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9/30/16
TechNews for the week: September 30; September 28; September 26;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Ferocious assault on Aleppo suggests U.S. may be wrong on Syria; Darkness, fear grip Aleppo as stepped-up bombing increases horrors of war;
Iraq's Shiite militias: 'We Do Not Need America's Support';
Afghan refugees who've settled in Pakistan for decades now being ordered to get out;
Probe finds Missile in 2014 Ukraine plane crash was deployed from Russia;
Two Army generals have been relieved of their duties;
Congress passes funding bill averting government shutdown;
Congress votes to override Obama's veto of 9/11 bill; The Obama administration's case against the 9/11 bill, explained for Congress;
North Carolina and Maryland challenge gerrymandering; The Texas Voter ID Fight Keeps Getting Weirder;
Illinois attorney general appeals bar on Election Day voter registration; Wisconsin may have lied to a federal court in order to get away with voter suppression;
Judge Orders Kansas Official to Appear for Contempt Hearing; Brownback, advisers abandon report on Kansas economy;
Testimony: Christie pals OK'd gridlock, campaign chief knew;
Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage; The Real Reason So Many Americans Oppose Immigration;
A white officer said she was shot by a black man. Then her story started to unravel;
Winners and losers from the first debate; Trump points fingers after shaky debate; Rudy Giuliani: I'd skip future debates if I were Trump;
Donald Trump either lied to Republicans or broke the law;
Did Trump really suggest that China should invade North Korea; Trump's claim about a racial discrimination lawsuit;
A new document reveals Donald Trump's economic strategy in detail;
Trump Is Having a Meltdown; Trump attacks weight gain of former Miss Universe; unleashes early-morning Twitter tirade against 'disgusting' Alicia Machado;
Trump directed millions owed to him to his charity instead; Trump Foundation Lacks Certification to Operate as Charity; says he didn't do business with Cuba;
Trump Pleaded The Fifth 97 Times To Avoid Admitting To Adultery; Trump's new conspiracy theory gives Google the stink eye;
Math, science and technology:
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SC Politics
Charleston Is A Battleground County;
Love Is Progress And Hate Is Expensive;
Finance and Economics
European Markets Slump Due to Deutsche Bank Fears; Hedge funds pull business from Deutsche Bank; OPEC agrees to limit oil output at 32.5 million barrels per day;
Brazilians' Millions: General Electric's South American Headache; Wells Fargo claws back part of CEO, other executive's salary;
A Retirement Crisis? There Are Actually Three; Obama administration may use obscure fund to pay billions to ACA insurers;
Energy Companies Seeing Rise In Cyber Attacks; Senator Asks SEC to Probe Yahoo Over Hacking Disclosure;
Clean Power Plan Faces Constitutional Challenges In Court; House Waterways Bill Faces More Opposition;
DOE Report Finds Costs Of Wind, Solar Dropping Dramatically; Company buys land near North Dakota pipeline route;
3D printing is revolutionizing roadways as well as airplanes;
Utah State University Shows Off Driverless, Wireless Charging Bus;
Other news
Trump is headed for a win, says professor who has predicted 30 years of presidential outcomes correctly;
Education:
Economists Offer Unconventional Wisdom on Student-Loan 'Crisis'; Where the College Scorecard Has Gained Traction So Far - and Where It Hasn't;
National Default Rate on Student Loans Declines for Third Straight Year ; Colleges Increasingly Using Financial Aid To Attract Wealthy Students;
Education Dept. Is Sued Over Debt Collection From Former Corinthian Students;
What Should Colleges Do to Discipline Students Who Spew Hate?
