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1 hr ago | Star Tribune

The faulty case for changing marriage laws

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Opinion

Sat Jun 02, 2012

OregonLive.com

Public Universities Pushing 'Super-Seniors' to Graduate

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.

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Related Topix: Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Madison, Oshkosh, WI

Patch.com

Riverhead Honors Award-Winning Students

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.

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Related Topix: Riverhead, NY, Education Etc., Harvard University

The Jersey Journal

Princeton University researchers develop tooth attachment that detects bacteria

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.

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Related Topix: Princeton, NJ

Physics Today

Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe

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

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Fri Jun 01, 2012

Albany Times Union

Wedding set for mayor, longtime partner

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

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MediLexicon

Nervous System Viruses Sabotage Cell, Hijack Transportation In Order To Spread

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.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Chickenpox

The Guelph Mercury

Researching royalty's mystique

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)

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Victorville Daily Press

A.V. High School seniors graduate

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.

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R & D

Nanotechnology breakthrough could improve medical tests

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

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, Alzheimer's, Health

News Press

Capoeira expert spreads the word with new facility in North Naples

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

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Related Topix: Naples, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Cape Coral, FL, World News, Brazil, Collier County, FL

Uprisingradio.org

Chris Hedges To Speak in Los Angeles

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

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Columbia University, New York University, Point Loma Nazarene University

Thu May 31, 2012

NNDB

Paul Krugman

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.

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Star-Telegram.com

Black church leaders divided on same-sex marriage

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.

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Related Topix: Wedding, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, African-American, Gay/Lesbian, Georgetown University

Patch.com

From Richard Road to West Virginia Gutmann Shares his Memoirs

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)

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Related Topix: Howell, NJ, Education Etc., Princeton, NJ, Freehold, NJ

Commercial Dispatch

Student housing boom: Innovation key to new developments

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

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University

Forward

Bible Codes a Lie That Won't Die

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

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Mathematics

CNN

Opinion: Chinese love U.S. colleges

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

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Related Topix: Opinion

Wed May 30, 2012

Gazette.net

Flowers senior's education fully funded through graduate school thanks to Bill Gates

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.

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Related Topix: University of Maryland College Park

The Nation

Students Create a Religious Group 'Without the Religion'

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

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Related Topix: Princeton, ID, Rutgers University, US News, Liberal Political News

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