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2/27/15
TechNews for the week: February 27; February 25; February 23;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
The Islamic State threatens to come to Rome; Islamic State smashes Iraqi history; Islamic State under pressure as Kurds seize Syrian town;
Resourceful Israeli candidate who might end Netanyahu's reign; Could Isaac Herzog become Israel's next prime minister? Why Obama and Netanyahu dislike each other so much;
Israel cuts off electricity to thousands of West Bank Palestinians; Israeli plans for new settlement construction irk U.S., Palestinians;
Power cut again in Palestinian cities despite 'collective punishment' accusations; US State Department expresses concern;
U.S. weighs more sanctions against Russia over violations in Ukraine;
Pakistan braces for a long and deadly war in tribal areas on Afghan border; Fear of the Islamic State spawns a renegade Afghan militia;
Republicans split on DHS funding, edging closer to partial shutdown; GOP's mortifying shutdown cave: Mitch readies surrender on DHS funding;
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal;
Defying GOP, Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline bill;
House Republicans Slip Anti-Abortion Language Into Education Bill;
What 7 States Discovered After Spending More Than $1 Million Drug Testing Welfare Recipients;
Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, and the ISIS Gaffe;
Judge rules Gov. Chris Christie broke state law by not making full pension payments;
Cruz under fire from Texas businesses;
Why the right hates American history;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Elzey placed on administrative leave at SCSU; Senate panel approves replacing S.C. State trustees;
New $2 Billion Plan Would Help Middle Class, Schools, Roads;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy slowed in Q4, but growth outlook still favorable; Rent walkouts point to strains in U.S. farm economy;
One Sign Americans Won't See Big Raises Anytime Soon; The strong dollar is the biggest threat to the economic recovery;
Saudis' Oil Price War Is Paying Off; Oil tumbles on revived oversupply worries; Why an oil bust won't hurt the American Economy;
State Legislatures Seek Alternative Funds For Transportation Infrastructure; Obama budget pitch: Tax offshore profits to fix U.S. roads;
Greek debt crisis: German MPs back bailout extension;
It's official: NSA spying is hurting the US tech economy;
White House Wants To Crack Down On 401(K) Fees;
JPMorgan to charge fees for big deposits; JPMorgan to close 300 bank branches;
AmEx Said to Boost Rates for More Than 1 Million Customers; AmEx and Costco: What's Behind Their Split? AmEx adds perks to popular charge card, but increases fee;
Other news
60 Simple Rules of Personal Finance; Developer curses at man on subway, meets him again in job interview;
US elections are rigged. But Canada knows how to fix them;
Jogging cops help keep Tokyo Marathon safe;
Education:
State-by-State Breakdown of Graduation Rates; the Research Center Report; The best college majors if you actually want a job after graduation;
An Illustrated Guide to Financial Aid at the Wealthiest Colleges; More Colleges Providing Aid To Undocumented Students;
U.S. Panel Begins to Draft Rules on Loan Repayment; House Approves Modest Expansion of 529 College-Saving Plans;
ED College Dropout Statistics May Be Overstated; Investigation Reveals 'World's Largest University' Is Scamming Students;
Chancellors Urge Congress to Ease Costly Rules on Colleges; New Jersey Governor's Proposed Budget Cuts Direct Aid To State Colleges;
How Twitter Has Shaped the Common Core Debate; At CPAC conference, Colleges and Activist Groups Seek to Connect With Students;
Ohio State Gives Students Free Access To 3-D Printers;
2/20/15
TechNews for the week: February 20; February 18;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after beheading video; Iraq's pro-Iranian Shiite militias lead the war against the Islamic State;
U.S. to resupply Jordan's military with munitions; Iraq-Kurdish force of 25,000 'to retake Mosul from IS';
Israel on edge as Hezbollah, Iran move on Golan Heights; Netanyahu's Dangerous Iran Push;
U.S. officials, in blunt language, say Israel is distorting reality of Iran talks; GOP Pollster, with Likud link, suggests Americans support PM's congress speech ;
Netanyahu to European Jews: Terror attacks in Europe will continue, Israel is your home; Israel's Netanyahu spent $24,000 on takeout, and it's causing a scandal;
Ukraine troops retreat from key town of Debaltseve; Fighting persists in east Ukraine despite ceasefire;
Awash in opium, Afghan 'wild west' slips from Kabul's grasp; Pakistan and Afghan officials say Afghan Taliban signal readiness for talks;
U.S. to allow the widespread export of armed drones to allied nations;
Illinois comptroller refuses to implement anti-union order;
Supreme Court ponders another politics and false statements case;
Federal judge blocks Obama immigration orders; Judge who blocked immigration action had criticized policy; Justice Department to file for stay;
Presidential Politics Seen In Walker's Plans For State University System;
Wisconsin to Skip Debt Payments to Make Up for Tax Cuts; Walker skips debt payment due to budget shortfall, then dines with supply-siders;
Paul Krugman on the GOP's scary economic "experts";