Accreditors Rarely Lose Lawsuits, but They Keep Getting Sued;
Quaterback leaves Alabama, could exploit little-known transfer rule; Nebraska Athlete Describes Bitter Online Reaction to Kneeling for National Anthem;
9/23/16
TechNews for the week: September 23; September 21; September 19;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Coalition airstrike targeting ISIS likely killed Syrian soldiers; Signs of panic and rebellion in heart of ISIS's self-proclaimed caliphate; The Perils of a Post-ISIS Iraq;
Syria's 7-day grace period ends with no aid and cease-fire in tatters; Syria pounds Aleppo as government declares end to cease-fire;
Saudi Arabia appears to be using U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in its war in Yemen;
U.S. embassy left red-faced after sending settlement wine to anti-settlement group;
US, China Investigating Chinese Firm For Aiding North Korean Nuclear Program.;
Senate splits over bill to avoid government shutdown;
New York mayor sees 'intentional act' behind explosion that injured dozens;
Prosecutor: Gov. Christie was told about plan to close lanes on bridge;
A white police chief rants, and a Louisiana town hears echoes of its racist past;
After fatal shooting of unarmed black man in Tulsa, attorneys release photos to contradict authorities' claim;
Violent protests break out in Charlotte after police fatally shoot black man; 12 officers injured; Charlotte police decline to release shooting video; chief calls footage 'not definitive';
An inside look at how politicians beg for big checks; How gerrymandering black districts backfired in the South; Appeals Court: Ohio Elections Chief Wrongly Purged Voters;
Aren't more white people than black people killed by police? Yes, but no;
A Trump county campaign chair in Ohio just blamed racism on Obama; Trump's Hitlerian disregard for the truth;
Why Trump Is the Islamic State's Dream Candidate;
Trump: Never wrong, never sorry, never responsible;
Study: Trump's trade policies would send US into recession;
Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems; Why Donald Trump's tax returns haven't been leaked;
A Little Blue Dot Is Irritating Nebraska's GOP;
Objectionable Posts From GOP Senate Hopeful's Son Surface;
Math, science and technology:
Security issues
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SC Politics
County Officials scramble to breathe new life into I-526 extension; Charleston County Council calls for further study of West Ashley bike lane;
Berg named CIO of S.C. Retirement Systems Investment Commission;
HOAs Detract From Sense of Community;
Finance and Economics
'It goes well beyond Wells Fargo': Concerns grow over sales tactics in banking industry; Wells Fargo hearing: executive pay 'clawbacks' are likely to take center stage;
Condominiums in crisis: Financial troubles put many communities at risk;
Judge Says 'Bitcoins are Funds' Under Laundering Law;
Hampton Roads relied on military spending for decades. Now it must shift its economy;
SEC probes ExxonMobil over asset values; Bayer-Monsanto tie-up pilloried in Germany, U.S.;
DOT Releases Policy On Self-Driving Cars;
How to hide it: inside the secret world of wealth managers; The best way to take required minimum distributions from IRAs;
Other news
How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math;
Five Minute Investing Tutorial;
Education:
Oxford Tops List of World's Best Universities; More Colleges Making SAT, ACT Optional;
Typical Undergraduate Takes More Than 5 Years to Graduate; Study: Few Recent Graduates Were Actually Forced to Work as Baristas;
Illinois's Regional Public Colleges Report Strained Conditions Amid Sliding Enrollment;
2 Projects That Promote Alternative Credentials Reach Key Milestones; As Reformers Take Aim at Remediation, Community Colleges Feel the Squeeze;
Why some schools are sending kids out for recess four times a day; Why Students Should Take Good Notes; How Colleges Should Adapt in a Networked Age;
Regional Accreditors Will Push to Improve Graduation Rates; Accreditors To Ramp Up Scrutiny Of Colleges With Low Graduation Rates;
New Online Resource For Students Of Shuttered Colleges; DeVry Will Voluntarily Reduce Revenue From Federal Student Aid;
In San Francisco, the Fates of a College and Its Accreditor Are on the Line;
