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5/29/15
TechNews for the week: May 29; May 27;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
How the Islamic State could win; Iraq, Iran Hit Back At U.S. After Criticism Over Fall Of Ramadi; Iran, Iraq and US squabble over responsibility for Isis advances;
Iraq's Sunni tribes in rift over Isis; Hezbollah vows to expand involvement in Syria's civil war;
Israel jails Palestinians for Facebook comments; Israel Refuses To Pay Old Oil Debt To Iran; Israel's Military: Iran Is Not Most Dangerous Threat;
Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage;
Opinion: GOP dishonesty on ISIS and Iraq; The national security threat that Republicans are ignoring;
Senate rejects bill to revise NSA spy program; NSA's Domestic Surveillance Program May Expire: What You Need to Know;
N.S.A. and Other Matters Leave McConnell's Senate in Disarray;
Supreme Court Decision Leaves Issue of "Accommodation" by Police for Lower Courts;
Justice Department reaches Justice Department reaches settlement with Cleveland over police conduct;
Cleveland Police Officer Found Not Guilty in Unarmed Couple's Shooting Deaths; Protests, clashes as Ohio cop found not guilty in deaths of unarmed black suspects;
Appeals court rules against Obama on immigration;
Kansas Senate leader sees budget cuts after tax plan fails;
Ex-U.S. speaker of the House Dennis Hastert indicted;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Charleston County's largest subdivision yet could be gateway to more development;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy shrinks .7 percent; Economists have figured out who's really to blame for exploding income inequality;
Greece 'has no money' to meet IMF debt repayment;
Many finance workers don't think they can report wrongdoing; What the Supreme Court's fixes for retirement savings may do to your 401(k);
Justice Dept. unseals indictment charging FIFA officials, soccer figures; Blatter refuses to step down as Fifa head;
Analysis: Power Grid Is Not Prepared For Looming Changes To Energy;
Legislation Killing State Support For Wind, Solar In Texas Appears "Dead"; Pipeline Plan Needs Many North Dakota Landowners Approval;
Charter to Buy Time Warner Cable for $55 Billion;
Other news
A former Reagan aide says Fox News is bad for Republicans;
Conservatives Slam Boy Scouts Leader's Comments on Gay Adults; Openly Gay Leader: Boy Scouts Won't Exist If Discrimination Continues;
Police Officer Resigns After Allegedly Using Excessive Force;
Calm Your Nerves with "Mental Rehearsal" and Get Through Anything;
Education:
What It Takes to Make the Class; Survey Questions Colleges' Use Of High School Discipline Records In Admissions Decisions;
ED Investigation Finds Little Evidence Loan Servicers Are Fleecing Troops;
For-Profit College Settles Complaint Over Claims About Credits and Degrees; Judge Throws Out a For-Profit Group's Challenge to the Gainful-Employment Rule;
Maine Governor Vetoes Next Generation Science Standards Bill; South Dakota Science Curriculum Similar To NGSS;
As Degrees Are Cut, Critics Continue to Decry Dismantling of U. of North Carolina;
Universities Yelp as Elsevier Pulls Back on Free Access;
NCAA Docks 21 Teams' Postseason Eligibility for Poor Academic Records;
5/22/15
TechNews for the week: May 22; May 20; May 18;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
US commandos kill senior IS leader in Syria raid; Iranian-aligned Shiite militias head into Anbar province; Why the Iraqi army keeps failing;
Key Syria-Iraq border crossing falls to ISIL; Isis militants control half of Syria; Islamic State fighters advance east of Iraqi town; What everyone is missing about ISIS' big week;
ISIS Approaches Israel: Islamic State Loyalists Thwarted By Syrian Rebels Along Golan Heights Border; Bashar al-Assad: The beginning of the end?
