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3/28/14
TechNews for the week: March 28; March 26; March 24;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Russia celebrates over Crimea while Ukraine looks West; In Crimea, Russian Forces Storm Ukraine Bases;
Obama tells EU to do more to cut reliance on Russian gas; calls on Russia to pull back troops;
Egypt's Sisi to run for president, vows to tackle militancy;
In Afghanistan, the Russians are back;
Obama said to announce legislation halting NSA's phone record collecting;
U.S. top court signals support for corporate religious claims; Judge strikes down Michigan's ban on gay marriage;
Administration will allow extension for health-care sign-up; Legislation Would Ban Most Online Gambling; Sen. Wyden to push for revival of tax breaks;
GOP States Are The Most Dependent On Government;
Rand Paul nor Mitt Romney don't let facts clutter their views in recent remarks?
Ted Cruz’s ‘biggest lie in politics:’ Is it actually the truth?
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and Computing issues
SC Politics
College of Charleston Chooses Politician as Its Next President;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy grew 2.6 percent in fourth quarter;
Technology firms prepare for rush to nab limited visas; Congress Concerned US Losing Edge In R&D To China;
Banks paid $100 bn in US fines for ‘pre-crisis mistakes’; Citigroup Fails Fed Stress Test; Goldman, BofA Alter Plans; Banks Sue Target, Security Firm Over Breach;
US judge calls for end to ‘deluge’ of activist votes; Aereo Says Supreme Court Shouldn’t ‘Rewrite’ Copyright;
Why Employers Will Stop Offering Health Insurance; New Taxes Under The Affordable Care Act;
IRS Guidance Treats Bitcoin as Property;
Google's new cloud strategy: Apply Moore's Law to prices; Google Turns Down Military Funding For Its Scary, Powerful Robots;
3D printing: 10 companies using it in ground-breaking ways;
Mafia still rakes in the big money;
Other news
The ‘Moneyball’ approach to — money;
Brevity is the soul of email;
‘Do it for Denmark!’ campaign wants Danes to have more sex;
Education:
3 Things to Know About the Expected Family Contribution and College Affordability ; New Data Shed Light on Use of PLUS Loans and Controversial Loan Denials ;
Grad-School Debt Is Said to Rise Rapidly and Deserve More Policy Attention;
Negotiators Clash Over Student Debit-Card Fees; Plans for Free Community College Meet Resistance in Several States;
Learning From the Southern Hemisphere; New Center at Stanford U. Takes On the Credibility Problem in Science;
Indiana Becomes First State to Drop Out of Common Core; Florida To Use Computer Graders for Written Portion of Common Core Assessments;
Analysis Tracks Koch Brothers’ Financial Support for Higher Education;
Researchers Find Taking Notes by Hand Benefits Recall;
3 Employees Are Arrested in Alleged $1.6-Million Fraud at Canada’s York U;
NCAA Board Could Expand Beyond College Presidents;
Labor Board Rules in Favor of Northwestern Football Players; Employees or Not? Graduate-Student Assistants vs. Scholarship Athletes; Reactions to the Ruling;
Poll: Large majority opposes paying college athletes;
Coach’s Hiring at U. of South Florida Is Scrapped Over Inaccuracy on Résumé;
3/21/14
TechNews for the week: March 21; March 19; March 17;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on referendum in Crimea; Russia officially absorbs Crimea; Putin: Russia doesn't want more of Ukraine than Crimea;
Obama, EU impose sanctions on Russian officials after Crimea vote; Obama announces more sanctions against Russia;
Ukraine drawing up plans to evacuate forces from Crimea;
Three years into Syrian uprising, Assad is crushing revolt; Israeli minister: Israel can't rely on US on Iran;
Attorney: Punishment for Army general a 'travesty';
Do the Koch brothers support tax cuts for companies that ship jobs overseas?
