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11/24/17
TechNews for the week: November 22; November 20;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. moves toward an open-ended presence in Syria after ISIS is routed; Crimes of the Caliphate: Iraqi Shepherd Bears Witness to ISIS Massacre;
Trump puts North Korea on state sponsors of terrorism list to escalate pressure over nuclear weapons; North Korea's latest tirade: Trump is a 'mean trickster and human reject';
With technology, researchers are figuring out North Korea's nuclear secrets;
Israel to shut migrant centre and deport Africans; John Kerry: Israel doesn't want peace with Palestine;
Israel Is Growing Increasingly Worried About the Trump Administration; Netanyahu Rebukes Deputy After She Criticized U.S. Jews for Not 'Fighting for Their Country';
Palestinian president says U.S. threat to close PLO office puts peace at risk;
Tehran Is Winning the War for Control of the Middle East; Lebanese Prime Minster Saad al-Hariri reverses resignation;
Germany Plunged Into Political Crisis After Coalition Talks Fail; In Italy, a Neo-Fascist Party's Small Win Creates Big Unease;
Russian anger as oligarch held in France over taxes;
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's party gathers to begin his impeachment; Mugabe resigns under military pressure after 37 years as Zimbabwe's leader;
Revealed: The highly sensitive Israeli intelligence on Isis that Donald Trump gave away to Russia;
Kushner's lawyer pushes back on Senate committee request; How Jared Kushner's Newspaper Became a Favorite Outlet for WikiLeaks Election Hacks;
Donald Trump Jr. meets scrutiny of his Russian contacts with defiance; He's a Member of Congress. The Kremlin Likes Him So Much It Gave Him a Code Name;
In towns and cities nationwide, fears of trickle-down effects of federal tax legislation; States Warn of Budget Crunch Under Republican Tax Plan;
Study says House tax plan would add to the deficit, challenging GOP claims that the bill would pay for itself;
The House tax bill unleashes a dangerous avalanche of campaign cash;
So, About That Tax Break For Private Jets; Something very strange about the GOP tax plan- Corporate lobbyists are not complaining;
As clock ticks on tax bill, White House signals willingness to remove provision aimed at Obamacare;
Expiring provisions threaten to upend tax-relief potential of GOP bills in Congress;
Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education; House Republicans have a little-known plan to raise taxes on teachers by $2 billion;
37 of 38 economists said the GOP tax plans would grow the debt. The 38th misread the question;
Why Are Corruption Cases Crumbling? Some Blame the Supreme Court; The Supreme Court has emerged as a critical partisan lever for Trump;
States prepare to shut down children's health programs if Congress doesn't act;
Trump administration to end immigration protections for Haitians, giving them 18 months to leave;
Federal judge says Trump administration can't stop funding sex-reassignment surgery for military members;
Watchdog finds Travel ban confusion led agents to violate court order;
Federal judge blocks Texas ban of common abortion procedure; Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order on denying funding to sanctuary cities;
At least 70,000 with outstanding warrants purged from files used for gun checks; Justice Dept. Orders Review of Background Check System for Gun Buyers;
Trump golf course reimbursed President Trump's charity amid ongoing investigation into the foundation;
Trump Creating Fund So His Children and Advisers Can Keep Their Expensive Lawyers - Paid By Donors;
President Trump and accusations of sexual misconduct: The complete list; Rep. Joe Barton told woman he'd report her to police if she exposed his secret sex life;
Robert Reich: The Poor Are Being Barred From Voting. And That's Unconstitutional;
Trump halts Interior's elephant trophy decision;
Another conservative leads Kansas governor race after crisis;
Math, science and technology:
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WA Master Plan Nearing Final Stages;
Thwart The Dumbing Down Of American Citizenship; Resistance movement must fight hypocrisy to survive;
'I am not DUI:' Sen. Paul Campbell says in video that wait time led to higher alcohol reading;
Catherine Templeton uses social media to stir up the red meat base;
A transcription software ranked Nikki Haley as the best political speaker;
Finance and Economics
ECB Says "Fake Data", a Relative of "Fake News", Is Threat to Economic Stability;
A new analysis shows Senate GOP tax bill fails a key test that would prevent it from passing; Tech sector could hold half of cash and liquid investments this year;
Tax Cuts for Small-Business Owners? It's Complicated; When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work;
Justice Dept. sues to block AT&T's bid for CNN owner Time Warner; Seven reasons to be suspicious of the DOJ lawsuit to stop AT&T from buying CNN;
Trump Wants More Big Infrastructure Projects. The Obstacles Can Be Big, Too.;
The Kochs Are Inching Closer to Becoming Media Moguls; Rollback of Net Neutrality Has Small Businesses Worried;
Patent 'Trolls' Recede as Threat to Innovation. Will Justices Change That; A Hedge Fund Manager Committed Fraud. The U.S. Let Him Go!
