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4/24/15
TechNews for the week: April 24; April 22; April 20;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Thousands of Iraqis flee as Islamic State makes gains in Sunni heartland; U.S.-led coalition targets Islamic State with 15 air strikes;
Navy has seven combat ships around Yemen as Saudi-led blockade continues; Saudis Announce Halt to Yemen Bombing Campaign;
Despite victory, Israeli leader struggling to form coalition; Netanyahu given 14 more days to form govt; Palestinians condemn Israeli ruling on Jerusalem property;
Why Israel does not recognize the Armenian 'genocide';
European officials grapple with 'epic' migrant crisis in the Mediterranean; New migration crisis overwhelms European refugee system;
Marines Testing 'Kamikaze' Drones; Test rocket crash an embarrassing blow to Russia;
McConnell introduces bill to extend NSA surveillance;
FBI overstated forensic hair matches in nearly all trials before 2000;
U.S. justices toss ruling that upheld North Carolina redistricting plan; Justices: Police can't extend traffic stop awaiting drug dog;
Justice Department opens civil rights investigation of police custody death in Baltimore; Anger follows acquittal in rare trial of Chicago cop;
Supreme Court drops clue about future of healthcare act;
Kansas lawmakers want the poor to pay for tax cuts for the rich;
More Kansas Schools To Close Early For Lack Of Funding; Big piece of plan for balancing Kansas budget is in trouble;
The NRA's brazen shell game with donations;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
SC Rep. Trey Gowdy packs an (illegal) patriotic AR-15 in his Capitol Hill office;
The media, elected officials unite with big business to oppose unions;
Who will stand up to the Beach Company;
Charleston police finalize body camera policy;
Finance and Economics
Euro zone warns Greece no cash till full reform deal; Documents show flash crash trader's frenetic business dealings;
Saudi Arabia Has a Solution to the Global Oil Glut Problem; Political Divide Over Keystone Pipeline Breaks Down Locally;
Hawaiians Embrace Solar Power Despite Utility Resistance; Utilities Warn That Switch To New Power Sources Could Mean Blackouts;
Administration Proposes $15 Billion Overhaul Of Nation's Energy Infrastructure; Researchers See Spike In Electric Car Sales As Battery Prices Fall;
SCOTUS Rules 7-2 That Federal Law Does Not Preempt Natural Gas Companies From State Antitrust Litigation;
Judge Rejects Dismissal Against Goldman Sachs Programmer;
Comcast to drop mega-merger with Time Warner Cable;
Other news
Stick With Good Habits by Using the "Paper Clip Strategy";
The Vietnam War: as Seen by the Victors;
The World's Fastest Recreational Runners;
Why it's so controversial to call the Armenian genocide a genocide;
Education:
For Those Without One, College Degrees Are Seen as Important but Too Expensive; Some Two-Year Degrees Command High Salaries;
The 20 highest-paying jobs for business majors; Law schools try to adapt as job market sours; Non-STEM Fields Now Require STEM Skills;
Nearly 200 Colleges Allow Students With High SBAC Scores To Skip Remediation; Study: Shifting the Focus of Remedial Math Helps More Students Succeed;
Cost of College Ratings? For Education Dept., at Least $4 Million; Business School That Chased Rankings Ran Up a Deficit;
Arizona State and edX Will Offer an Online Freshman Year, Open to All; The Catch in ASU's Low-Cost Freshman Year Online: No Aid;
California Voters Back Common Core; 5 Tech Tools That Support Common Core State Standards; 6 Tips for Creating a 'Mini' MOOC;
Colleges Increasingly Taking On Cybersecurity Education;
LAUSD 'Extremely Dissatisfied' with Pearson and Apple, Demands Refund;
Colleges Searching Applicants' Online Presence; Colleges Respond to Racist Incidents as if Their Chief Worry Is Bad PR;
How the States Stack Up on Measures of Their Research Strength;
Ohio Lawmakers Abandon Threat to Faculty Unions; Iowa Legislator Wants to Give Students the Chance to Fire Underwhelming Faculty;