House GOP leaders work on alternative to health-care law;
South Dakota GOP Lawmaker Says Businesses Should Be Allowed To Deny Services To Black People;
Tax-Hating States Totally Fine With Taxing The Poor;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and Computing issues
SC Politics
The right is addicted to faulty logic and fabrication; Government money waste;
SC has the highest ADHD drug-prescription rate in the nation; How one homophobic House member responded to a CofC student;
Harrell’s lawyers secretly trying to kick attorney general off his State Grand Jury case;
Finance and Economics
U.S. jobs, factory data show improvement; housing lags;
Fed says 29 out of 30 banks meet stress test capital requirements; Wells Fargo foreclosure manual under fire;
WIPO Warns of ‘Significant’ Impact from New Domains;
US appeals court upholds Fed's debit card 'swipe fee' limits; Netflix targets Comcast over ISP fees;
Wall Street investment company rolls Bitcoin stash into $150m fund;
ING reduces its US insurance stake;
HP's Whitman: Our 3D printers will be faster, higher quality;
Other news
Google Street View Captures the Beauty of Hawaii;
Back to (GTD) Basics: The Two-Minute Rule;
Education:
Affordability Tops Annual 'Hopes and Worries' Survey of Applicants; Report: Enroll All Student-Loan Borrowers in Income-Based Repayment;
Study: Small Changes in Homework Practices Improved Learning;
ACE Report Reiterates Opposition to Proposed College-Ratings Plan; ‘Love-Hate Relationship’ With Rankings Pervades ACE Report;
'Tennessee Promise' plan for tuition-free community college advances; U. Baltimore Offers Free Semester to Students Who Can Finish in 4 Years;
U. North Texas Offers Fixed-Rate Tuition, With a Twist; New York Senate Rejects DREAM Act;
U. of Southern Maine President, Facing Budget Cuts, Proposes Faculty Layoffs;
Data Breaches Put a Dent in Colleges’ Finances as Well as Reputations; Sophisticated Mobile Apps Are Reshaping Campus Safety;
History textbooks can start wars;
A Cost-Control Lesson From an Unlikely Source;
NCAA and Major Conferences Face New Antitrust Lawsuit;
3/14/14
TechNews for the week: March 14; March 12; March 10;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
In Crimean capital, rallies offer contrasting narratives; Russian troops at Ukraine border for military exercises; G7 warns Russia over Crimea occupation;
No Ukraine accord in US-Russia talks; Russia says intercepted US drone over Crimea; Assad takes advantage of U.S.-Russia split over Ukraine;
John McCain Unloads On Senate Republicans over Ukraine aid;
Israel speeds tear-downs of Palestinian homes in key valley; Militants fire rockets into south Israel; Israel shells Lebanon after border blast;
Chinese raw materials also found on U.S. B-1 bomber, F-16 jets;
Ex-Missile Crew Members Say Cheating Is Part Of The Culture;
Senator accuses CIA of illegal search of Congress computers; CIA feared Senate probe would expose key sources;
Watch an expert teach a smug U.S. senator about Canadian healthcare; The Republicans' Private-life Paradox;
Senate negotiators reach deal to extend jobless benefits; Boehner questions Senate unemployment deal;
House passes bill to sue president over laws;
NORQUIST: The Only 6 Republicans Who Can Win In 2016;
Malaysian Airlines plane mystery: how can a flight disappear off radar?