Pizza Is Partisan, and Advertisers Are Still Adjusting;
Nebraska Allows Keystone XL Pipeline, but Picks a Different Path; TransCanada To Face Ongoing Challenges Over Keystone XL;
U.S. Forest Service Approves Atlantic Coast Pipeline; Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses New England Utilities Of Conspiring To Drive Up Costs;
California's November Cap-and-trade Auction Hits Record-High Sales; RMP Announces Plans To Close Coal-Fired Plant In Montana;
Potential Asian Solar Factories In US, Likely To Be "Highly Automated";
Indian Automaker's Plant Is Latest Sign of Detroit Comeback;
Other news
The Art of Questioning;
The Hidden History of Trump's First Trip to Moscow;
Myths of the 1 Percent: What Puts People at the Top;
Education:
A Challenge for Higher Ed: Modernize Manufacturing, but Protect Jobs;
How the House GOP Tax Plan Would Affect Grad Students; GOP Bill Would Force Students Who Don't Graduate to Repay Pell Grants;
Education Dept. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students; Financial Aid Association Wants End To Origination Fees For Student Loans;
Questioning Evolution: The Push to Change Science Class; Virginia Becomes First State To Mandate Computer Science Instruction;
Justice Dept. Says Harvard Is Not Complying With Probe on Race in Admissions;
11/17/17
TechNews for the week: November 17; November 15; November 13;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
With Iraqi-Kurdish Talks Stalled, Phone Diplomacy Averts New Clashes;
Did Airstrikes in Afghanistan Last Week Kill Civilians? U.S. and U.N. Disagree; Iran Sent Them to Syria. Now Afghan Fighters Are a Worry at Home;
Saudi Royals Imprisoned At Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton Paying For Their Freedom; Case of Missing Lebanese Prime Minister Stirs Middle East Tensions;
Signs of Russian Meddling in Brexit Referendum; White House mildly criticizes Russian bill targeting U.S. media;
Seeing U.S. in Retreat Under Trump, Japan and China Move to Mend Ties; Why 'America First' looks more and more like America alone;
State Department offers buyouts: critics charge Trump administration with destroying diplomatic corps; plan for staff cuts is raising alarm in Congress;
A London Meeting of an Unlikely Group: How a Trump Adviser Came to Learn of Clinton 'Dirt';
The clear timeline suggesting Donald Trump Jr. coordinated with WikiLeaks;
Senate judiciary panel: Kushner had contacts about WikiLeaks, Russian overtures that he did not disclose;
Sessions says he 'told the truth' in denying Trump campaign contacts with Russians, but now recalls meeting with low-level aide;
Four key takeaways from Sessions's memory-lapse-filled congressional hearing;
Comey, called a 'liar' and 'leaker' by Trump, tweets a quote about truth and justice;
Former U.S. intelligence officials: Trump being 'played' by Putin;
Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary; He has never tried a case, but Trump wants to make him judge for life;
Trump Court Pick Forgot To Mention He's Married To A White House Lawyer;
Appeals Court Partly Reinstates Trump's New Travel Ban ; Justices Take Cases on Free Speech at Pregnancy Centers and Polling Places;
Sessions considering a second special counsel to investigate GOP concerns, including Clinton Foundation dealings;
Why Do Republicans Vote The Way They Do? Follow the Money;
More than 400 millionaires tell Congress: Don't cut our taxes;
House GOP passes tax plan, advancing big cuts for corporations and upping pressure on struggling Senate effort;
The big House tax bill. Here's what is in it; House Bill Would Hit Colleges, Universities, Students;
Derided by critics, trickle-down economics gets another try;
Congress's nonpartisan analysts say Senate GOP plan would give big tax cuts to millionaires, raise taxes on poor, working class;
Analysis says Senate bill would hike taxes for 13.8 million; Senate GOP to add repeal of Obamacare insurance mandate into tax bill;