Newspaper's Investigation Digs Into Florida's For-Profit Higher-Ed Sector;
Fluctuations in Aid Allowances Raise Questions of Fairness in Athletics;
4/17/15
TechNews for the week: April 17; April 15; April 13;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Iraqi forces launch counter-attack against Islamic State in Anbar; Iraq: Growth of the Shia militia; Saddam aide Top Iraqi militant leader 'killed' in Iraq;
Islamic State advances on key Iraqi city; U.S. consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan attacked;
Iraqi prime minister fears Yemen conflict could spark wider sectarian war; Foreign fighters are spilling into Afghanistan, helping the Taliban;
Russia opens way to missile deliveries to Iran, starts oil-for-goods swap; Israel 'dismayed' at S-300 missile deal with Iran;
In Israel's army, more officers now religious; 'Thousands' of Israeli Arab homes threatened with demolition;
Israel coalition talks run against the clock; Senator Cotton says Military strike against Iran with minimal fallout for Israel possible;
Pope's genocide comments spark indifference, frustration among Turks;
China 'building runway in disputed South China Sea';
Senators Push Back On McConnell's Efforts To Have States Opt-Out Of Clean Power Plan; Top US lawmakers strike deal to fast-track trade deals;
73-year-old reserve cop who mistook his gun for a Taser charged; Few prosecutions among thousands of fatal shootings by on-duty police;
Louisiana goes for broke with discrimination bill;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
Neither justice nor changes guaranteed despite video; Scott's death is proof the system doesn't work;
Study found racial disparities in North Charleston city hiring;
Finance and Economics
Greece's poor are back to where they were in 1980; Greece would struggle to find creditors outside Europe;
Study finds illegal immigrants pay $11.8B in taxes; U.S. pensioners risk overestimating Social Security benefits; Little-Known Pension Rule May Slash Benefits;
4 ways a surging dollar rattles world economies, markets; Yes, Worry About the Stock Market; Low interest rates creating 'havoc';
U.S. Shale Oil Boom Turns to Gloom; US on verge of energy independence;
Lawmakers: Oil Train, Pipeline Safety Rules Not Moving Fast Enough; Administration Tightens Offshore Drilling Rules;
US commercial property loan defaults hit six-year low;
Lack of education stifles US mobility; Job applicants with computer skills hard to find; Companies can't find workers who can hold a conversation or show up on time;
Resolution Introduced To Block FCC's Net Neutrality Rules;
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office doesn't know if patent examiners are doing their jobs;
Class-action lawsuit filed against IBM over GlobalFoundries deal; Activist Billionaire Nelson Peltz Beats the Market in Q1;
Costco Seen Paying Almost Zero to Accept Cards in Citigroup Deal;
Other news
Why Fast Male Distance Runners Get All the Ladies;
How the government just protected some of your favorite podcasts;
Education:
State Spending on Higher Education Shows 'Sizable' Increase ; Wealth Gap Between Richest Colleges and Others Is Expected to Grow;
No Child Left Behind Rewrite Heads to Senate Floor;
Student Outcomes Will Determine Public Funding of Universities in Oregon;
Expecting Budget Cut, U. Wisconsin at Milwaukee Offers Buyouts; U.Wisconsin Flagship Will Cut 400 Positions in Response to Budget Cuts;
Forgiving Corinthian 100 Debt Could Cost Billions; ED Fines Corinthian Unit $30 Million Over Job Placement Claims;
Corinthian Students May Get Loan Relief; $30-Million Fine for Corinthian May Portend Tougher Scrutiny of For-Profits;
Blogs Aren't Better Than Journal Assignments. They're Just Different; How 3D printing curriculum is changing the way STEM is taught in the classroom;
MOOCs Seen As Expensive, Ineffective; Colleges Embrace Branding Strategies;
Admissions Scandal Shows How Administrators' Ethics 'Fade' ;
UCLA's Faculty Senate Approves Requiring a Course on Diversity; Should Colleges Be Judging Rape?