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops on West Bank; Settlers said to chop down 800 Palestinian olive trees; Abbas: Israeli settlement expansion blocks any peace deal;
Senior Israeli diplomat: 'This land is ours'; Israel Police Allow Jewish Settlers To Attack West Bank Palestinians With Impunity;
Tzipi Livni: Israel is weak, isolated without the US; Israel slams US for allegedly allowing Iran to violate sanctions;
Palestinians banned from riding same buses as Israelis; Netanyahu suspends Palestinians-only bus program;
Hezbollah sees no end to Syria war, Mideast at risk of partition; Israel rules out any payment to 'enemy' Iran;
Chinese navy warns US spy plane in contested South China Sea; Warnings to U.S. plane hint of rising stakes over disputed islands;
Fresh fighting erupts in east Ukraine, three Ukrainian soldiers killed;
Saudi-led coalition steps up air strikes on Houthis in Yemen's Sanaa;
Stretched Afghan army falls back on militias to help defend Kunduz;
E.U. backs using military force to foil human-smuggling networks; Military pushes for emergency robots as skeptics worry about lethal uses;
Supreme Court refuses to shield names of donors to political advocacy groups; Federal Court: Notre Dame Can't Cut Off Birth Control For Its Students;
Obama to set new limits on police use of military equipment;
Republicans are not pleased with the Republicans running Congress;
Kansas could lose millions for limiting welfare recipients to $25 at ATMs; Kansas Poised To Grant Top Voter Suppression Architect Power To Criminally Prosecute People;
Facing $1 billion deficit, Arizona sharply limits welfare;
Kansas governor says using private email, cell is simpler;
Clinton e-mails on Benghazi attack are released;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
S.C. State's new trustees hear about 'huge problems';
CCSD Board Under Fire In Superintendent Search; Seventh school board member secretly met with superintendent candidate;
Finance and Economics
Report: Rising inequality holding back economic growth; Warren Buffett: Stop Blaming The Rich For Income Inequality. If You Really Want To Help, Do This;
Why many experts missed this: Cheap oil can hurt U.S. economy; California water cuts move to those with century-old rights;
Koch Brothers Claim Another State in War on Renewable energy; Kansas Set To Repeal Renewable Energy Mandate; Texas Enacts Law Barring Local Fracking Bans;
House Passes Short-Term Transportation Spending Extension; Cato Institute: spending would likely fund unnecessary new projects;
Commerce Dept Proposes New Software Export Controls;
Panama Canal Expansion To Double Its Capacity;
Top 10 jobs U.S. employers can't get filled;
Justices make it easier to sue over 401(k) plans;
10 Digital Payment Services Vie for Attention From U.S. Consumers;
Five big banks agree to pay more than $5 billion to settle regulatory charges;
Goldman: These Are the 100 Most Important Stocks to Hedge Funds;
Other news
A psychiatrist says this skill is the best indicator of a person's ability to succeed; Eight Tough but Telling Interview Questions;
Israel-Boycott Debate Spurs Fight Over Definition of 'Anti-Semitism';
Some see differences between perceptions of Waco, Baltimore;
Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders not sustainable; Why the Boy Scouts can do no right politically;
Education:
The Challenge of the First-Generation Student; Why it's good news that fewer people are going to college; College-Application Industry Charts New Courses;
ED Releases New Rules On Student Debit Cards; Poor, Minority Students Carry Higher Student Debt Burdens;
Senate Bill Would Make Some Schools Responsible For Student Loan Default; Wis. Lawmakers Reject Governor's Plan to Scrap For-Profit Oversight Agency;
U.S. Senator's Bill Would Make Public 4-Year Colleges Free for All; U.S. Delays Requirement on Tuition Breaks for Veterans;
NYTimes Calls On Congress To Address Fake Online Degrees;
Most Colleges See Fraternities as Among Their Top Liability Risks;
Professors Face Long Odds in Court Battles Over Speech Rights; Ohio Court Says Private-College Police Forces Are Subject to Open-Records Law;
Student Evaluations: Feared, Loathed, and Not Going Anywhere;
Commentary: Why Technology Will Never Fix Education;