Republicans are gambling bigly by adding repeal of Obamacare mandate to tax proposal;
GOP senator throws tax plan into doubt by saying he opposes bill because it benefits corporations at expense of other businesses;
GOP officials who have spent the most at Trump properties;
Energy Department Stops Releasing Outage Estimates For Puerto Rico;
Trophies from elephant hunts in Zimbabwe were banned in the U.S. Trump just reversed that;
Richard Cordray to step down from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;
Trump's DHS pick is caught up in a conflict of interest complaint; A DHS director resigns after past comments about blacks, Muslims come to light;
Trump picks pharmaceutical executive to lead the Health and Human Services Department;
EPA is taking more advice from industry and ignoring its own scientists;
Days before Keystone XL permitting decision, a sister pipeline spills 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota;
Despite Recent Wins for Democrats, Gerrymanders Dim Hopes for 2018;
A Hoax Robocall Claiming to Be From the Washington Post Offers Cash for Roy Moore Dirt;
Historian Says President Trump Is the Biggest Liar the White House Has Ever Seen; Trump has made 1,628 false or misleading claims over 298 days;
FBI: Hate crimes in U.S. were up last year, particularly incidents targeting minority groups;
A sheriff went looking for a truck with a profane anti-Trump sticker. He found controversy instead;
What Is Kansas Trying to Hide?
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Bannon tells black business leaders in South Carolina to demand better; Crowd of about 200 protests Steve Bannon's talk at The Citadel;
Finance and Economics
Study finds Richest 1% own half the world's wealth; How Corporations and the Wealthy Avoid Taxes(and How to Stop Them);
Considering the Cost of Lower Taxes ; It's Time to Tax Companies for Using Our Personal Data; The Top One Percent of the World;
I.R.S. Starts to Enforce Health Law's Rule That Employers Offer Insurance; Trump Administration Guiding Health Shoppers to Agents Paid by Insurers;
Trans-Pacific Trade Partners Are Moving On, Without the U.S.; Tech Trade Groups Concerned About Copyright in NAFTA Talks;
Trump's Trade Approach Diverges Sharply from Free Trade Republicans;
$300 Billion War Beneath the Street: Fighting to Replace America's Water Pipes;
Whitefish Energy over billed Puerto Rico;
Federal Coal Mine Health Study Suspended; AECOM To Be Paid $110,000 For Wind Energy Study On Military Operations;
An Open Door for Pesticide Lobbyists at the U.S.D.A.;
Proposed Tariffs On Imported Solar Panels Would Hurt National Security;
Departing NSA veterans catch the eye of Silicon Valley investors;
Why AT&T and the Justice Department are at odds over Time Warner;
SCE&G to cut electricity rates after failed nuclear project; GE Cuts Its Dividend By 50% to $0.12;
Other news
How Veterans Day went from celebrating world peace to thanking armed forces;
How Trump walked into Putin's web;
Education:
International-Student Enrollment Is Slowing and It Isn't All Donald Trump's Fault;
Higher Education Lobbying Groups: Proposed Tax Legislation Is "Fundamentally Flawed";
GOP House Bill Would Force Students Who Don't Graduate to Repay Pell Grants;
Study Casts Doubt On Link Between College Debt, "Boomerang Effect"; Former For-Profit Students Sue ED Over Debt Forgiveness;
Student-Loan Borrowers Await Debt Relief on Nearly 100,000 Claims That They Were Defrauded;
DeVos Touts Alternatives To Four-Year College; Nearly Everyone Supports Career Education. What Would Make It Work;
It's Been 3 Decades Since There Were So Few Jobs for History Ph.D.s; Survey: More Than Half of Students Want Their Classes to Go Digital;
Do Parents Fuel Binge Drinking in College;
Political maneuvering Inside the Scramble to Save Ashford U.; Investigation Finds Napolitano's Aides Interfered in State Audit of U. of California;
