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Army will deny easement, halting work on Dakota Access Pipeline

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Army said Sunday that it will not approve an easement necessary to permit the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, marking a monumental victory for the Native American tribes and thousands of others who ...

Euro Falls After Italy Says No to Changes Seen as Vital for Growth

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
A foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo on Monday. The Nikkei 225 Index in Japan fell 0.9 percent after Italy's vote. Credit Toru Hanai/Reuters.

Investigators search for clues in fatal fire, friends mourn

Fox News - ‎49 minutes ago‎
OAKLAND, Calif. - As investigators searched for signs of a crime in the fire that killed at least 33 in an Oakland warehouse during a late-night dance party, survivors and teary-eyed friends of those who perished viewed the charred building from a ...

By Speaking to the President of Taiwan, Donald Trump Lays Down the Gauntlet to China

TIME - ‎1 hour ago‎
Without meaningful elections or freedom of speech or the press, China's autocratic political system is designed to be predictable.

Man opens fire in restaurant targeted by anti-Clinton "PizzaGate" fake news conspiracy

CBS News - ‎5 hours ago‎
Last Updated Dec 4, 2016 11:45 PM EST. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place fired an assault rifle inside the Washington, D.C.

AP Explains: What Resignation of New Zealand's Leader Means

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key unexpectedly resigned on Monday. His departure will affect New Zealand's relationship with the U.S.

11 Dead and Dozens Injured After an Early Morning Fire at a Luxury Hotel in Pakistan

TIME - ‎23 minutes ago‎
At least 11 people were killed and 75 injured Monday when a fire broke out at the Regent Plaza hotel in Karachi - Pakistan's biggest city and the country's commercial hub.

UK Government's Brexit Plans in Hands of Supreme Court

New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May wants to start Britain's divorce from the European Union. Eleven judges may stand in her way.

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa critical, supporters on edge

Reuters - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Police stop well wishers of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman after they gather outside a hospital where Jayalalithaa is being treated in Chennai, India, December 4, 2016.

Austria election: Far-right nationalist Hofer concedes defeat

CNN - ‎10 hours ago‎
(CNN) Austria's far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has conceded defeat in an election rerun after exit polls showed an apparent win for his left-leaning rival.

Full text of Prime Minister Modi's energetic speech at Petrotech-2016

ETEnergyworld.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
"Energy is a key driver of economic growth. Sustainable, stable and reasonably priced energy is essential for the fruits of economic development to reach the bottom of the pyramid.

Fidel Castro, Conventional Dictator

Huffington Post - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Daniel Williams Author of “Forsaken: The Persecution of Christians in Today's Middle East,” available from O/R Books. Blogger at nextwarnotes.

Kangaroo puncher is an animal lover and family man

Daily Mail - ‎5 hours ago‎
The man who heroically punched a kangaroo to save his pet dog is a zookeeper and 'family man' who was out on a special hunt with a dying friend.

Trump revels in the secretary of state show

Politico - ‎7 hours ago‎
President-elect Donald Trump is no closer to choosing his secretary of state, but he is making the most of auditions - as suitors sell themselves on television and in private Trump Tower sessions - that have become the kind of public spectacle that ...

Trump Expands Search for His Secretary of State

New York Times - ‎14 hours ago‎
John R. Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations, arriving at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Friday for a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Imprisoned Former CIA Officer Fights Conviction Over Leak

ABC News - ‎19 hours ago‎
Once an employee of the powerful CIA, Jeffrey Sterling now sits behind bars at a federal prison in Colorado. He bides his time by reading and writing and working at the facility's recreational center.

Politics|Jill Stein's Pennsylvania Recount Effort Is Dealt a Major Setback

New York Times - ‎Dec 3, 2016‎
Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, who began the recount bid in Pennsylvania, said in a filing that “petitioners are regular citizens of ordinary means” and could not afford a $1 million bond payment that was ordered by Pennsylvania ...

Speaker Ryan's "strange bedfellows" partnership with Trump

CBS News - ‎9 hours ago‎
The following script is from “The Speaker of the House,” which aired on Dec. 4, 2016. Scott Pelley is the correspondent. Robert Anderson and Aaron Weisz, producers.

Portland Weather: Snow Kidding - There May Be Accumulation (A Very Small Amount)

Patch.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
National Weather Service says there could be snow for both the Monday and Tuesday commutes. By Colin Miner (Patch Staff) - December 5, 2016 12:50 am ET.

Dallas Legal Community Reacts To Prominent Attorney's Death

CBS Local - ‎5 hours ago‎
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Dallas legal community was in shock Sunday night after learning that prominent personal injury attorney Brian Loncar died earlier that morning.

Trump's misleading numbers about the Carrier deal

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
“But I will tell you that United Technologies and Carrier stepped it up and now they're keeping - actually the number's over 1,100 people, which is so great, which is so great ….

