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17 hrs ago | CNN

FT. Hood Shootings - Killeen Texas

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX

Yesterday | Penn State Live

Penn State names new vice president for research

Henry C. "Hank" Foley, dean of Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been named the University's vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science

Yesterday | News Journal

A smooth second time around

Shortly after reports of a never-before-seen virus began surfacing at the University of Delaware last spring, Dinaker Mallya got a letter in the mail.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Journal News

Delaware to appeal Bonistall murder case to U.S. Supreme Court

WILMINGTON, Del. - State prosecutors will ask the nation's highest court to restore the conviction and death sentence for a man accused of the 2005 rape and murder of a University of Delaware sophomore from White Plains.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, US News, US Supreme Court, Wilmington, DE, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Reuters

Bailed-out U.S. banks setting stage for pay bonanza

Eight major banks which were at the front of the line for government bailouts have already set aside $117.6 billion this year to pay employees, almost as much as they paid in all of 2008, a Reuters analysis has found.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs Group

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Reuters

Book Talk: History of memoirs finds scandal was not a given

In his memoir, Andre Agassi has admitted to using crystal meth. Irish hurling star Donal Og Cusack came out in his recent autobiography.

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Related Topix: Journalism

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Victoria Advocate

Celebrating the memoir fiction's day is done?

When browsing online or in a bookstore, one might easily conclude that every third person in the country is actively engaged in writing or reading a memoir.

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Related Topix: Riverhead, NY, Nonfiction, Arts, City University of New York, Columbia University

Tue Nov 03, 2009

SanLuisObispo.com

Christie took a winding route to NJ governor post

Chris Christie thought his political career was over 12 years ago when he was bounced from a primary election for a county board.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Freehold, NJ, Mendham, NJ, George Bush, Jon Corzine, US Governors

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Science Blog

Starburst galaxy sheds light on longstanding cosmic mystery

An international collaboration that includes scientists from the University of Delaware's Bartol Research Institute in the Department of Physics and Astronomy has discovered very-high-energy gamma rays in the Cigar Galaxy , a bright galaxy filled with exploding stars 12 million light years from Earth.

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Related Topix: Physics, Astronomy, Science, Amado, AZ

Cape Gazette

Sen. Kaufman reaches out: economy, health care top priorities

When Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Delaware dodged a bullet.

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Related Topix: Delaware, Delaware Government, Medicare, Medicaid, Health

Pittsburgh Tribune

Executive compensation factors into case

The Supreme Court will hear a case today that raises bedrock questions about the ability of the market to set "reasonable" corporate compensation, and experts say its outcome could hold important clues about the judiciary's view of extraordinary interventions in the economy by the executive branch and Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, Sonia Sotomayor

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Delaware Beachcomber

Colin Powell to speak at University of Delaware

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is scheduled to speak this week at the University of Delaware.

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Related Topix: Delaware

KING-TV Seattle

Pint-sized robots helping babies with mobility problems

Babies and toddlers learn at a rapid-fire pace as they begin to crawl, walk and explore the world around them.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Toddlers, Family, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medicine

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Omaha World-Herald

NJ governor's race: Candidates at a glance

1, 1947, in Willey's Station, Ill. EXPERIENCE: Served in U.S. Senate from 2001-05; elected governor of New Jersey in 2005.

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Related Topix: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Chicago, Newark Metro, US Politics, US News, Seton Hall University

News Journal

Md. teen arrested in theft and sale of UD student's car

An 18-year-old Maryland teen was arrested this week for allegedly stealing a University of Delaware student's car three months ago and selling it on Craigslist.

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Related Topix: Chesapeake City, MD

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Detroit News

Reports of poisoned Halloween candy are urban myth

You've heard the advice before: Check your kid's candy bucket after going trick-or-treating on Halloween.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween

Medical News Today

Novel Detector For Medical, Military Applications

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Dentistry ; Biology / Biochemistry ; Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 30 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article PAIR Technologies, a start-up company established by University of Delaware researchers and a former DuPont scientist, is preparing to ...

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Chemistry

Nature Biotechnology

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

The College of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology at the level of Assistant Professor, beginning September 1, 2010.

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Related Topix: Bioinformatics, Science, Biotech, Science / Technology, Biology, Philadelphia, NY

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Miller-McCune

The Meaning of 'Boo'

What happens when witches meet wonks? With Halloween approaching, Miller-McCune's skeleton staff digs up some facts about the haunted holiday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Family, Kids, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Detroit Free Press

Headlines: Fisker eyes old GM factory

Fisker Automotive, a California-based start-up manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, plans to build plug-in electric cars at a former General Motors assembly plant in Delaware, people with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, New York, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Financial Services, Morgan Stanley, Flagstar Bancorp

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