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I'd guess, for example, that 95 percent of Minnesotans would oppose redefining our marriage laws to include temporary marriages, where the partners' marriage certificate includes an end date; marriages of three or more people , or marriages between siblings in a nonsexual relationship.

MADISON, Wis. - Some of the nation's signature public universities are gently prodding slackers and fifth-year "super-seniors" toward the graduation stage, moving to reinvent a campus culture that treats on-time completion as the exception rather than the rule.

Riverhead parents were beaming with pride this week as a stellar group of high school students took home a bevy of academic awards at a ceremony held this week at Riverhead High School.

PRINCETON BOROUGH - It may not be the latest style in bovine bling, but researchers at Princeton University say a golden tattoo attached to a cow's tooth could one day tell you something about your health.

Germany's prestigious Max Planck Society is working to increase its international presence through the formation of virtual centers around the world.

The wedding of Mayor William Hanauer and Alan Stahl will be held in Sparta Park overlooking the Hudson River.

Herpes and other viruses that attack the nervous system may thrive by disrupting cell function in order to hijack a neuron's internal transportation network and spread to other cells.

Next week, after the confetti from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration has been swept from the streets of London, more than 100 scholars will convene at Kensington Palace to ponder a phenomenon as puzzling as it is familiar: the robust survival of the British monarchy in a democratic age that long ago consigned similar institutions to the ... (more)

Austin Charters was all smiles as his motorized wheel chair moved him closer to Newton T. Bass Stadium, where he and some 435 fellow students from Apple Valley High School would receive their diplomas.

Princeton researchers dramatically improved the sensitivity of immunoassays, a common medical test, using the nanomaterial shown here.

Humberto Passos, owner of Oficina da Capoeira, teaches a class at House of Gaia in Naples.

Chris Hedges spent two decades as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans.

Paul Krugman was born in Long Island, NY in 1953, and attended, as he puts it, "one of the many John F. Kennedy High Schools". His love of science fiction -- especially Asimov 's Foundation -- inspired him to focus his studies on both history and economics.

They love President Barack Obama. But when it comes to his support for same-sex marriage, some of the nation's leading African-American clergy members are divided, sometimes passionately.

When former Howell resident Ludwig "Lud" Gutmann decided to apply to Princeton University he can remember even the school principal at Freehold High School questioning the move.A After all, not only did the Ivy League School not have a lot of children raised on chicken farms, there had also never been a student from the local school to attend ... (more)

Construction continues on the Savory House, a three-story apartment building on University Drive.

Recently, I had the pleasure of teaching at Limmud FSU , the version of the wildly successful international learning conference geared toward Russian-speaking Jews.

A view of McCosh Hall, built in 1906, on the Princeton University campus in New Jersey.

Natalie McGill/The Gazette Tolulope Adetayo, 16, of Forestville recently received the Gates Millenium Scholarship, which guarantees a full ride at any college or university through receiving a doctoral degree.

For many new Princetonians, freshman year starts with the search for a new spiritual home among the dozens of religious groups on campus.