Oil Market Turns Upside Down as Shale Rushes to Hedge Post-OPEC

Bloomberg - ‎53 minutes ago‎
U.S. shale oil companies are using the post-OPEC rally to hedge their oil price risk for next year and 2018 above $50 a barrel, bankers, merchants and brokers said, pushing the forward oil curve upside down.

India prioritizing shift to become natural gas-based economy, Modi says

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to the media inside the parliament premises on the first day of the winter session in New Delhi, India, November 16, 2016.

Will The Fed Raise Interest Rates At December Meeting? November BLS Report Data Boosts Case For A Hike

International Business Times - ‎Dec 2, 2016‎
The unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in more than nine years, to 4.6 percent, according to monthly data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Trading Link Gets Off to Slow Start

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
HONG KONG—The opening of a trading link between the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock markets met with a muted response from investors.

Aixtron Sees Slim Path to Salvage China Sale After Obama Order

Bloomberg - ‎16 minutes ago‎
Aixtron SE was left with a narrow path to salvage its sale to Chinese investors after U.S. President Barack Obama limited his opposition to the semiconductor-equipment supplier's U.S.

Israeli Court Sentences Tycoon to 2 Years in Prison

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court has sentenced one of the country's most prominent businessmen to two years in prison for securities fraud.

Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite Officially Announced

GameSpot - ‎Dec 3, 2016‎
Capcom has announced Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite. The game made its official debut during Sony's press conference at PlayStation Experience 2016.

8 reasons why Google's Pixel is better than the iPhone

Business Insider - ‎19 hours ago‎
I've been using Google's Pixel XL smartphone for a few weeks, and it's been highlighting the iPhone's glaringly lacking key features.

Microsoft's HomeHub Feature To Compete With Google Home

Android Headlines - ‎6 minutes ago‎
Most of you have probably heard of Google Home and Amazon Echo thus far, two competing devices which serve as your personal voice-guided assistants.

PlayStation announces new games

Daily Nebraskan - ‎2 hours ago‎
PlayStation is something many people, including myself, consider a source of either immense nostalgia or continuing entertainment.

GoPro's Karma Grip keeps your wildest adventures looking smooth (hands-on)

CNET - ‎15 hours ago‎
At this point, we've all seen way too many nauseatingly shaky GoPro videos. And while the electronic image stabilization in the new Hero5 cameras helps, it doesn't compare to the results you get with the Karma Grip.

Everything we know about MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

PC Gamer - ‎6 hours ago‎
We talk to Piranha Games to get all the early details on the next singleplayer MechWarrior game. Shares. A new singleplayer-only MechWarrior is coming in 2018 .

NES Classic Edition Mini News & Update: Nintendo Rightfully Banks on Nostalgia; Where to Buy One Now

Gamenguide - ‎1 hour ago‎
Nintendo's NES Classic Edition Mini quickly sold out when it was released last month, but you can get it at Toys R Us right now.

Westworld finale: 10 unanswered questions

Entertainment Weekly - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Westworld finale promised answers - and gave a ton of them. Questions like “Who's the Man in Black? Who's Wyatt? What's Dr.

Trailer: Tom Cruise's 'The Mummy' Could Launch New Cinematic Universe, If It's Any Good

Forbes - ‎7 hours ago‎
As promised, Universal/Comcast Corp. debuted the first theatrical trailer for The Mummy during tonight's The Walking Dead. The majority of the 2.5-minute trailer is one extended first-act sequence, the contents of which (a thrilling plane crash with a ...

Alec Baldwin Says He'll Stop Trump Impersonation If the President-Elect Releases His Tax Records

PEOPLE.com - ‎12 hours ago‎
Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken out against Alec Baldwin's impression of him on Saturday Night Live, and now the actor has promised to stop - on one condition.

The Walking Dead Sets the Stage For a Midseason War in Yet Another Unnecessarily Long Episode

E! Online - ‎6 hours ago‎
Let's get one thing out of the way real quick: There was no reason for this episode of The Walking Dead to be 90 minutes long.

Jennifer Aniston Confronts SNL's Vanessa Bayer About Her Rachel Impression on Weekend Update

E! Online - ‎17 hours ago‎
Jennifer Aniston made a cameo on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment to critique, or rather tear down Vanessa Bayer's impression of her Friends character, Rachel Green.

AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose: Winner and Reaction for WWE TLC 2016

Bleacher Report - ‎5 hours ago‎
AJ Styles retained the WWE World Championship Sunday at TLC, defeating rival Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs main event.

'Last Tango in Paris' Director Bernardo Bertolucci Admits Rape Scene Was Not Consensual: Celebs Are Outraged

Us Weekly - ‎9 hours ago‎
Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci admitted in a recently surfaced 2013 video that the infamous rape scene in the much-lauded 1972 film was not consensual.

