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6/19/15
TechNews for the week: June 19; June 17; June 15;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Secret CIA effort in Syria faces large funding cut; Islamic State routed from stronghold;
Al-Qaeda says No. 2 leader killed by U.S. drone strike in Yemen; CIA didn't know strike would hit al-Qaeda leader;
Why 'decapitation' strikes have killed terrorist leaders, but not al-Qaeda;
State Department Terror Report Contains Subtle Shift on Israel; Israel can't rest its claim to land on biblical entitlement;
Air Force struggles to keep pace with explosion in the use of combat drones;
Vatican unveils historic document on the environment; Antiabortion advocates have a logic problem;
House passes standalone fast-track trade bill; Justices rule for Texas in dispute over Confederate flag license plates;
Court tells government it was wrong to seize AIG, but awards no money to billionaire ex-CEO;
Christie Pushes For College Financial Reform;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Report: Improve SCSU's finance procedures, training;
Finance and Economics
Federal Court Denies Request To Block Parts Of Net Neutrality Rules;
Company Plans Net Neutrality Suit Against Time Warner Cable; Sprint stops throttling heavy users to avoid net neutrality complaints;
FCC Plans $100 Million Broadband Fine for AT&T;
Rich Californians balk at limits: 'We're not all equal when it comes to water'; Fracking Rules To Face Legal Challenge;
Regulators: Wells Fargo, Chase, U.S. Bank still fail mortgage service tests;
California Labor Commission Calls Uber Worker an Employee;
Airbus May Delay Introduction Of A320neo Successor By Five Years;
Other news
Shooters of color are called 'terrorists' and 'thugs.' Why are white people called 'mentally ill';
Antonin Scalia is unfit to serve: A justice who rejects science and the law for religion is of unsound mind;
Doctors don't actually know how often you should see them;
Dementia shouldn't mean the end of sex; Hollywood secret no one will tell you about filming sex scenes;
Education:
Students in Free Courses Study, but Not as Much as Most Students Do; What 'Learning How to Think' Really Means;
No Child Left Behind Reauthorization May Succeed Due To Alexander And Murray's Work;
Education Dept. Calls Imminent Rule a Reminder to States of Their Oversight Role; Accreditors Rarely Deny Approval To Schools;
Federal Watchdog Criticizes Lenders for Treatment of Borrowers' Co-Signers ; Student Debt Relief Could Reach Tens Of Thousands Of Borrowers;
'Debt-Free College' Is Democrats' New Rallying Cry; Republican Budget Would Slash U.S. Education Spending by $2.8 Billion;
Report: Two-Thirds of Older Tenured Faculty Members Will Work Past 67; Everyone Complains About Evaluations. A Nobel Laureate Offers an Alternative;
Performance-Based Funding Can Be Fickle, One University's Close Call Shows;
Universities Ban Smart Watches During Finals;
Clear Objectives and Ease of Use Key to Successful Online Courses;
Accreditor Puts UNC-Chapel Hill on Probation in Fake-Classes Scandal;
Electronic Checking on Athletes in Class Sparks Debate About Their Privacy; U. of Texas Reviews Services for Athletes After Chronicle Investigation;
Opinion: Restore Integrity to College Sports by Converting Big Programs to Farm Teams;
6/12/15
TechNews for the week: June 12; June 10; June 8;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
How Isis crippled al-Qaida; Al-Qaida 'cut off and ripped apart by Isis'; Hezbollah announces battle with IS on Syria-Lebanon border;
Inside Mosul: What's life like under Islamic State; Islamic State is selling ancient artifacts; Libyan gains may offer ISIS a base for new attacks;
Hamas gains in popularity in Gaza, West Bank since war with Israel; Palestinians fire rocket at southern Israel; Israel hits Gaza, closes crossings after rocket attack;
Israel 'minimising Palestinian presence' in Jerusalem; bars shot Palestinian from treatment in Jerusalem;
Netanyahu ally urges world to accept Israel's hold on Golan; Occupation is starting to become costly for Israel; Israel tested 'dirty bombs' in the Negev Desert;
'Complete takeover': Israel unleashed one of the world's most sophisticated cyberweapons on the Iran talks; Israel denies spying;
Pentagon to send 450 additional troops to help Iraqis fight Islamic State;
'Born in Jerusalem' passport law struck down; U.S. top court rejects challenge to San Francisco gun regulation;
Report: L.A. officials say police shooting justified; Cop suspended after pulling gun on teen;
Kansas, coercion and the courts: What an unholy mess; Kansas averts furloughs for thousands of state employees; 'What's the matter with Kansas?' gains new urgency;
Kansas House soundly rejects plan to avert steep budget cuts; Illinois governor rejects possibility of temporary budget;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Bulldozer, dump truck submerged at Capt. Sam's Spit; State Needs To Stop Kowtowing To Developers;
Activist Highlights Civic Duty of Questioning Candidates;
Finance and Economics
US budget deficit drops to $82.4 billion in May; Wall Street: We bailed you out, and now you want what!