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and Computing issues
SC Politics
Keep Politics Out of Higher Ed; 'Minimally Adequate' Isn’t Good Enough; S.C. House Keeps Penalties on Colleges That Assigned Gay-Themed Books;
Independent ‘contingency plan’ in works if Lindsey Graham loses primary; In Defense of Partisanship;
Civil rights groups cheer settlement in lawsuit against S.C. immigration law;
SCSU trustee: President's inauguration cost at least $100K;
Finance and Economics
Aereo Shuts Down in Utah After Court Ruling; CBS could go all-Internet if Aereo wins;
China workers quit over Lenovo-IBM deal; Anti-union workers sue Volkswagen, UAW over Tennessee plant;
Wells Fargo reverses staff P2P loan ban; US companies are highly leveraged;
US to release oil from strategic reserve;
How Big Data Is Being Put to Work Around the World;
Moov plans to deliver nearly $1M worth of wearables by Jul;
Other news
New Pew report: Millennials don’t trust you, and four other takeaways;
Dred Scott decision still resonates today;
Education:
SAT revision: The reaction; Overhaul Will Not Correct Test’s Flaws;
Report: Rescind Ban on Federal Unit-Record System to Track Students;
Bill Aims To Curb High-Stakes Testing Mandates; Columnist says College Rating System 'Bad Idea';
Education Dept. Is Urged to Thwart Aid Abuses by Debit-Card Issuers; Revised ‘Gainful Employment’ Rule Breaks Little New Ground;
Rise of Customized Learning; 3 Keys to Aligning Common Core and Teacher Evaluations;
Report Notes Promise of Distance Learning but Cautions Against Overtaxing Faculty; 4 Pillars of Flipped Learning; The first 5 minutes in an inverted calculus class;
Some Universities Decide Not To Open Branches Abroad;
Proposal Would Allow Some Campuses to Break From Pennsylvania System;
Idaho’s Governor Signs Bill to Allow Guns on Campuses;
3/7/14
TechNews for the week: March 7; March 5; March 3;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
An angry Karzai says he’s been betrayed by Americans; NATO airstrike kills 5 Afghan soldiers;
Russian troops seize key installations in Crimea; Ukrainian PM calls Russian action 'declaration of war'; Putin defends Ukraine stance, cites lawlessness;
Crimea sets referendum on whether to join Russia; US Announces New Sanctions; 5 Reasons War in Ukraine; Ukraine gives conditions for Russia talks;
Ultra-Orthodox Jews rally against Israeli army service; Netanyahu says he is prepared to make 'a historic peace' with Palestinians;
Obama proposes $600 billion in new spending to boost economy; U.S. Senate Democrats do not plan to pass budget this year;
CIA under investigation for monitoring Senate;
GOP would bar poor from health care altogether; Fact Checker: Ryan’s story too good to check; The best — and weirdest — moments from CPAC (so far);
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and Computing issues
SC Politics
The Politics Of Taking And Refusing Federal Money; The Dumbing Down Of Democracy;
SC Gov. Haley, Sen. Sheheen blast Senate-passed ethics reform;
The CofC-MUSC merger is a master class in realpolitik ; The merger is one 'remake' no one asked for;
Finance and Economics
U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate at 6.7 percent;
A simpler tax code would mean few deductions; Plan Would Cap Charitable Deduction for Top Earners;
Comcast nears $320m deal for FreeWheel; Justice Department Supports Broadcasters Against Aereo;
U.S. Regulators Look at How to Control Bitcoin; Japan Plans Rules for Trading Bitcoins; British Law Firm Working on Mt. Gox Class-Action;
What really caused the decline of American unions?
Boeing to end pension plans for 68K employees;
U.S. Navy to put 22 Boeing fighters on 'unfunded' lists;
Education:
How Public Colleges Were Crowded Out, Beaten Up, and Failed to Fight Back;
25 Years of Declining State Support for Public Colleges; Another Report Describes Shrinking Amount of State Money for Higher Ed;
Officials' Pay at Public Colleges Rises Faster Than at Private Ones; Many Colleges ‘Hoard’ Endowments During Rough Economic Times;
Links Between Student Transfer and Graduates’ Earnings; The Pitfalls of Comparing Colleges Based on Postgraduate Earnings;
Cost and Financial Aid Increasingly Influence Students’ Choice of College; White House Encourages More Students to Apply for Financial Aid;
SAT to drop essay requirement as part of overhaul; Changes Won’t Make SAT Better Predictor Of College Success;
Shut Down in One State, U. of Northern Virginia Resurfaces in S.D.; References to S.D. Campus Disappear From U. of Northern Virginia’s Website;
The Flipped Calculus Course and Self-Regulated Learning; Stanford to offer new undergraduate majors integrating humanities, computer science;
NCAA Considers Adding Student Representative to Division I Board; Federal Antitrust Suit Challenges NCAA's Scholarship Limits;