Loss of Earl Thomas big hit to Seattle's playoff plans

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
SEATTLE (AP) - The missing necktie that cost Carolina's Cam Newton one play is insignificant compared to what the Seattle Seahawks lost on Sunday night.

Playoff mixes clarity with confusion

ESPN - ‎6 hours ago‎
Paul Finebaum gives a lot of credit to the College Football Playoff committee for choosing Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington as the top four teams and why he thinks that was the right decision.

Seahawks' Earl Thomas breaks leg, ponders retirement in tweet

New York Daily News - ‎5 hours ago‎
Thomas left the game with a broken bone in his leg after colliding with teammate Kam Chancellor in the second quarter, making him out indefinitely.

College Football Playoff: Did the committee ever directly compare Ohio State and Penn State?

cleveland.com - ‎11 hours ago‎
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Throughout the course of the past three weeks College Football Playoff committee chair Kirby Hocutt maintained that Ohio State had a significant lead over Penn State in the rankings.

ICYMI in NFL: At site of cancer treatment, KC's Berry excels (Dec 5, 2016)

FOXSports.com - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles (5) throws a pass as he is pressured by Denver Broncos outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware (94) during the second half of an NFL football game in Jacksonville, Fla.

NFL moves Buccaneers-Cowboys to prime time Dec. 18

FOXSports.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) The NFL has moved the Tampa Bay-Dallas game on Dec. 18 to prime time. As part of its flex scheduling for Sundays, the league switched the Buccaneers' visit to the Cowboys, who already have clinched a playoff berth.

Three obstacles to a Dallas Cowboys title run

NFL.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The Dallas Cowboys clinched a playoff berth Sunday following Washington's loss, news that had all the excitment of a digital clock turning midnight.

$25 Million in Breakthrough Prizes Given in Science and Math

New York Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
The biggest prize payday in science came around again Sunday evening when the Breakthrough Foundation handed out more than $25 million in its annual prizes to more than a thousand physicists, life scientists and mathematicians.

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo performed its first glide flight

The Verge - ‎14 hours ago‎
Virgin Galactic's spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, went on its first free flight on Friday, performing an unpowered glide over the Mojave Desert.

Pluto's 'Heart': A Big, Cold, Deep and Slushy Ocean

University Herald - ‎2 hours ago‎
Pluto's Mysterious Heart IN SPACE - In this handout provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA's New Horizons ...

End Of The World: 10 Feet Rise In Sea Levels To Submerge New York When Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off?

Science World Report - ‎51 minutes ago‎
The 300-foot wide crack in the Antarctic ice shelf will eventually break off by the next decade. The break off will literally open the dams for sea levels to rise at least by 10 feet.

Four New Super-Heavy Elements Have Now Been Officially Christened

International Business Times - ‎21 hours ago‎
Ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium, and ununoctium - these were the temporary names given to four new super-heavy elements by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) back in December.

Blue Cloud Appears Over Antarctica, Noctilucent Clouds a 'New Phenomenon' Says NASA

Nature World News - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Blue clouds, also known as night-shining clouds or Noctilucent clouds, are a normal occurrence that happens during late November or early December, particularly in Antarctica.

Ivanka Trump's China-sewn line turns profit at a political cost

Chicago Tribune - ‎Dec 2, 2016‎
Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, at Trump Tower in New York on Nov. 18, 2016. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by John Taggart.

Maggot-gate: VA Staff Quit After Maggots Found In Elderly Veteran

DisabledVeterans.org - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Four Oklahoma state VA staff quit after one veteran resident died where maggots were found in a festering wound just prior to death.

Hundreds of VA dental patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis

fox13now.com - ‎9 hours ago‎
(CNN) - Nearly 600 patients who received dental care at a Wisconsin Veterans Affairs medical center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and C and now face an anxious wait to find out if they were infected.

CU School of Medicine plans to cut ties with Denver Health doctor over racist Facebook comments

The Denver Post - ‎Dec 1, 2016‎
Denver Health Medical Center at Bannock Street and Speer Boulevard in Denver, Colorado on March 14, 2016. By Tom McGhee | tmcghee@denverpost.

Satanic Temple strikes out against new Texas abortion rules

Chron.com - ‎15 hours ago‎
The Satanic Temple is striking out against the Lone Star State's new rules requiring burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains.

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa critical, supporters on edge

Reuters - ‎50 minutes ago‎
Police stop well wishers of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman after they gather outside a hospital where Jayalalithaa is being treated in Chennai, India, December 4, 2016.

Repealing Obamacare Would Give A Tax Cut To Millionaires, Like Donald Trump

Huffington Post - ‎20 hours ago‎
More than 20 million Americans could lose health insurance from the repeal of Obamacare. But not everybody would suffer. And among those who stand to gain are the richest people in America.