EU moves ahead on labeling of Israeli settlement products; Israel Suffering Software Engineering Shortage;
Many Indians Educated In US Return To Be Part Of India's Booming Tech Industry;
Senate Committee Approves Patent Troll Legislation; Divide Over Fracking Falls Along Party Lines;
50 hospitals charge uninsured more than 10 times cost of care;
Airlines could soon shrink the size of luggage you're allowed to carry on;
Why Americans are getting new credit cards;
Other news
10 skills that are hard to learn but pay off forever;
How to raise a black son in America;
Education:
What Public-College Presidents Make Rising Pay Draws Public Scrutiny ;
Numerous Factors Contributing To For-Profit Sector's Decline; Education Dept. Says It Will Forgive Debt of Many Corinthian Students;
South Carolina State Will Not Lose Accreditation Over Financial Problems;
University of North Carolina put on probation over academic fraud scandal;
How Athletics and Academics Collided at One University; FSU booster club doesn't renew Bobby Bowden's contract;
5/29/15
TechNews for the week: June 5; June 3; June 1;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
While nobody was looking, the Islamic State launched a new, deadly offensive; ISIS is turning US Humvees into Iraq's worst nightmare;
International coalition vows unity in fight against ISIS; IMF to hand Iraq $830m emergency funding as it struggles to battle Isis;
Islamic State Attacks Israel: ISIS Supporters Threaten Hamas, Take Credit For Launching Rocket From Gaza; Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket attacks;
Israel Attacks Hezbollah In Lebanon: Air Raids Target Brital Near Border Area, Lebanese Media Claims;
Saudi Arabia To Israel: Don't 'Judaize' Jerusalem; Israelis and Saudis Reveal Secret Talks to Thwart Iran;
Israel Risks EU Settlement Label Threat as Boycott War Heats Up; Israeli premier warns of Palestinian boycott campaign; Israel's Charade of Democracy;
Quietly, al-Qaeda offshoots expand in Yemen and Syria;
Study says 149,000 people have died in war in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2001;
Escalation of fighting in east Ukraine; West, Russia trade accusations at U.N. over new Ukraine violence;
Senate passes NSA reform measure; Websites Block Congress to Protest Patriot Act; Thank Republicans for Obama's renewed popularity;
Supreme Court throws out conviction for violent Facebook postings; Another Arizona immigration law dismantled by the courts;
Police kill at least 385 people nationwide in first five months of 2015;
Post & Courier Part 1: Shots Fired; Part 2 Moving Targets; Part 3: Video not always a silver bullet in search for truth;
Part 4: Police-involved shooting investigations stacked in favor of cops; Part 5: Lessons from tragedy; The Data;
'Unglued' governor makes bold demand on taxes; Maine's LePage sees a success story in Kansas; Kansas GOP at war with itself;
North Carolina governor will sign bill for 72-hour wait for abortion;
Where Lindsey Graham gets his campaign money;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Long-term fixes for South Carolina roads sputter; Road solutions are stymied by gasbags;
Slager's Use of Tasers Is Scrutinized; documents show rising use of Taser;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy added 280,000 jobs in May; unemployment rate at 5.5%; US trade deficit drops sharply to $40.9 billion in April;
Greece moves closer to eurozone exit after delaying €300m repayment to IMF; Greek PM rejects offer from lenders, delays IMF payment;
Why Israel Is Attracting Chinese Investors;
IMF: Fed should wait until 2016 to raise interest rates; New York Issues Final Rules for Virtual Currencies;
Osborne: The future of employment; The Atlantic:What Jobs Will the Robots Take? Will robots take your job? Bad news for finance and admin, good news for STEM professions;
Warner: Technology's Impact On Workforce Should Be Part Of National Debate;
How much you need to make to afford rent in the U.S.;
Coal Industry Predicts Economic Damage From Clean Power Plan; Brown Refusing To Impose Hydraulic Fracking Ban;
How Bobby Jindal Broke the Louisiana Economy; Lone Star Stumble; Cash-Strapped Kansas Will Limit ATM Withdrawals for Those on Welfare;
HP Split Set for Nov. 1 ;
Arrest Raises Legal Questions About Smartwatches in Cars;
Sepp Blatter to resign as FIFA president;
Other news
The Ultimate Guide to Learning Anything Faster; Our Attention Spans Aren't Dead! Why You Should Be Tracking Your Habits and How to Do It Well;
10 easy ways to punch up your presentations; tips for livening up your presentations; Tips to keep your audience from dozing off;
Education:
Wisconsin Lawmakers Take Aim at Tenure and Shared Governance; Regents Try to Protect Tenure; Wisconsin's Fight Over Faculty Rights: What's at Stake, and What's Next;
Among Students Bound for College, Confusion Persists on Paying for It; Congress looks for ways to cut college costs;
College Pricing Deemed In Line With Cable Pricing; The ultimate in school choice;
Free, State-Sponsored Common Core Curriculum 'Excellent Alternative'; Math Skills Difficult To Transfer To STEM Concepts;
An Increasingly Popular Job Perk: Online Education; University Group Slow to Enhance Colleges' Control of Online Courses;
Watch out college professors, the robots are coming for your jobs;
Survey finds 1 in 5 Harvard Graduates Cheated in Studies;
NCAA Says Chapel Hill Lacked 'Institutional Control' Over Athletics; NCAA Doesn't Really Want to Punish UNC Basketball for Fake Classes;
Judge Dismisses Former Athletes' Pay-for-Play Suit Against TV Networks; Report: U. of Alabama at Birmingham Will Resurrect Football Team; Inside the Decision;