Knight Commission Hears 3 Visions for Stabilizing College Sports; Former Athletic Director Wins $140,000 in Lawsuit Against Alabama State U.;
5/15/15
TechNews for the week: May 15; May 13; May 11;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
ISIS deputy leader killed in U.S.led coalition strike; IS seizes government HQ in Iraq's Ramadi; Islamic State fighters are at the gates of an ancient Roman-era city in Syria;
Islamic State seizes capital of Iraq's largest province;
Israel's West Bank housing policy by numbers; Israel Fuels The Syrian Crisis With Aid To Al-Qaida Rebels; Knesset okays expanded cabinet, handing PM first victory;
Israel soldiers, Palestinians clash on 'Nakba' day; Israeli demolition plan for Bedouin village sparks outcry; Moody's warns Netanyahu on cost of spending promises;
Israeli government to refugees: Go back to Africa or go to prison;
Vatican recognizes state of Palestine in new treaty; Saudi Arabia's King Salman skipping Camp David summit;
Iran warns West: Failure in nuclear talks would lead to pragmatist Rouhani's downfall; Is it time to make Iran our friend and Saudi Arabia our enemy?
Report: Russian soldiers quit over Ukraine war;
The In/Out Question: Why Britain should stay in the EU; Cameron's EU benefits plan will be extremely difficult;
Army Struggles To Cope With Rampant Fraud In The Military; Ten Members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government;
Senators: Why did it get harder to track government spending online? Dems, GOP ready to act if Supreme Court axes House districts;
No Money, No Vote: Ohio Republicans' Plan For A Poll Tax; GOP pension bill passes PA Senate; Democrats call it illegal;
Missouri Legislature at a standstill with just 1 day left after House Speaker resigns; Worry over Shariah law in Idaho jeopardizes international child support;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
South Carolina was the center of the GOP presidential universe this weekend;
Senator stalls own anti-abortion bill to prevent exceptions; Sharia law bill stalled after opponents ridicule sponsors;
Lawmaker resigns after sexual harassment investigation; Legislature Needs To Change Ethics Process Now; Why Is The Governor Picking On GOP Legislators?
New S.C. State board of trustees complete;
Taking the Long (Savannah) View;
Finance and Economics
US records biggest budget surplus in 7 years; Treasury yields fall, dollar index slips after weak U.S. data; Bond Market Meltdown Deconstructed: Five Charts That Explain Why;
Russia's economy falls in first quarter as woes mount; Greece orders IMF payment; US Airlines Say Gulf Rivals Grab Traffic Without Adding More;
Apple, Microsoft and Google lead list of companies holding cash abroad;
Oil's Not Coming Back. Here's Why;
Unnecessary medical care harms patients physically and financially; Healthcare-Related Cyber Attacks Cost $6 Billion;
Indiana regulators reject Duke Energy rate hike for upgrades; Duke Energy To Expand Solar Power Production In South Carolina;
New Indiana Energy Efficiency Plan Criticized; Journal Says Energy Company Paid Syracuse Professor for Fracking Study;
U.S. approves Shell's plan to drill for oil in Arctic; FBI Admits Guidelines Violated In Investigation Of Keystone Opponents;
Illinois Pension Defeat Seen Heightening State's Downgrade Risk; Moody's downgrades Chicago to junk;
Verizon to acquire AOL for $4.4 billion; GE Creates Working Jet Engine From 3D-Printed Parts;
S&P warns of activist danger at DuPont; Legendary Investor Nelson Peltz Suffered Its First Activist Failure; DuPont win over Peltz is a victory for long-term investors;
Things to know about accidents involving self-driving cars;
Other news
Analysis Shows 60% Of Fox News 'Facts' Are Really Lies;
Education:
The Growth in College Costs Is Slowing, Particularly for Poorer Families; Even Private Colleges Feel the Pain as Enrollment Falls Again;
Interest Rates on New Federal Student Loans Will Drop for 2015-16; Ending the Two-Tiered Student-Loan System Would Help Struggling Borrowers;
Education Dept. Proposes Reining In Deals Between Colleges and Banks;
Colleges Strive to Meet Demand for a More Hands-On Education; Deflategate becomes a college course;
Seven essential steps for adopting new technology; Is it possible to Flip an Online Course?
