Thursday, April 23, 2009

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Michigan and Other State Schools Look to Privatize

By AMY SULLIVAN

The state of Michigan is looking to save money any way it can, and some political leaders have suggested essentially privatizing the state's flagship university

The Dead Polo Ponies and Their Mysterious Millionaire Owner

By TIM PADGETT / MIAMI

As investigators try to figure out what killed 21 magnificent horses in Florida, their rich Venezuelan owner is suddenly in an unwelcome spotlight

In Bolivia, Keeping Kids and Mothers Together — in Prison

By JEAN FRIEDMAN-RUDOVSKY / LA PAZ

In the poorest country in Latin America, officials think it is best to keep children with their mothers, even if mom is serving time

Is Copycat Behavior Driving Murder-Suicides?

By MAIA SZALAVITZ

The recent wave of murder-suicide crimes has got observers wondering whether the copycat effect is to blame

Kellermann's Death Is Latest Shock To Freddie Mac

By BARBARA KIVIAT

Faced with a deteriorating housing market, costly political mandates, shrinking staff and harsh criticism from Congress, Freddie Mac is overworked and under fire

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Swampland

By Jay Newton-Small

When first asked about Rep. Jane Harman's alleged wire tapping on Tuesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she didn't know anything. The very next day she said she was briefed on it three years ago.

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Celebrity/Paparazzi Showdowns

Madonna, a horse, and the paparazzi. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it's actually just another in a long list of kerfuffles between Hollywood and the tabloid press

Quotes of the Day

"It is a huge exodus and it threatens to overwhelm the available systems."
GORDON WEISS,
United Nations spokesman, saying that relief workers will struggle to help the more than 100,000 people who have fled Sri Lanka's war zone since Monday
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More and More, Rural China Is Going to the Polls

By Simon Elegant / Da'an

China has been experimenting with various forms of direct elections at the village level for decades. In the last ten years, the polls have reached almost every one of China's over 600,000 villages

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