Australian students re-create life-saving drug...

WDIV Detroit - ‎1 hour ago‎
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A group of high school students in Sydney, Australia have re-created Daraprim, a life-saving anti-parasitic drug, with $20 in materials.

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University Friends

Butler's 'Trumpism' course description draws backlash

Indianapolis Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
Butler University said it is reviewing its course description practices after it received backlash for a fall 2017 course offering that focused on the election of President Donald Trump.

Guidelines and Policy - Social Media at Your University

Inside Higher Ed (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
When you do an advanced Google search for social media policy and/or social media guidelines on either .edu or .ac.uk domains, a lot of results* appear.

Ex-UM health CEO named Oakland University president

The Detroit News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Rochester Hills - Oakland University has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as its seventh president, choosing a pharmaceutical company executive and former University of Michigan hospital leader who is a physician, researcher, administrator and fundraiser.

Congresswomen in Black Sorority Decry Racist Acts at American University

NBC4 Washington - ‎9 hours ago‎
The international president of the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha spoke with News4 about the recent racist displays at American University. Jackie Bensen reports the unversity's security has been called into question due to poor ...

University Presses

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
One of the lessons of NUMBERS AND THE MAKING OF US: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures (Harvard University, $27.95), a fascinating book by the anthropologist Caleb Everett, is that to exoticize the Pirahã (say, by likening them to Borges ...

Florida university to award degree to Trayvon Martin

CNN - ‎16 hours ago‎
The slain Florida teenager -- killed by George Zimmerman five years ago -- will be awarded a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University. Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the ...

University of Akron bans all smoking including e-cigarettes

fox8.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
AKRON, Ohio-- Students at the University of Akron are being reminded that as of July 1, smoking of any kind will not be permitted on campus or at any off-campus university activity. The school will begin enforcing a ban that not only includes ...

Tuition hike proposed for some University of Montana students

The Missoulian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Tuition and fees for students at the University of Montana would jump 13 percent for resident freshmen and sophomores, but those costs at UM also would be equal to Montana State University, unlike the current setup. And, the total annual cost of ...

Baylor University Frat Suspended For “Mexican-Themed” Party

PEOPLE.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
The members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Baylor University faced repercussions for throwing a “Mexican-themed” party for Cinco de Mayo.

University of Iowa must pay $1.4 million to Jane Meyer

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines - ‎11 hours ago‎
Finding the University of Iowa discriminated against a former athletics administrator based on her gender and sexual orientation, a Polk County jury Thursday awarded Jane Meyer $1.43 million, according to her legal team.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom

New York Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The victim of a stabbing spree at the University of Texas asked a student he didn't know to call his mom before he died Monday.

University of Arizona seniors behind viral red swimsuit giveaway

AZCentral.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The company's founders, University of Arizona seniors Alan Alchalel and Brady Silverwood, now seem to be scrambling to figure out how to make the deal happen.

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
In a move that's being called "bold" and "out of the blue," Indiana's Purdue University is acquiring the for-profit Kaplan University. In announcing the deal last week, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said it was designed to open the university up to a ...

Carlow University students mourn freshman who died in fall from balcony

Tribune-Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
A somber mood permeated Carlow University's Oakland campus Thursday, a day after the death of freshman Dalton Bacco. On the sidewalk outside the student center, bouquets of yellow, pink and blue flowers propped up alongside a few candles served as ...

Noose Found Inside University of Maryland Fraternity House

U.S. News & World Report - ‎18 hours ago‎
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Authorities at the University of Maryland are investigating a noose discovered in a fraternity house.

Potemkin Universities

National Review - ‎May 3, 2017‎
The university faces crises almost everywhere of student debt, university finances, free expression, and the very quality and value of a university education. Take free speech. Without freedom of expression, there can be no university. But if the ...

Student comes up with 'ingenious' way to cheat in university exams

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎12 hours ago‎
It may sound like something used by one of Harry Potter's wayward classmates at Hogwarts, but “invisible ink” has now been revealed by the university ombudsman as the latest university exam scam. According to the latest annual report by the Office of ...

Student Arrested After Crawling Into a Duct to Steal an Exam

New York Times - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Multidisciplinary Science Building at the University of Kentucky, where officials said two students tried to steal an exam from an instructor's office.

Salaries of 245 senior university staff are leaked

Devon Live - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The Information Commissioner was satisfied with the steps taken by the university to address the unauthorised disclosure and took no further action.

Arizona House OKs university bonding, Senate up next

ABC15 Arizona - ‎4 hours ago‎
The focus immediately returned to the Senate, where deal-cutting to gain support from conservative Republicans for the $1 billion university bonding program is yet to be tested with a vote. But it was clear the Legislature was moving closer to passing