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Governor's income tax cut sidelines roads funding plans;
S.C. State president's support erodes with new calls for ouster;
Finance and Economics
Greece, European creditors divided going into new debt talks; Greece bailout: Four-month extension in eurozone deal;
5 government programs that abuse taxpayers' money; States Consider Increasing Taxes for the Poor and Cutting Them for the Affluent;
How a powerful rightwing lobby is plotting to stop minimum wage hikes;
The racial wealth gap we hardly talk about: What happens in retirement; You overpaid if you paid to check your credit score;
How Bad Is Venezuela's Economic Chaos;
Booming US shale oil output set for slowdown; Get ready for $10 oil; BP's Latest Battle: Keeping Control of Prize Caspian Field;
New safety rules for offshore Arctic drilling proposed to avoid repeat of Shell disaster; Union rejects contract offer from oil companies in U.S. refinery strike;
Supreme Court decision against Obamacare could cost states billions and billions of dollars; 11 Million UnitedHealth Patients No Longer In Fee-For-Service Care;
UBS and Credit Suisse face tougher rules; U.K. Report Urges Regulating Internet Like Utility;
FAA rules might allow thousands of business drones;
Fatigue Cited as Cause of Many Workplace Mistakes;
Other news
10 Surprising Facts About Retirement;
Bill O'Reilly's 1982 Falklands War stories called into question;
Education:
U.S. Millennials Fall Short at Problem-Solving in Tech-Rich Environments, Other Skills; the report; Unemployment Rates for College Graduates Are Dropping;
The Loudest 'Expert' Voices on Education Have the Least Expertise;
New York Fed Study Points To Rising Student Loan Defaults; Error lands Citadel on list of schools that leave students with the most debt;
Consumer Group Says Colleges' Credit-Card Agreements Are Hard to Find;
Napolitano Postpones UC Tuition Increase; ASCD Calls for 2-Year State Assessment Accountability Moratorium;
Out Of High School Males Liked Math, Science More Than Females do;
Oklahoma lawmakers aim to halt Advanced Placement history course; Another Republican Governor Proposes Big Cuts in Higher Education;
Police Officer Who Arrested English Professor at Arizona State Resigns;
NCAA ponders game-changing eligibility rule; Miss ST AD has an idea that could change college sports;
A Fight Over a Stadium Highlights Debate Over Role of Sports in Academe;
NCAA puts West Virginia on probation for recruiting violations; 10 Gamecocks transferring out of the football program;
2/13/15
TechNews for the week: February 13; February 11; February 9;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces face risky urban warfare in battle against Islamic State; Isis raid on base hosting US forces fails; Obama makes formal request for war authorization;
Pentagon says Yemen political unrest impacting U.S. military;
Israeli Opposition Calls On Netanyahu To Cancel Congress Speech; Israel Elections: Buji and Bibi: Neck and Neck; Will Hillary save Netanyahu?
What conflict? No room for Palestinians in Israeli election; Israel disqualifies contentious Arab candidate from election; Israel's top court orders 9 settler homes razed;
Israel warns anew of action against Iran; Hezbollah, Syrian forces and Iranian officers approach Israeli border in fight against rebels;
Merkel to meet Obama over Ukraine; New violence in Ukraine diminishes hopes before four-way summit;
Obama administration weighs Afghan request to slow withdrawal of U.S. troops; As the U.S. mission winds down, Afghan insurgency grows more complex;
Pakistan likely knew of Osama bin Laden's presence, admits former spy chief;
Boehner won't rule out Homeland shutdown;
Jindal to leave Louisiana's next governor with budget mess; Ohio Governor Cribs Notes From Kansas' Disastrous Tax Cut Strategy;
Jeb Bush's chief technology officer resigns after racially insensitive comments;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
House subcommittee votes to shut down SC State for one fiscal year; another report; Lawmakers Seek 2-year Closure For South Carolina State University;
SC GOP lawmaker calls women "a lesser cut of meat";
Finance and Economics
Pension plans, once inviolable promises to employees, are getting cut; How growing income inequality is hurting Social Security;
The U.S. just barely cracks the top 20 countries when it comes to retirement security; countries that outrank the US;
Montana coal-fired power plant latest to shut down; U.S. Rigs Being Idled, but the Oil Boom Is Not Ending; Company Suspends Efforts to Seize Nebraska Land for Keystone;
A glimpse into the future of money: Spain's banking revolution shows what's next for your cash;
AmEx Is Losing Its Millionaires; Costco Divorce May Not Mark End for AmEx Loyalty Points;
Republican FCC commissioners: Net neutrality plan misleads the American people; Senators Reintroduce 'Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act';
Study: Self-driving cars could cut car ownership rates nearly in half;
Kansas' budget problems touching cherished highway system;
Other news
10 Things to Do Before You Go to Bed; "Study Less, Study Smart": The Best Ways to Retain More in Less Time;
Robert Reich: America is headed full speed back to the 19th century;
Education:
Regional Public Colleges "Struggling To Survive"; Report: Who's Tying Money to College Performance, and How?;
