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7/28/12
TechNews for the week: September 28; September 26; September 24;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Most U.S., NATO troops resume joint operations with Afghan forces;
Israeli report says sanctions hitting Iran hard; U.S. officials say Iran launched cyberattacks on banks, businesses;
Army soldiers focus on suicide prevention training; Military Wants 'Minority Report' for Suicide Prevention;
Romney talks about longtime friend Netanyahu, jokes about bomb graphic; Romney's foreign policy: more rhetoric than substance;
Congress wraps up leaving work until after election;
Report: Voting laws may deter 10 million Hispanics; Pennsylvania voter ID law back in court; Student voters face unclear registration laws;
S.C. voting case set to end; Voter registration problems widening in Florida; Republicans Fire Their Voter-Registration Firm;
Romney tax questions remain; Democrats accuse Romney of manipulating his income calculations; Bad Math: Romney’s tax plan, by the numbers;
Romney’s holdings in Chinese oil company dealing with Tehran criticised;
Romney’s America Doesn’t Need Public Colleges;
New ID laws could delay outcome of close election;
Modern dirty tricks arrive in Virginia Senate race, via text;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
Federal lawsuit challenges special SC primary;
Finance and Economics
Total warns against oil drilling in Arctic;
Digging for rare earths: The mines where iPhones are born;
Libor lending rate to get full overhaul;
U.S. revises employment numbers up;
Other news
Campaign Worker To Santorum, Romney, Accused Of Sexual Misconduct At The Citadel ;
Education:
Definition of Education After High School; By the SAT Standard, Less Than Half of College-Bound Seniors Are Ready;
Applications to U.S. Graduate Schools Increase, but New Enrollments Drop;
U.S. says 13.4% of Students Defaulted on Loans Within 3 Years of Repayment; Nearly 1 in 5 Households Owe Student-Loan Debt;
Audit Finds Improper Student-Aid Payments at Colorado Technical U.;
The growing field of computer science: Where are the jobs?;
In Colleges' Rush to Try MOOC's, Faculty Are Not Always in the Conversation;
I Say ‘Cheating,’ You Say ‘Collaborating’;
Large Graduation-Rate Gap Persists Between Football Players and Male Students; How Competent Are Compliance Officers? They're About to Find Out;
NCAA President Tries to Assuage Worries Over Penn State Precedent;
7/21/12
TechNews for the week: September 21; September 19; September 17;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Deaths of U.S. troops in Afghanistan add to distrust, undermine partnership; Taliban focuses on NATO transition, not territory; Final ‘surge’ troops leave Afghanistan;
Pakistani protests of anti-Muslim film turn deadly;
Lessons from the past for today’s Iran; Who’s Sabotaging Iran’s Nukes? U.S. to remove Iranian group from terrorist list;
Vet jobs bill knocked out in Senate; Senate Republicans block appointment of judges by Obama;
Supreme Court won't block Texas voting map; Pennsylvania Supreme Court 'Not Satisfied' with Voter ID Law;
Fanning furor, Justice Scalia says appeals court judge lied in review of his book; Thomas concedes that ‘we the people’ didn’t include blacks;
Since Obama became President hate groups in the U.S. have significantly increased;
Study: Tax Cuts for the Rich Don't Spur Growth; White House Unveils Sequestration Plan;
Romney seeks to shift strategy; 6 Things Mitt Romney Is Hiding; Ryan on why Romney won’t reveal specifics on tax reform plan;
Romney to release 2011 tax return, paid IRS 14.1 percent;
Romney in secretly taped fundraiser: Obama voters ‘dependent’ on government; several video clips; Romney stands by comments in video;
Leaked video is new setback for Romney; The full Romney fundraising video; The reporter who chased the ‘47 percent’ video story;
Secret video reveals Romney's real views on Middle East; Romney says Palestinians not interested in peace;
Romney’s 47% made up largely of elderly and low-wage workers; Over 18,000 households earning over a half million pay no income tax;
Romney changes message to attack Obama’s talk on ‘redistribution’; Obama 'redistribution' audio clip truncated by GOP;
Romney's class warfare;
Pawlenty quits as Romney campaign co-chair to become Wall Street top lobbyist;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
2 Citadel cadets claim sexually inappropriate conduct by recent graduate;
Retired Air Force general to lead S.C. Commission on Higher Education;
Finance and Economics
Doctors, others billing Medicare at higher rates;
Keystone pipeline raises tribal concerns;
Senators say Microsoft, H-P Shield Billions from Taxes;
Other news
Boy Scouts face release child abuse files; secret files hid sex abuse allegations;
Randy Newman releases parody tune ‘I’m Dreaming (of a white President)’;
Why Lies Often Stick Better Than Truth;
Education:
Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Bill With No Major Riders for Higher Ed;
Florida Ponders Opening an Online-Only Public University; Can MOOC's Help Sell Textbooks?