Kentucky Justices Rule Governor Can't Unilaterally Cut Colleges' Budgets;
As Clemson reaps a football windfall, others say: Don't expect similar results; Athletics Programs Draw Up a New Playbook for Student Activism;
9/16/16
TechNews for the week: September 16; September 14; September 12;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Syrian ceasefire appears to hold, but aid deliveries are on standby; Swaggering Syria Shoots At Israeli Jets; As ISIS closed in, race to remove chemical-weapon precursors in Libya;
Netanyahu 'ethnic cleansing' comment against Palestinians draws U.S. rebuke; Barak: Netanyahu's reckless conduct endangers Israel;
Israel Is Strengthening Its Ties With The Gulf Monarchies; Poll Shows Rift Between Us Jews, Israel On Religious Affairs;
US, Israel reach record military aid deal; Tel Aviv Diary: Obama Exacts Cold Revenge on Netanyahu; Israel has 200 nukes pointed at Iran, according to Powell emails;
US aid fuelled corruption in Afghanistan;
U.S. expands spying operations against Russia as Moscow reasserts itself; Russia implicated in hack of Colin Powell emails bashing candidates;
Marine Corps hazing; Inside the fight to reveal the CIA's torture secrets;
U.S. appeals court orders removal of proof-of-citizenship voting requirement in 3 states;
Lawsuit: Georgia voter registration process violates Voting Rights Act; has disenfranchised thousands, mostly minorities;
Maine governor seeks to 'privatize' state's welfare program;
How Breitbart Conquered the Media;
The Hillary Clinton Email Story Is out of Control;
Clinton not quick to share health information; What Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis means, medically-speaking; campaign releases doctor's letter describing 'mild' pneumonia;
The man who discovered CTE thinks Hillary Clinton may have been poisoned;
After contradictory comments from aides, Trump discusses health on 'Dr. Oz Show';
Despite gestures, Trump still not very transparent about health, taxes, wife's immigration;
Trump: 'We should have a debate with no moderators';
Trump campaign says he's given 'tens of millions' to charity, but offers no proof; Trump donates other peoples money and takes credit;
Even Trump's charity is a scam; There were five phantom donations in the files of Donald Trump's foundation;
Trump Jr: Media would be 'warming up the gas chamber' if GOP acted the way Democrats do; Ivanka Trump cuts Cosmopolitan interview short;
Why Trump's maternity leave plan is unconstitutional; Trump's ties to an informant and FBI agent reveal how he operated;
Trump has all the momentum in national and key swing state polls; In This Ohio County, Republicans Are All In for Trump;
Trump admits Obama born in U.S. but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors; campaign says he recognizes Obama's U.S. birth, but layers it with falsehoods;
Math, science and technology:
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SC Politics
MUSC fights paper over information involving alleged cheating scandal; South Carolina Governor Asks University Trustees to Pay Back Expenses;
Watched: Keeping track of the public; Part 2: A target on your back;
The Citadel named No. 1 public regional college by U.S. News;
Elliott Summey says he was robbed of presenting I-526 plan after meeting was canceled;
Finance and Economics
U.S. middle class incomes grew faster in 2015 than any year in modern history; US political system risks economic competitiveness;
Employers quietly change insurance plans to make workers pay more for their health care;
Wells Fargo fired 5,300 workers for an improper sales push. The executive in charge is retiring with $125 million; US prosecutors open Wells Fargo inquiry;
Bayer to Acquire Monsanto for $66 Billion; Dissecting Dow And DuPont Deal: Concern Over Concentration;
US Releases Strategic Plan To Jumpstart Offshore Wind Industry;
Interior Department Outlines Renewable Energy Development In California Desert; LA Breaks Ground On Stormwater Facility To Capture 5 Billion Gallons Per Year;
Amtrak To Upgrade Trains, Tracks, And Stations;
RAND Corporation Employees Urge FAA To Partner With Private Firms On Drones; Netflix Urges FCC to Eliminate Broadband Data Caps;
Other news
The Secret Illnesses of 5 U.S. Presidents;
What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws (or dies) before the election is over?