Ohio U. Scraps Deal With Donor on a New Home for Its President;
4/10/15
TechNews for the week: April 10; April 8; April 6;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Isis senses territorial gains in Syria; The hidden hand behind the Islamic State militants - Saddam Hussein's; Gen. David Petraeus: ISIS isn't the biggest threat to Iraq;
U.S. program to train new Syrian force faces logistic, diplomatic headaches;
Don't Blame Obama for Data on Israel's Nukes; The US and Iran are closer in Iraq than people realize - and things are getting ugly;
Khamenei wrestles with Iran deal fallout; Iran's supreme leader voices pessimism on nuclear deal;
The real reason Netanyahu and the GOP hate this Iran deal; Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian at West Bank funeral;
The Saudi war in Yemen turning into a quagmire; Tensions rise as Iran condemns Saudi air strikes against Yemen; Pakistan declines Saudi call for armed support in Yemen fight;
Appeals court: Yoga doesn't bend rules on religious freedom;
Right-wing Christianity teaches bigotry: The ugly roots of Indiana's new anti-gay law; Rick Santorum Brings Westboro Baptist Church into the Religious Freedom Debate;
Ill. Governor suspends $26 million in social services, public health grants;
Tensions rise as Idaho lawmakers seek solution for shortfall; Idaho Republicans push back against LGBT rights;
After Bush order, Florida universities cope with shrinking black enrollment;
YouTube Takes Down Video of Rand Paul's Announcement for copyright violation;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
South Carolina lawmakers South Carolina lawmakers seek to roll back marriage equality;
Finance and Economics
IMF says governments need to do more to stimulate economic growth; How A Greece Crisis Affects The U.S.;
Business Groups Demand Updates To H-1B, H-2A Programs; Senators Call For Investigation Into H-1B Visa Program;
Arthur Laffer has a never-ending supply of supply-side plans for GOP; The rich get government handouts just like the poor. Here are 10 of them;
Obama plugs program to train veterans for solar industry jobs;
Study Suggests That Many Could Be Made Carsick By Self-Driving Vehicles;
EPA Water Rule Heads To White House;
GE close to selling nearly all its real estate holdings;
Other news
South Carolina police officer charged with murder after shooting man during traffic stop;
South Carolina to SCOTUS: We Can Discriminate Against Women, So Why Not Gays?
South Carolina State U. Board Chairman Steps Down;
Education:
Faculty and Staff Salaries at More Than 4,700 Colleges;
College-Attainment Rate Inches Up, but Not Fast Enough for Lumina; Boston College, to Refresh Its Aging Curriculum, Turns to Design Thinkers;
As Tuition Rises, College Room And Board Also More Expensive; With Cuts Looming, Wisconsin Regents OK Tuition Increases at 9 Campuses;
How 'Elite' Universities Are Using Online Education; Anti-Cheating Programs For Online Tests Raise Concerns;
Where 3 Accountability Measures Meet, a Hazardous Intersection; Pressure Mounting For Better Accreditation For Alternate Degree Programs;
Tax-Exempt Status of Large College Endowments Hurts Taxpayers;
ED Releases Guide For Algebra Teachers; Mandatory Math Argued Against;
Koch brothers' $500K pledge to OSU brings questions;
The Most Powerful Man in College Sports; NCAA Finds More Ways to Placate Players;
At Least 15 Athletics Programs to Offer More Than $4,000 in Extra Aid to Athletes;
4/3/15
TechNews for the week: April 3; April 1; March 30;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
In fight for Tikrit, U.S. finds enemies on both sides of the battle lines; Iran says US drone kills 2 advisers in Iraq;
Iraqi forces drive Islamic State militants out of the heart of Tikrit; A wave of looting and lynching after Iraqi forces take Tikrit;
