality Affects Higher Education Spending;
Lawyers rush to Sheheen's defense;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy slowed to 0.1 percent growth rate in first quarter; Added 288,000 jobs in April; unemployment rate at 6.3 percent;
Warning signs of a credit market that could go pop soon; BofA suspends buyback, div increase after capital error; State Regulators Warn Investors About Virtual Currencies;
Comcast sheds customers in Charter deal; U.S. SEC official slams agency over deal struck with RBS;
Battle Intensifies as Siemens Plans to Counter GE; Top defense contractors see drop in revenue;
Top Pension Systems in the World;
China, India Stay on U.S. Blacklist for Intellectual Property; Israel is rewriting the future of cybersecurity and creating the next Silicon Valley;
IT Workers Lead US in Weight Gain on the Job;
Other news
Accused Navy pilot Gregory McWherter resigns as Tailhook Association president;
Education:
Business Leaders See U.S. Colleges as Lagging in Readying Students for Jobs; US High School Graduation Rate Hits Record High;
Doubts About Parent PLUS Loans for Families and Colleges Relying on Them; Sallie Mae Allegedly Cheats Service Members, Has Contract Renewed;
States Continue To Cut Higher Education Funding; Florida Legislature Approves Secret-Meeting Bill; Dozens of colleges under Title IX investigation;
Va. Attorney General Says 'Dreamers' Can Qualify for In-State Tuition; Florida Senate Expected To Allow In-State Tuition For Undocumented Immigrants;
Dept of Education: College-Rating System Will Go Forward; Administration To Propose Rules To Rate Teacher Training Programs;
Flipped learning skepticism: Is flipped learning just self-teaching? Passive MOOC Students Don't Retain New Knowledge;
Students Object to $480,418 Payout to Illinois State U.'s Former President; UCLA rejects $3M donation from Donald Sterling;
Net-Neutrality Advocates at Colleges Gauge Next Steps;