How a Defense Dept. Program Equips Campus Police Forces;
Accreditor Apologizes for Suggestion That UNC Might Be Investigated Again;
11/10/17
TechNews for the week: November 10; November 8; November 6;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
South Korean Leader Boxed In as Trump Threatens North Korea; Pentagon says Securing North Korean nuclear weapons 'with complete certainty' would require a ground invasion;
Trump Tells Japan It Can Protect Itself by Buying U.S. Arms; The U.S. did nothing after North Korea shot down a Navy spy plane in 1969. Trump vows that won't happen again;
Saudi Arabia detains princes, ministers and billionaire investor in extraordinary purge; Saudi Crown Prince's Mass Purge Upends a Longstanding System;
Saudis accuse Iran of possible 'act of war' as regional tensions rise; Saudi Arabia Orders Its Citizens Out of Lebanon, Raising Fears of War;
Hezbollah Urges 'Patience and Calm' Amid Lebanon's Political Crisis; In Lebanon, supporters of missing former prime minister demand his return from Saudi Arabia;
The House of Trump and the House of Saud;
US to resume granting visas in Turkey;
UN nuclear agency counters Trump objections to Iran deal;
State Dept. says 300,000 Central Americans, Haitians in U.S. with temporary status no longer need protection from deportation;
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans;
Federal, Puerto Rican Officials Disagree Over How Long It Will Take To Restore Power;
A year on, Trump tests limit of UK 'special relationship';
'Fat Leonard' probe expands to ensnare more than 60 admirals;
Trump Campaign Adviser Met With Russian Officials in 2016; Trump adviser sent email describing 'private conversation' with Russian official;
Donald Trump Jr. Told Russian Lawyer 'If We Come to Power' an Anti-Russia Law Would Be Reconsidered;
At least nine people in Trump's orbit had contact with Russians during campaign and transition; U.S. judge issues gag order in Manafort-Gates Russia probe case;
Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire's Twitter and Facebook Investments ; From Utah, Secretive Help for a Russian Oligarch and His Jet;
Trump's CIA director keeps doing controversial - and suspiciously pro-Trump things; Russia says it will retaliate after RT 'forced' to register as foreign agent;
Trump adviser claims he lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump; Republicans Warn U.S. Risks 'Coup' if Mueller Investigation Continues;
White House attacks legacies of former presidents Bush after reports that neither voted for Trump;
USAID cancels jobs for dozens of applicants amid State Department hiring freeze;
Donald Trump's press secretary promotes 'tremendously successful' Trump Hotel during official briefing; Does Trump not know Japanese cars are built in the U.S.;
Native Hawaiians again seek political sovereignty with a new constitution;
Targeting China's Purchases, Congress Proposes Tougher Reviews of Foreign Investments;
Trump voter-fraud commission sued by one of its own members, alleging Democrats are being kept in the dark;
'Mr. Pruitt is welcome to officially fire me' - as EPA carries out controversial policy, one scientist balks;
Paradise Papers: Everything you need to know about the leak; U.S. commerce secretary invests in firm linked to Putin family and allies;
The 'Paradise Papers' expose Trump's fake populism;
Analysis shows Taxes would rise for many in working class and fall for richest Americans under House GOP tax plan;
Conservatives demand changes to House GOP tax bill; Republicans Sneak Anti-Abortion Language Into Tax Bill;
Top federal official says States will be allowed to impose Medicaid work requirements;
House Republican: my donors told me to pass the tax bill "or don't ever call me again";
Top economic adviser: Tax plan that mostly benefits millionaires is about 'wage growth'; Republicans Are So Tired Of Tax Experts Rudely Saying Their Plan Helps The Rich;
