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7/25/14
TechNews for the week: July 25; July 23; July 21;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Israeli tanks dig in at Gaza frontier as Palestinian toll tops 300; Violence spreads across West Bank as Gaza war drags on; Gaza conflict sparks massive protests in West Bank;
Israeli fire hits UN facility in Gaza, killing 15; Israel and Hamas agree to a 12-hour cease-fire; Kerry says no deal yet for 7-day truce in Gaza;
Ukranian officials: militias are tampering with evidence; U.S. official says Russia supplied missile launchers to separatists; Discloses intelligence on downing of jet;
Russia, Ukraine trade accusations of cross-border shelling;
Islamic State killed 270 in Syrian gas field battle; Islamic State kills Syrian soldiers, captures parts of base;
Official says Effort for new government in Iraq on track; CIA facing gaps in Iraq as it hunts for militants;
Pakistan says U.S. could do more to intercept militants;
Americans cannot agree on issues that are "extremely important";
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
Finance and Economics
Treasury Looks For Way To Ease Student-Loan Payments After 7 Million Defaults; Financial Industry Balks At Student Card Protection Regulations;
Appeals courts split on health-law subsidies;
Survey: Most Mobile App Developers Below 'Poverty Line';
Major League Baseball Opposes Net-Neutrality Proposal;
Other news
Equal Rights vs. Religious Principles;
War-College Woes;
Education:
2014's Great Colleges to Work For ;
House Approves 2 Bills Toward Renewal of Higher Education Act; Fafsa Fix Will Mean Less Aid for Many ;
Senators in Both Parties Agree: States Must Do More for Higher Education;
Education Dept. To Test Use of Student Aid in Programs Not Based on Credit Hour; Admissions Offices Need 'Cultural Intelligence';
The Problem Isn't Teacher Recruiting; It's Retention;
Report: Colleges Must Help Further the Goals of Common Core Standards; Glenn Beck's theatrical attack on Common Core;
A Professor's Plea to Stop Teaching Calculus in High Schools;
Where to buy used textbooks;
Ohio State Fires Band Director for Tolerating Sexual Harassment;
7/18/14
TechNews for the week: July 18; July 16; July 14;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Malaysia Airlines jet shot down in missile strike near Ukraine-Russia border; World calls for cease-fire after Ukraine crash; U.S. imposes toughest sanctions yet on Russia;
Downed plane could alter course of Ukraine fight;
Palestinians flee north Gaza after Israel warning; Palestinian ambassador: Root cause of violence is Israel's "occupation";
Iron Dome, Israel's antimissile system, changes calculus of fight with Hamas; Gaza conflict: Israel restarts air strikes amid rocket fire; Israeli PM orders ground offensive in Gaza;
Israel strike kills four boys on Gaza beach as 'humanitarian ceasefire' announced; Gaza conflict: Palestinian death toll reaches 274 amid fierce fighting;
Afghan presidential rivals accept recount of all runoff votes;
Iraq's parliament ends session still deadlocked; Iraqi civilian death toll passes 5,500 in wake of Isis offensive;
Syrian rebels turn on each other as 'big tent' strategy collapses; West's main aid group for Syrian rebels collapses;
How Conservatives Want To Fundamentally Change The Way The US Pays For Highways;
GOP's Latest Circus Has Lawmakers Shocked That DOJ Fights Fraud; Issa Abruptly Ends Hearing Before Witness Can Debunk His White House Attacks;
Senate GOP blocks bill on contraception coverage; Scott Brown Hid In a Bathroom to Avoid Talking About Hobby Lobby;
Florida judge says gerrymandering went too far;
Analysis: States Are "Well Positioned" To Deal With EPA Emissions Rules;
Anti-government radicals fuel fear of U.S. cop killings;
Chris McDaniel goes after Mississippi's secretary of state;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
Finance and Economics
Overtime update for American workers long overdue; Goldman economist argues There isn't a growing skills gap in the jobs market;
US loses WTO case against China and India;
House Approves Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act;
Copyright Office Says Aereo Doesn't Qualify for TV License; No good alternative for Aereo; Despite Aereo, Appeals Court Won't Stop 'Dish Anywhere';
Microsoft confirms plans to cut 18,000 jobs in the next year;
Time Warner rejected $80B offer from 21st Century Fox;
Monks start brewing beer to keep abbey open;
Other news
And now: the criminalization of parenthood;
Florida airport staff get lesson in nation's geography;
What a plan to split California into 6 states would look like;
Education:
Moody's Issues Negative Outlook for Higher Education; In Moody's U.S. college credit ratings, over three dozen fall;
'Pay It Forward' Plans Are No Cure for Rising College Costs; Repost says Tax Credits Are a Windfall for Colleges and Universities;
U. of Texas Affirmative-Action Program Is Upheld by Appeals Court; To Understand the Latest Ruling, Read These 4 Sentences;
Census Bureau Report Shows Only 1 In 4 STEM Graduates Employed In STEM Fields; Raising Math And Science Standards Mean Increase In Dropout Rates;
Report: Most Parents Support Common Core, Both Sides Are Misinformed; The Program Behind This Math Major;
How to Lie With Education Data, Part 1, Part 2;
Illinois Sues 2 Settlement Companies Over Student-Debt Claims;
7/11/14
TechNews for the week: July 11; July 9; July 7;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Iraq parliament delayed for five weeks; Iraq reverses decision; parliament to meet early next week; Kurds threaten legal action against Iraq oil buyers;
Jewish suspects arrested over death of Palestinian teenager; Israel launches major operation against Hamas in Gaza;
Israel Has a New Weapon Against Hamas: International Indifference;