Education:
U.S. News college rankings: Princeton tops list for sixth straight year; NPR Ed Rates The Rankings;
Policy Maker Should Address Lack Of Proper Study Habits In College Student As Well As Tuition;
Fancy Dorms Aren't The Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing; Innovation: Is It What Colleges Need;
A New Financial-Aid Timeline Could Reshape Admissions;
Colleges Embrace Streetwise Tactics to Prevent Substance-Abuse Deaths;
ITT Ending All Operations As Creditor Seizes Accounts; For-Profit Shutdowns Leave Students In Lurch; Ashford U. Owner Is Ordered to Forgive $23.5 Million in Student Debt;
Citing Civil-Rights Concerns, NCAA Pulls 7 Championship Events Out of North Carolina; NCAA's decision irks Republicans;
ACC Moves Championships Out of North Carolina ; Southern Conference to consider pulling championships;
University of New Hampshire to buy $1 million football scoreboard with thrifty librarian's money, outraging critics;
Chapel Hill Student Says University Botched Investigation of Her Rape by a Football Player;
9/9/16
TechNews for the week: September 9; September 7;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
U.S., Russia reach deal on Syria cease-fire; Flow of foreign fighters plummets as ISIS loses its edge; For the first time since 2013, ISIS has no border with NATO;
Saudi Arabia and Iran accuse each other of not really being Muslim; Dozens of U.S. airstrikes in six countries;
Israel Strikes Syria After Projectile Lands in Golan Heights; Palestinian court postpones long-awaited local elections;
North Korea fires missiles as world leaders meet in China for G-20 summit; North Korea appears to have conducted its fifth nuclear test;
Merkel's refugee policy blamed for loss on her home turf;
Mexico considers Bill to revoke treaties if Trump wins election;
Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in U.S.;
Inside the GOP creation of the North Carolina voting bill dubbed the 'monster' law; DOJ Catches Texas Violating The Court Order Against Its Voter Suppression Law;
Republicans just don't want certain Democrats to vote; The House Freedom Caucus is not a 'cancer' in Congress, it's the future;
FBI releases documents in Clinton email investigation; FBI director: Clinton email "really wasn't a prosecutable case";
A new 50-state poll shows exactly why Clinton holds the advantage over Trump;
Fact-checking Clinton and Trump in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum; Matt Lauer mauled over his performance at presidential forum;
Veterans Are Not Necessarily Experts on Foreign Policy;
Trump's history of corruption is mind-boggling. So why is Clinton supposedly the corrupt one?
Trump dismisses questions about improper gift to Florida attorney general; Donald Trump accidentally declares himself ineligible for the presidency!
Why Wall Street Won't Give Money to Trump's Campaign;
Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews;
Math, science and technology:
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The Citadel to proceed with Bastin Hall, first new building in over 40 years;
S.C. inspector general will launch preliminary investigation into university board spending;
Turf War: Shadowmoss or Shadowmess;
Finance and Economics
Arctic oil plans under fire in Norway; Shell Considering Next Tender For Dutch North Sea Wind Farm; Dong Energy Installs World's Largest Wind Turbines Off UK;
Top U.S. Banks Paid $2 Bn in Deductible Bonuses in 4 Years; Wells Fargo fined $185m over secret accounts;
Bayer Raises Monsanto Bid to $65 Billion; Could the Senate Pull the Plug on the Dow-DuPont Merger? GE Makes $1.4 Billion Offer For Arcam, SLM Solutions;
Quake Prompts Oklahoma To Shut Down Wastewater Wells; Changes In Energy Usage Moved Country Toward Obama's Emissions Goal;
Judge Orders Temporary Halt To North Dakota Pipeline Work; U.S. moves to halt oil pipeline construction near Standing Rock and tribal land;
Energy Groups Urge Congress To Renew Expiring Tax Credits; Audit Calls Out Dozens Of Tax Credits Given Out By Oregon DOE;
China's Gold Rush in the Hills of Appalachia;
Other news
How Writing To-Do Lists Helps Your Brain; This 100-Year-Old To-Do List Hack Still Works Like A Charm;
