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Houston foundation hit by Ponzi scheme   Associated Press   DALLAS — A foundation that endows athletic scholarships at the University of Houston may have lost more than 40 percent of its listed assets because of investments in an alleged Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a financial adviser for college basketball coaches who committed suicide last […]

Newt Gingrich was not a fan of Hillary Clinton  

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead, state TV reports CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday. Kim, 69, died Saturday, state TV said. South Korean news agency Yonhap — which based its reporting on its monitoring off North Korean state television — said that Kim had […]

Egyptian woman beaten, exposed

Last U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, Ending Bloodiest U.S. War Since Vietnam   The last vehicle in a convoy of the US Army’s 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The brigade’s special troops battalion are the last American soldiers to leave Iraq. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)   […]

Boris Johnson unveils redesigned Routemaster bus for London Seven hop on hop off buses will enter service in February, as critics accuse Johnson of financing ‘vanity project’ with fare rises    Boris Johnson takes a ride on the new bus. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters     Hélène Mulholland The Guardian   Boris Johnson has shown off […]

Brazil’s new face has no white color anymore Lubov Lulko Pravda The white race in Brazil has found itself in the minority. Young people in the country refer to themselves to those whose blood is a mixture of different races. The idea of the biological predominance of the white race has never been popular in […]

U.S. research universities can cope with federal funding cuts   Moody’s   NEW YORK– U.S. research universities have sufficient credit strength to maintain high ratings despite a weaker funding outlook, including looming cuts in federal government funding, says Moody’s Investors Service in a new report. “Except for the temporary boost provided by the 2009 stimulus, […]

Census: 1 in 2 people now poor or low-income Associated Press Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a middle class that’s shrinking as unemployment […]