Giant For-Profit Educator and Executives Are Charged With Lying to Investors; Company Behind Online 2-Year College Sues the Accreditor That Shut It Down;
Election Research by Dartmouth and Stanford Broke Montana Law;
Critics Attack Indiana DOE's Decision To Change Science Standards;
How North Carolina State Looks to Resolve Its Cost-of-Attendance Quandary;
5/8/15
TechNews for the week: May 8; May 6; May 4;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Police fire stun grenades at Tel Aviv rally by Ethiopian Israelis;
Israeli soldiers cast doubt on legality of Gaza military tactics; veterans say permissive rules of engagement fueled Gaza carnage; soldiers reveal: 'This is how we fought in Gaza';
Israel's Netanyahu agrees coalition deal; coalition unstable; Hardline Israel government emerges, angering Palestinians; Naftali Bennett: Israel's hardline kingmaker;
Saudi Arabia used U.S.-supplied cluster bombs in Yemen; Saudi-led coalition bombs Houthis in north Yemen, offers five-day truce;
Taliban, Afghan representatives talk ceasefire but fail to agree;
In a propaganda war against ISIS, the U.S. tried to play by the enemy's rules; Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria;
Cameron sweeps to unexpected triumph in British election; Canadian lawmakers vote to expand spy powers;
Former CIA official cites agency's failure to see al-Qaeda's rebound; NSA phone data collection 'illegal', US court rules;
Illinois justices overturn state's landmark 2013 pension law;
Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover; California trio accused of running rogue police force;
Kansas Schools Close Early as Brownback Tax Cuts Squeeze Revenue;
Indiana's governor to do the exact thing he attacked Obama for in 2009;
How Baltimore and cities like it hold back poor black children as they grow up; Delaware police release dashcam video of white officer kicking black suspect;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Filming cops, independent shooting investigations affirmed by Senate panel;
SC deputy cried after shooting 70-year-old man; State police won't release dashcam video of officer shooting;
Why protesters shut down the Ravenel Bridge;
Finance and Economics
Job growth rebounds, keeps 2015 Fed rate hike in play; GOP budget plan envisions $194 billion in cuts to federal workforce;
Greece says sticking to 'red lines', wants concessions from lenders;
Brazilian Judge Strikes Down Uber Injunction;
Saudi Arabia shakes up state oil firm; What Alberta's shocking election results could mean for the oil sands;
Some States Look To Remove Local Limits On Drilling; Local Opposition Looks To Block Keystone's Path In The Plains; Oil train inferno hits North Dakota town;
Everyone hates patent trolls, but here's the root problem with our broken system;
Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions; EU Court Keeps Microsoft from Registering 'Skype' Trademark;
H-1B Visas: 10 Numbers To Know In 2015;
Other news
Why diets don't actually work, according to a researcher who has studied them for decades;
Boy Scouts oust gay volunteer in Westerville;
America was founded on violent protests;
Education:
College Majors Lead To Varying Earnings Prospects; Why College Grads Aren't Ready for the Real World; Attainment, Completion, and the Trouble in Measuring Them;
3 Key Findings About College Admissions; The Hidden Portion of Student-Loan Debt; Families Have Difficulty Deciphering Financial Aid Letters;
States Slashing Support For Public Education; 10 Public Universities with the Worst Graduation Rates; Wis. Lawmakers Drop Governor's Autonomy Plan for University System ;
Stanford President Sees Distinct Role for Online Ed in Future; Bankruptcy Trustees Are Asking (and Getting) Colleges to Return Parents' Money;