A Farewell Guide to Political Journalism;
The History of Labor Day ;
Education:
High-School Grades Still Count Most in College Admissions; Feds Release Report On Post-High School Remedial Education; American schools have a chronic absentee problem;
Illinois state universities say fall enrollments a mixed bag;
Giant For-Profit ITT Will Close All Its Campuses ; As For-Profit ITT Announces Closure, Thousands of Students and Employees Face Uncertainty;
Minnesota Revokes 2 For-Profit Colleges' Authorization Following Fraud Ruling ;
University Of Chicago Weighs Disciplinary Measures To Protect Academic Freedom; Students at UPenn Protest Email as Evidence of Rape Culture ;
What Clicks From 70,000 Courses Reveal About Student Learning;
NIH Team Claims Key Advance in Ranking Journal Articles; Academic publishing: Piracy Fills a Publishing Need;
The Legal Settlement That Helped Put the U. of Louisville's Board in Limbo;
9/2/16
TechNews for the week: September 2; August 31; August 29;
War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Turkey's offensive into Syria is opening up a hornet's nest; ISIS reports death of spokesman and senior leader in Aleppo;
Israel wants to bulldoze this ramshackle village, but Europe is providing life support; Israel pushing into West Bank, ignoring pleas from U.S., U.N., EU, Russia;
Israeli ex-spy chief says Palestinian state crucial to peace; Israel tells Palestinians: Our textbooks or no funding;
Brazil's Dilma Rousseff is stripped of the presidency in historic impeachment vote;
Appeals Court Refuses to Reconsider Wisconsin Voter ID Cases; Supreme Court won't let North Carolina use strict voting law;
Voter fraud actually isn't a persistent problem; FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems;
Most young people don't vote and these awkward efforts to woo them aren't helping;
Trump's financial records, depositions and interview transcripts; Trump woos women and minorities by pitting one group against another;
On immigration, Trump talks tough in Arizona, speaks softly in Mexico; Under Trump's latest plan, more than six million immigrants could be deported;
Math, science and technology:
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College of Charleston Halts Alcohol-Related Activities for Fraternities and Sororities;
Dimitri Cherny takes on Mark Sanford;
Resurrecting the case of George Stinney;
Citadel Considering Major Stadium Overhaul;
Finance and Economics
Health-care exchange sign-ups fall far short of forecasts; Tax cheating is about to rise in the U.S.;
Russian Economy at Risk of Delayed Recovery After Crimea Flareup;
Bank of America Pulls Out Of Money Market With New SEC Regulations; Apple gets slapped with $14.5B tax bill;
Apple Patents Collecting Biometric Information Based on Unauthorized Device Use;
Analysis: GE Moving To Become Top Software Company;
Dow & DuPont: Doing the Merger Math; Dow Chemical Deal With DuPont Could Be in Trouble;
FAA's New Drone Rule Eases Application Process For Commercial Operators;
Maryland Officials Fine Power Plant Owners Companies For Polluting State Rivers; Rhode Island Residents Push Back Against Wind Turbines;
Anti-Fracking Initiatives Will Not Be On Colorado Ballot;
GM, TARDEC Partner In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Car Project;
Other news
Donald Trump's weird love affair with eminent domain;
The George W. Bush Administration Still Lives in a World of Make-Believe;
Education:
The New Cheating Economy; Contract Cheating's African Labor;
Is Anybody Reading the Syllabus; A Brief Guide to the Battle Over Trigger Warnings;
ITT Stops All Enrollment; Crackdown On For-Profit Colleges May Leave Taxpayers Liable For Student Loan Discharges;
Amazon and Wells Fargo End Student-Loan Partnership; Report Blames Servicers For Issues With Income Driven Student Loan Repayment Programs;
FBI Raids Home of Ex-College Board Official After SAT Leak; Online Public School Founder Admits $8 Million in Tax Fraud;
Why College Alumni Don't Give to Their Alma Maters;
Elsevier's New Patent for Online Peer Review Throws a Scare Into Open-Source Advocates;