GOP bill would hike taxes on 31 percent of middle-class Americans by 2027; Nearly 81 million Americans would pay $0 under the GOP tax plan;
Senate GOP plan would delay corporate tax cut until 2019, a major departure from Trump's approach;
GOP Senate tax plan would protect mortgage interest deduction, eliminate the state and local tax deduction; Would Impose Endowment Tax but Keep Tuition Waivers Tax-Free;
GOP tax plans: 7 big differences between the House and Senate; What is 'carried interest' and why it matters in the new GOP tax bill;
Winners and losers from Election Day 2017; Potential chaos ahead as control of Virginia House of Delegates hangs in balance;
Maine just resoundingly became the first state to expand Medicaid by ballot initiative; Maine governor says he will not expand Medicaid despite vote;
Alabama Senate race conjures the awful 1963 church bombing that killed 4 black girls;
McConnell calls on Roy Moore to exit Senate race if allegation of sexual encounter with teen is true;
Rand Paul's Pumpkin Patch, Lack of Respect For Neighborhood Rules, Possibly Led To Six Broken Ribs;
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State Needs To Give More Love To Higher Education; GOP spin on Tax Reform;
After nuclear plant failure, bills pre-filed to stem utility influence and stop SCE&G payments;
Gov. candidate Catherine Templeton calls Steve Bannon "the voice of the rest of us" ahead of his Citadel speaking gig;
Finance and Economics
The National Debt Explained; How many families actually own half-million-dollar homes? Paradise Papers Shine Light on Where the Elite Keep Their Money;
What the Saudi royal purge means for investors; Saudi anti-corruption probe 'finds $100bn was embezzled';
These are the 37 major deals US firms signed with Chinese entities during Trump's visit; Boeing signs deal to sell 300 planes worth $37 billion to China;
China's panda-shaped solar plant is part of a bigger challenge facing Trump;
Despite Predictions Of Peak Oil Demand, World's Largest Fossil Fuel Companies Mostly Ignore Renewables;
US Emissions Decrease Despite Leaving Paris Agreement; Clean Air Plan Would Phase Out Diesel Trucks, Ships At Port Of Los Angeles By 2035;
Despite Advances In Wind, Solar, Use Of Fossil Fuels Unchanged; As Wind Power Sector Grows, Turbine Makers Feel the Squeeze;
Scientists Warn Senators Against Exploration In ANWR;
T-Mobile and Sprint call off their merger attempt; AT&T and antitrust officials have discussed selling off CNN in the telecom's mega-deal for Time Warner;
Apple offers more bonds to finance its $300 billion capital return program; Apple revamped overseas ops to find new tax havens;
Lockheed, Northrop Grumman Might Lay Off Employees After Losing Missile Defense Contract;
They spent years planning and preparing for the cost of living with Alzheimer's. The GOP tax bill threatens those plans;
A D-grade in financial literacy spells pension trouble; Fox News guest storms off show after host refuses to accept simple tax math;
Six Skill Areas Engineers Should Focus On To Succeed In IoT Economy;
Equifax says it owns all its data about you;
Other news
Why have we built a paradise for offshore billionaires;
One Way to Fight Fake News;
26 time-management tricks I wish I'd known at 20;
Education:
Universities Post Declining Numbers Of American Graduate Students In STEM Fields; What higher ed should be teaching students right now;
College Officials Tout Transfer Agreements As Way To Reduce Student Debt; Nearly Four Million Dropped Out With Student Debt Over Two Years;
Swelling College Endowments Tempt Lawmakers Looking for Tax Dollars; These Universities Benefit From an Offshore Tax Loophole;
Inside Betsy DeVos's efforts to shrink the Education Department; Which Colleges Do Students Say Defraud Them Most Often? For-Profit Colleges;
Zenith Education To Close All But Three Former Corinthian Campuses;