Corinthian Colleges Files for Bankruptcy; 2 For-Profit Higher-Education Companies Will Close Campuses;
Berkeley to Stop Adding Lecture Videos to YouTube, Citing Budget Cuts; Kaplan Experimenting With Competency-Based Courses;
Most STEM Educators Approve Of Next Generation Science Standards; Iowa Debates New Science Standards;
Another Use for Yik Yak on Campus? Cheating on Exams; Inadvertent Cheating;
Most Minority Students at U. Illinois Report Being Racially Stereotyped;
More Colleges Adopting Test-Optional Policies;
5/1/15
TechNews for the week: May 1; April 29; April 27;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Israeli planes strike targets in Syria, Arab media report; Iran's claim that Israel has 400 nuclear weapons; U.S. says Iranian forces fire on and board cargo ship in Gulf;
Israel: A state of denial; Palestinian police now in Jerusalem suburbs after Israel ban;
Assad's hold on power looks shakier than ever as rebels advance in Syria;
Saudi Arabia's king announces new heirs to throne;
US-Japan defence pact aims to check China;
U.S. top court throws out Obamacare contraception ruling;
How bad is gerrymandered American politics;
Freddie Gray's death ruled a homicide; 6 Baltimore officers charged; Secret recording captures conversation with volunteer deputy;
BART officer cleared in violent takedown of woman at Santa Rita;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Citadel: Majority of hazing claims 'training violations,' not hazing; Hazing investigation concluded, The Citadel confirms 19 cases;
Long Savannah development approved for West Ashley;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy grows 0.2 percent in first quarter; How Student Loans Could Cripple the U.S. Economy; US Losing R&D Edge;
Greek government reshuffles negotiating team; Day of Reckoning Inches Closer as Payments Loom; Greece struggles to make pension payments;
Embattled Ukraine fights for debt deal on financial front;
Saudi Arabia Is Burning Through Its Foreign Reserves at a Record Pace;
U.S. Franchise Owners Say They Can't Make a Decent Living; Wall Streeters Complain They're Not Paid Enough; Nasdaq apologises for early release of Twitter results;
Construction Begins On First US Offshore Wind Farm; Your next home may run off a battery; Drought Impacting Power Generation In West;
For-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about;
FCC Receives Request to Delay Net Neutrality Regs;
Senate Bill Would Discourage Patent Trolls;
U.S. Census Bureau Won't Drop Survey Question About College Majors;
Other news
A State-by-State Guide of America's Natural Wonders; According to Google The most racist places in America;
How successful people work less-and get more done; How to Make New Friends in Retirement;
Education:
The real reason why poor kids perform worse in school - and in life; 10 Dumbest States for Educating Your Kids Before College;
New Rankings Gauge Colleges' "Value Added" by Measuring Alumni Outcomes ;
Corinthian Colleges Inc. to Close Its Remaining Campuses; Abrupt Closing Leaves 16,000 Students Scrambling; Students Who Relinquish Credits Will Have Debt Forgiven;
Education Dept.'s Role in Forgiving Student-Loan Debt; ED Faces Criticism For Steering Students Toward Other Troubled Schools; For-Profit College Fallout Continues;
Senators Push ED To Close GI Bill "Loophole" For For-Profit Colleges; Report: State Aid Should Change to Meet Needs of Students;
Republicans Agree on Spending Plan That Could Cut Student-Aid Money;
Groups Pledge $100 Million to Expand Access and Equity to AP, IB Courses;
Report: What Is Being Learned From MOOCs;
'Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act' Unveiled;
Conservative Think Tank Puts Pressure on N.C.'s Colleges;
Professor in Texas fails entire class, school says no way -report;
Many College Athletes Feel Pressure to Play Despite Concussion;