The 6 Technologies That Will Change the Face of Education; Bill Would Outlaw College-Ratings System and Gainful-Employment Rule;
Whatever happened to the teenage entrepreneurs paid to forgo college? Less-Prestigious Law Schools Enroll More Minority Students;
Khan Academy Launches Ambitious LearnStorm Program; The New, Self-Appointed MOOC Accreditors: Google and Instagram;
Professors Know About High-Tech Teaching Methods, but Few Use Them; Schools, Fearing Cheating, Ban Smartwatches During Tests;
Legislators Want Computer Science To Count for Language Requirement;
U. of Texas President Influenced Admissions and Hid the Truth; Findings on the U. of Texas President;
Fewer Sexual Assaults Were Reported at Military Academies Last Year;
U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims at UNC; Wake Forest President Backs Campus Imam Amid Alumnus's Criticism;
To Restore Academic Integrity in Sports, Hold Head Coaches Accountable; USC's Reggie Bush scandal is now the NCAA's problem;
2/6/15
TechNews for the week: February 6; February 4; February 2;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Isis killing of hostages prompts Japan rethink on terrorism; Jordan vows 'relentless' war against ISIS; Muslim outrage grows against Islamic State;
U.S.-led forces target Islamic State with 12 air strikes in Iraq, Syria; Islamic State claims U.S. hostage killed in Jordanian airstrike;
Netanyahu Accused Of Election Ploy In Backlash Over New Settlements; The Battle for Zionism: Netanyahu vs. Israel's WASPs;
Netanyahu's Congress invitation raises eyebrows among some US generals; How Netanyahu's speech to Congress could save his re-election;
Israeli official suggests Boehner misled Netanyahu on Congress speech; Right attacks RNC over Israel trip; Israel arrests ultra-Orthodox in military service demos;
Iran's push into Syria means another war between Hezbollah and Israel is all but inevitable;
Assassination of Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh was joint U.S.-Israeli operation; The hidden US message to Israel behind the leaked reports of the Mughniyeh assassination;
Yemen's Shiite rebels announce takeover of country; Jeb Bush stumbles on Yemen in speech;
Ukraine crisis: Leaders in new diplomatic push for peace; U.S. defense chief voices fear of north-south NATO divide;
Vaccination debate flares in GOP presidential race, alarming medical experts; GOP majority faces problems as Democrats block bill to fund DHS in immigration fight;
Some Va. Republicans want to amend U.S. Constitution, but a party split is in the way; Is Voter Fraud a Real Problem?
Police kill another unarmed man with hands up, documents show;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
S.C. Should Be Known As Squeaky Wheel State; Gov. Haley's plan to fix state highways is a rubber-necking mess;
The largely unregulated service plan industry is booming in South Carolina;
Draft of CPD's wearable video recorder policy;
Finance and Economics
Surprise bump in U.S. job growth; Oil climbs, Brent posts best two weeks since 1998;
Average American Pays This Much in Income Taxes; 10 States With Worst Taxes for Average Americans; TurboTax Temporarily Halts All State E-Filings Amid Fraud Concerns;
Germany's Yield Below Japan 1st Time Bodes Ill for Europe; Global stocks jump on Greek debt plan, U.S. dollar falls;
The ECB Just Tightened The Screws On Greece; Greek, German ministers clash as ECB snub hits Athens' banks;
U.S. workers strike for second day at nine refineries; one to shut; Macquarie: 'Oil slump has nothing to do with supply'; Shell to dismantle North Sea oil platforms after four decades;
US regulator prepares fraud case against BP;
EPA Review Gives Obama A Reason To Reject Keystone Pipeline; Nebraska Landowners Ask Judges To Block TransCanada From Seizing Land For Keystone;
Power outage plunges Pakistan into darkness;
FCC Move to Boost Municipal Broadband Expansion; FCC chief Wheeler: We want utility-style rules to enforce Net neutrality;
Title II: the two words that terrify the broadband industry; Net Neutrality Fight Likely Headed Back to Court;
The FAA: regulating business on the moon;
Republicans Press EPA To Scrap Clean Water Rule;
Kansas cuts spending to public schools and universities to close budget shortfall following tax cuts;
Staples to buy Office Depot for $6 billion; RadioShack files for bankruptcy;
Other news
A GOP outbreak of scientific illiteracy; Why a few unvaccinated children are an even bigger threat than you think;
Education:
More US college freshmen 'depressed' than at any time in the past 30 years; How Students' Economic Diversity Varies by College Type;
Princeton Review Strips Missouri University of Its Controversial Ranking;
Student-Aid Group Recommends Steps to Improve Loan Servicing for Borrowers; Obama's 2016 Budget: A Focus on College Cost, and an Uphill Climb in Congress;
Texas May Help Teachers, School Districts With Tough New Math Standards;
Wisconsin Governor Drops Proposal to Strip Public-Service Focus From University's Mission; Gov. Walker Blames 'Confusion' for Changes in Wisconsin Mission;
Education Dept. Details Experiments in Nontraditional Student Aid; 3 Things Academic Leaders Believe About Online Education;
Bryn Mawr College Apologizes Over Email About Weight-Loss Program;
Auburn Approves $14-Million Scoreboard, College Football's Largest; California U. of Pa. Plans Reforms for Its Troubled Football Program;