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University leaders unite to protest proposed cuts

Published April 23, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) âÄî Ten of Florida's 11 public university presidents converged Thursday on the Capitol to protest budget cuts they fear could ruin the state's higher education standing....

Attorney: Mice, leaky roof found at Ga. nut plant

Published April 23, 2009

ATLANTA (AP) âÄî A south Georgia factory linked to a deadly nationwide salmonella outbreak was infested with vermin and had a leaky roof, gaping holes and other problems, attorneys said Thursday...

Report highlights Metro Transit innovation

Published April 23, 2009

Rep. Jim Oberstar planned to endorse the report but got stuck in traffic.

FBI probes finances of NY man in family slaying

Published April 23, 2009

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) âÄî William Parente was a successful Manhattan lawyer who apparently had a side business lending money at high interest rates âÄî deals that may have cost investors...

$68 million mystery: Who’s behind college gifts?

Published April 23, 2009

DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) âÄî It's the question on everyone's lips in philanthropy: Who is the mysterious donor giving away millions of dollars to at least a dozen colleges across the country?...

Michigan State gets $10 million from mystery donor

Published April 23, 2009

EAST LANSING, Michigan (AP) âÄî An anonymous donor is giving Michigan State University $10 million. The university announced the donation Thursday. It's not clear if the gift is connected to a...

SC student’s killer asks judge for death sentence

Published April 22, 2009

he Tennessee man who confessed to raping and killing a South Carolina college student asked for a death sentence Wednesday, saying prison time would do no good because he's too violent.

Maine’s marriage debate turns deeply religious

Published April 22, 2009

Gay couples took turns pleading for recognition of their partnerships, while opponents warned that state sanctioning of same-sex marriages would fracture a basic building block of society.

Man arrested in Mexico in Cincinnati-area slayings

Published April 22, 2009

Authorities in Mexico have arrested a man in the slayings of four Mexican construction workers who had been beaten and methodically stabbed in the heart at the Ohio apartment they shared, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Police: NY man beat, asphyxiated family in hotel

Published April 22, 2009

A New York tax attorney whose investment dealings prompted an FBI investigation beat and asphyxiated his wife and daughters in a Maryland hotel room, then answered a call from his daughter's roommate before killing himself, police said Wednesday.

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