Faculty Members Still Aren't Sure What to Make of Education Technology; Students learn to 'think like a hacker' in UC Berkeley experimental course;
Boosting Number of Girls in Math Class Can Improve Test Results; Home Connectivity and the Homework Gap;
GOP Tax Plan Will Decimate Grad Student Ranks;
What Some Colleges Have Learned From Hosting Controversial Speakers; To Help Combat Racism, Kansas State U. Will Cancel Classes (for 2 Hours);
11/3/17
TechNews for the week: November 3; November 1; October 30;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
China Warns North Korea on Verge of Catastrophe at Nuclear Test Site; As Mattis promises 'massive military response' to North Korea strike, threat of artillery hangs over Seoul;
South Korea, China move to normalize relations after conflict over missile defense system;
Afghan Taliban Awash in Heroin Cash, a Troubling Turn for War;
Khamenei says Iran, Russia should cooperate to isolate U.S., foster Middle East stability; Russia Uses Its Oil Giant, Rosneft, as a Foreign Policy Tool;
Israel Is a Military Superpower for One Simple Reason: 'Underwater' Nuclear Weapons;
Catalan leaders removed, Spain asserts control over breakaway region; Rally Backs Unified Spain: 'I Don't Want an Independent Catalonia';
Will Congress Ever Limit the Forever-Expanding 9/11 War;
First charges filed in U.S. special counsel's Russia investigation; Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign manager, to surrender to feds in connection to the Russia probe;
Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making a false statement to federal investigators;
Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier; Shadowy 'Professor' Is at the Center of Latest Revelation in Trump-Russia Probe;
Talking Points Brought to Trump Tower Meeting Were Shared With Kremlin; The 'dossier' and the uranium deal: Here's what's new, what's controversial and why they're important;
What Did Cambridge Analytica Really Do for Trump's Campaign; Frustrated with the Russia investigation, Trump demands Democrats, Hillary Clinton face scrutiny;
Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users - far more than first disclosed, internal document says;
Lawmakers release Russian operatives' Facebook ads, giving most detailed picture of how foreign actors tried to sway U.S. election;
Trump Campaign Got Early Word Russia Had Democrats' Emails; Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise;
The repeated, incorrect claim that Russia obtained '20 percent of our uranium';
Most Americans approve of Trump-Russia probe, and nearly half think Trump committed a crime;
Trump's Pardoning Powers Could Be Limited After Mueller's First Indictment;
Citizenship Applications in the U.S. Surge as Immigration Talk Toughens;
Note claims deadly truck attack was for ISIS; Trump blames N.Y. attack on weak laws, justice system;
Trump and allies gin up a new culprit for attack: Chuck Schumer; calls on Congress to end immigration lottery program following terror attack in New York;
Key GOP moderate Susan Collins lays out tax goals; Trump throws curveball in tax talks, says bill should include Obamacare changes;
House GOP releases new tax plan Democrats Attack Tax Bill as a 'Middle-Class Con Job'; Republicans propose keeping top tax rate for very wealthy, to win over moderates;
Robert Reich: Hello Trump Tax Cuts, Goodbye Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security; GOP tax plan would shrink mortgage interest benefit, slash corporate tax rate;
Winners and losers in the GOP tax plan; Blue states already subsidize red states. Now red states want even more;
Former Mexican ambassador says State Department is telling world leaders to stay at Trump hotels; House Democrats sue for records on Trump International Hotel lease;
Sam Clovis withdraws from consideration for Agriculture post after his name surfaced in Russia probe;