Afghan poll crisis: Defiant Abdullah claims victory; Afghanistan's Abdullah rejects election result as 'coup' against people;
US Could End Aid To Afghanistan Over Their Disputed Presidential Election; Iraq veterans in Afghanistan stung by Iraq's turmoil;
CIA had role in Germany spy affair; Anger mounts as Germany unearths second U.S. spy suspect; Germany asks top U.S. intelligence official to leave over spy scandal;
Ordinary Web users far outnumber foreign targets in conversations intercepted by the NSA; CIA employee's push for disclosure 'destroyed my entire career';
China's Navy in frenzy to build new nuclear-powered attack subs;
The Supreme Court's Sneaky, Outrageous Reversal on Contraception Coverage; Federal Judge Tells Supreme Court To 'STFU';
Hobby Lobby Decision is not about Religious Freedom; could open a Pandora's box of legal discrimination;
This Is The Most Audacious Case Seeking To Expand Hobby Lobby; College ruling may further outrage, mobilize Democrats;
U.S. House Panel Says It Can Ignore SEC Subpoenas in Insider-Trading Probe;
Remember that whole Obamacare thing? Apparently Congress has moved on; Who cares about the fuss over executive overreach? Republican base voters;
$3.8 billion needed to deal with influx of minors at border; Republicans Have Unveiled Their Solution To The 'Highway Shutdown';
Unease in G.O.P. Over Mississippi Tea Party Anger; Gun control group sues Kansas governor over gun rights law;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
S.C. owes federal government $445K for Medicaid error;
Report: SC State must stop diverting money to foundations; SC State in trouble, but president gets bonus;
Justices: Prosecutor can investigate House speaker;
Finance and Economics
Longer-Term Treasuries Rise as Jobs Growth Doesn't Sway Fed View;
Blue Cross' $65 Billion Move Away From Fee-For-Service Medicine;
Offshore Wind Struggles To Make Deeper US Penetration; Aereo Attempts Comeback as a 'Cable Company';
Other news
Republicans need to get over their '47 percent' obsession;
Education:
Tuition and Fees Rise, but Cost of Living-by Colleges' Estimate-Falls; Modest Increases and Few Cuts Are Projected in State Spending for 2015;
US, States Struggle To Account For How Many Graduates Need Remedial Education; Texas Makes an Appalling Mess of Education 'Reform';
Survey: STEM Majors Earn More; Census Bureau Survey Finds Most STEM Graduates Work In Other Fields;
For-Profit Colleges Raking In GI Bill Funds; Report: Late Fafsa Filers Receive Less Student Aid;
US students in middle of pack on financial knowhow;
Christian College's President Seeks Exemption From Ban on Anti-Gay Bias; Fight Over U Texas President Comes to a Head;
Journal Retracts 60 Articles After Discovering 'Peer Review and Citation Ring';
NCAA Issues Guidelines on Concussion Management; Senate Committee Has Tough Questions for NCAA Leader;
7/4/14
TechNews for the week: July 2; June 30;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Isis declares establishment of caliphate; Sunnis, Kurds shun Iraq parliament; Kurds take step toward independence; Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq;
The US Is Flying Right Into The Iran-Russia-Syria Plan In Iraq; Colorado woman accused of supporting ISIS terrorist group;
Blackwater threatened to kill US official in Iraq for probing the company's performance;
Israel murders teenagers: Body of abducted Palestinian teen found in Jerusalem in 'suspected revenge killing' ; Israel deploys troops near Gaza Strip, launches airstrikes;
Murdered Palestinian teenager's family says new footage shows his abduction by Israeli extremists; Palestinian fury at Israel boils at funeral for slain youth;
Putin accuses Ukraine over ceasefire;
Supreme Court rules in Obamacare challenge case; Justice Ginsburg's Dissent; and Partial Public Employees Can't Be Required To Contribute To Unions;
The Supreme Court has already expanded Hobby Lobby decision; Supreme Court takes Hobby Lobby decision one step further;
Samuel Alito: The Most Partisan Supreme Court Justice Of All; 8 Other Laws That Could Be Ignored Now That Christians Get To Pick And Choose;
Nancy Giles says Let's sue Congress!
The Tea Party Should Split From Republicans and Form America's Third Political Party; Tea Party Leader: McDaniel Should Be Nominee 'Regardless Of What State Law Says';
What Chris McDaniel doesn't understand about the tea party; Insists Cochran Abandoned Christian Values by Appealing to Black Voters ;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Ex-Trustee at South Carolina State U. Is Convicted on 29 Counts of Corruption;
CofC basketball coach accused of verbal abuse and physical threats;
Finance and Economics
U.S. job growth surges, unemployment rate near six-year low;
Hobby Lobby's Argument Should Alarm People of Faith;
Aereo suspends online-streaming service after ruling; Fox Cites Aereo Ruling Against Dish TV Service;
How two small towns have shaken up the fracking debate;
Judges Order Uber, Lyft to Stop Service in Pittsburgh;
California governor signs bill legalizing Bitcoin, other digital currencies;
Other news
Video: Trucker pulls over speeding cop, talking on the phone;
Education:
Study Casts Doubt On Overall Quality Of US Colleges; Education Dept. Unveils New Lists of Most and Least Expensive Colleges;
What 8 States Are Doing to Build Better Pathways From High School to Careers; Inconsistent Reporting on Remedial Rates Stymies Reforms;
Rising Tuition Discounts and Flat Tuition Revenues Squeeze Colleges Even Harder; Confusion Over New Federal Student-Aid Form Could Cost Borrowers and Colleges;
GI Bill funds flow to for-profit colleges that fail state aid standards;
2 Regents Resign at U. of Hawaii Over Bill to Require Financial Disclosures; Bank Linked to Prominent Debit-Card Provider Faces $3.5-Million Fine;
The Obvious Benefits of In-Class Writing Assignments;