As Online Courses Grow, Sites Offering Unauthorized Academic Help Get More Brazen;
A CUNY English Department Is Threatened With Cuts in a Dispute Over Course Hours;
Finding and Analyzing Data in the Information Age; A Positive Solution for Plagiarism;
Why every one should learn a little code;
Computer Science Department At Clemson University Boasts Ten Percent Of Black Professors Nationwide;
'Very High' Debt Burden Lowers Amherst College's AAA Bond Rating; Romney Hits Obama on Soaring Tuition and Student Debt;
The Over-Scheduled Athlete, in Her Own Words;
7/14/12
TechNews for the week: September 14; September 12; September 10;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S. transfers control of Afghan prison; Haqqani network to be designated a terrorist group;
Libya consulate attack poses challenge for Obama; Muslim protests spread despite U.S. appeal for calm; Origins of controversial anti-Muslim video remain a mystery;
Israel warns U.S. on Iran; Slick Iranian move puts U.S. in precarious place;
Bush Knew More About Bin Laden's Plans Than We Realized; the full article;
U.S. faces rating cut if 2013 budget talks fail: Moody's; Can Congress Avoid Fiscal Cliff? Boehner 'Not Confident At All';
Parallel worlds of Democrats and Republicans; Republican strategy: Obstruct and Exploit;
Ryan Won't Reject Debt Deal Romney Dismissed; Romney: ‘I’m not getting rid of all health-care reform’; Who's Advising Romney on Foreign Policy;
Mitt Romney says he won’t cut taxes on America's wealthy; his confusing definition of middle class, $200,000 or $250,000 a year;
Obama hits Romney with new Medicare study;
3 Electoral College members may pass on Romney;
GOP leaders seek vote to block welfare waivers;
House passes spending bill to avoid government shutdown; Defense a big winner in spending talks for 2013 budget;
Partial injunction on STOCK Act;
FCC political ad database; reveals little;
More on Paul Ryan’s marathon time;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
Bobbie Rose: Tim Scott has ignored women;
Finance and Economics
The unemployment problem: politicians; Number of uninsured Americans drops by 1.3 million;
Mere threat of tax cliff already weighing heavily on small businesses; US profit at $12bn after AIG stock sale;
Fed announces new mortgage bond-buying plan, keeps interest rates low; More Americans opting out of banking system;
Other news
Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime, blamed atrocity on Nazis;
YouTube Limits Access to Film Clip in Libya, Egypt;
It cost Apple $167.50 to build an iPhone 5;
Education:
Study Finds Link Between SAT Scores and Freshman Grades; Median SAT Scores? They Can Get Murky; The achievement gap, by the numbers;
Education Dept. Catalogs Ideas for Improving Students' Success in College; Is a College Education Really a Bad Deal?
Skills Gap: Employers and Colleges Point Fingers at Each Other ; Who Colleges think are their peer institutions;
U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings Brought to You in Part by College Counselors; The rankings; college rankings get new scrutiny ;
Moody's says MOOC’s Could Hurt Smaller and For-Profit Colleges;
Stanford U. Releases New Open-Source Online-Education Platform; Desire2Learn, a Blackboard Competitor, Plans to Expand With $80-Million in Financing;
Need to Reach Your Students? E-Mail Isn't Enough; Grading Differently;
Obsessive Grad Student Pays Tuition With Mail-in Rebates;
Harvard's President Says Cheating Scandal Isn't Just About Athletes ; The Typo That Unfurled Harvard’s Cheating Scandal;
Alleged Academic Fraud at U.North Carolina Tests NCAA's Reach;
Notre Dame Will Join Atlantic Coast Conference;
7/7/12
TechNews for the week: September 7; September 5;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Training of Afghan recruits suspended while 27,000 forces are re-screened; Hundreds of Afghan soldiers detained, fired for insurgent links;
With military at ‘turning point,’ Panetta avoids bold moves ;
U.S.-Israel clash over Iran alleged; Lieberman, Graham and McCain warn Iraq over Iran shipments to Syria;
From former Libyan prisoners, new claims about CIA renditions, abuses;
Ohio ordered to restore weekend early voting in judge’s ruling;
Misinformation is the norm at political conventions; Middle Class vs. the 1%: It’s About to Get Really Ugly;
Romney casts himself as a disciple of a truly American religion: Success; Fact checking Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech at the GOP convention;
Gallup: The Republican Convention was a bust; Ron Paul 'Skeptical' of Romney's Speech;
Secret Service Investigates Claim That Romney's Tax Returns Were Stolen; Demand Ransom for Romney’s Tax Returns;
Romney exited Bain Capital exited Bain Capital with rare tax benefits in retirement;
Paul Ryan Trips Over Marathon Question; The 10 Investments That Made Paul Ryan a Millionaire;
Obama did not change Washington; Democratic Platform Attacks Romney on For-Profits;
Fact check: 4.5 million new jobs created under Obama? Paul Ryan's Jimmy Carter Comments;
Bill Clinton’s tutorial on the need for government; Full text of Clinton’s DNC speech;
DNC Speech: Obama vows ‘our problems can be solved’ — with more time; Full transcript;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web design issues
SC Politics
Budget surplus $15 million short; cuts needed;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy added 96,000 jobs in August; unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percent; If unemployment isn’t structural, what causes it?
Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? Gender Gap in Economics Shows Analyses Aren’t Objective;
Israeli billionaire's company faces money woes - could drag down economy;
The Need To Overhaul Aging Bridges In The US; Chinese subsidies prop up steel mills;
A Primer on the Federal False Claims Act (FCA); Contractor fraud in the Civil War;
Appeals Court Revives Akamai-Limelight Patent Case;
Many credit card companies dumping credit-protection plans;
GOP Top Priority, Make Obama a One Term President;
Other news
White House releases its beer recipes, brewing video;
The Word the Media Won’t Use;
Advice: 'Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle';
Education:
Clinton Highlights a Loan-Repayment Program;
What People Are Saying About the Harvard Cheating Scandal; Dozens of Students Cheated on Final Exam;
MIT Looks To Online Games, Reality TV To Make Science More Appealing;
With 'Access Codes,' Textbook Pricing Gets More Complicated Than Ever; Bulk-Purchasing E-Textbook Experiment Expands to More Colleges;
edX Offers Proctored Exams for Open Online Course; Colorado State University Will Accept Transfer Credit for One of Its Courses;
Is NCAA Amateurism a Sham?