Trump appeals court pick declared 'not qualified' by American Bar Association committee; Court Pick Rated 'Not Qualified' Sits Through Humiliating Senate Hearing;
In unprecedented move, EPA to replace scientists with industry experts on advisory group;
Questions arise over departure of first woman to lead Fed;
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump's directive banning military service by transgender individuals;
The Governor Blocked Medicaid Expansion. Now Maine Voters Could Overrule Him;
Historians respond to John F. Kelly's Civil War remarks: 'Strange,' 'sad,' 'wrong';
White Supremacists Meet Heavy Resistance At Tennessee Rallies; N.J. police chief said black people are 'like ISIS' and he'd like to be 'on the firing squad';
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Two identical nuclear projects, one in Georgia and one in South Carolina. Only one survived;
Furor over new South Carolina beach-building restrictions leaves regulators with a mess;
To trace the history of homes and land in South Carolina There's a bounty of resources;
Law provides loophole for South Carolina legislators to be paid for 'consulting' work;
Finance and Economics
Fed leaves rates unchanged; 'solid' growth keeps December hike in view; U.S. jobs growth reaches 261,000 as economy rebounds from hurricanes Harvey and Irma;
Labor Department: US Labor Costs Increase, Driven By Wage Gains In Manufacturing; Industry Reps: DHS Must Speed Up Critical Infrastructure Threat Information Sharing;
Most of the $3 Trillion in Overseas Holdings Is Already in the U.S.; Jerome Powell just became Trump's pick to lead the Fed. Here's why the nomination is unusual;
Saudi Arabia affirms backing for Opec supply cuts extension; Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns;
Computer Skills Lead Demand In STEM Fields; The problem of doctors' salaries;
Walmart Is Putting 2-Foot, Shelf-Scanning Robots In Over 50 US Stores, Says 50% Productivity Boost Over Humans;
Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining; FERC Chairman: Coal, Nuclear Power More Reliable Than Natural Gas;
USA Today Weighs Administration's Approach To Clean Power Plan; Energy Industry Pushes Against Ohio Renewable Power;
Nickel Increasingly Important To Producers Of Electric Car Batteries; US International Trade Commission Supports Tariffs, Import Restrictions On Solar Panels;
Crops in 25 States Damaged by Unintended Drift of Weed Killer;
Other news
What Boredom Does to You;
A Mirror of Today's Political Fray in Letters From 50 Years Ago;
Education:
Illinois Releases Report Card Data, scores show vast disparity among high schools; California Survey Finds Race, Income Differences In Views On Higher Education;
The Decline of the Midwest's Public Universities Threatens to Wreck Its Most Vibrant Economies; Plan to Phase Out 2 Dozen Programs Stuns Faculty at Wisconsin-Superior;
Study Finds Career and Tech Ed Courses Increase On-time Graduation Rates, But Do Not Increase College Enrollment;
Illinois Statewide Task Force Launched To Improve Adult Education; College Admissions Reporter Says Admission Process Is "Out Of Whack";
Tuition Cuts Less Effective than Increased College Spending for Retention; After Opposition, U. Tennessee Campuses Opt Not to Privatize Facilities Services;
How Rich Universities Get Richer; If House Republicans Get Their Way, These Colleges Would See Their Endowments Taxed;
College of the Ozarks Now Requires Course in 'Patriotic Education and Fitness';
Strayer Education To Acquire Capella Education For $1.9 Billion;
DeVos Considering Only Partial Relief For Students Defrauded By For-Profits; Shows Favoritism To For-Profit Colleges;
DeVos Falsely Suggests That Student Loans Were Federalized to Pay for Obamacare; In New Profile, DeVos Blames Staff for Rocky Confirmation Hearing;
Under New Trump Rule, Notre Dame Ends Contraception Coverage for Employees and Students;
Many Academics Publish In "Predatory" Journals;