Led by al-Qaida in Syria Islamic fighters seize major city; Isis edges closer to Syrian capital;
Poll: Clear majority supports nuclear deal with Iran; Iran, world powers agree on framework for nuclear talks; Five takeaways from Iran nuclear deal;
With outlines of a deal, Iran embarks on uncharted territory with the U.S.;
Netanyahu says Iran must accept Israel's existence; Israel advances plans for largest Palestinian housing project;
Palestinians to receive partial salaries as Israel withholds funds; Abbas doubts Israel vow to free Palestinian funds;
Warships move in key strait as airstrikes widen in Yemen; Dozens killed in airstrike at refugee camp in Yemen;
Heavily-armed rebels battle for control of Yemen's second-largest city; Yemeni fighters repel Houthis in Aden after arms drop;
Yemen: Who's joining Saudi Arabia's fight against the Houthis; Why Yemen has come undone; Al-Qaeda frees 300 prisoners in Yemen prison break;
Separating fact from fiction in Iraq and Yemen; Putin letter to Arab summit triggers strong Saudi attack;
US restores $1.3bn military aid to Egypt;
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Obamacare 'death panel' challenge; Protesters again disrupt U.S. Supreme Court proceedings over campaign finance;
Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules; A GOP and banks Target: Warren's Consumer Protection Agency;
Indiana Governor Stands By 'Religious Freedom' Law But Promises Fix; Pizza Parlor Is Indiana's First Business to Deny Service to LGBT Customers;
Arkansas lawmakers approve religious freedom bill; Wal-Mart joins critics of 'religious freedom' bill; Ark. governor won't sign bill as is;
Arkansas, Indiana enact fixes to measures seen as targeting gays; Indiana law draws Republican White House hopefuls into the culture wars;
Don't blame Christianity for your homophobia; Religious freedom fight over gay marriage will persist; Indiana law tried to protect businesses that oppose gay marriage;
California Announces Mandatory Water Restrictions;
Secret, unlimited donations could boost a Jeb Bush run;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Math and science
Web and computing issues
SC Politics
When Tax Cuts Might Become Bad Policy;
Finance and Economics
U.S. added 126,000 jobs in March; jobless rate remains at 5.5 percent; US private payrolls, factory data point to weak economic growth;
Republicans have a new plan to cut taxes for the top 0.2 percent; No, the estate tax isn't destroying family farms;
Goldman Sachs on oil: US needs to cut, not OPEC; The Saudis are losing their lock on Asian oil sales;
US Oil Industry Teams Up With Tech Companies; Big Oil Pressured Scientists Over Fracking Wastewater's Link to Quakes;
New hepatitis C drugs are costing Medicare billions;
China Delays Bank Technology Restrictions;
Kansas collected $11M less in taxes than expected this month; Kansas lawmakers OK plan to use bonds for pension system;
California used 70 million gallons of water in fracking in 2014;
Other news
Driver follows GPS off disused bridge, and wife dies;
NY Boy Scouts hire gay Eagle Scout despite national policy;
10 Exercises That Burn More Calories Than Running;
Education:
Educ. Dept. Names More Than 550 Colleges Put Under Extra Financial Scrutiny; The Decreasing Affordability of Public Flagships, in One Chart;
The Dangers of Tuition Discounting;
Rhodes Scholarships Will Be Offered to Chinese Students;
Indiana College Presidents Speak Out Against 'Religious Freedom' Law ; 'Race Theory' Course at Arizona State Draws Torrent of Hate Mail;
Former educators found guilty in Atlanta school cheating scandal; The Biggest Outrage in Atlanta's Crazy Teacher Cheating Case;
College Athletics Group Will No Longer Require 3 Years of U.S. High School for Athletes ; Disparities in New Aid for Athletes Could Alter Dynamics of Recruiting;