Harvard Men’s Basketball Team Makes It Into AP Top 25 Poll for First Time By Curtis Eichelberger Bloomberg The Harvard University men’s basketball team is No. 25 in this week’s Associated Press poll and No. 24 in the coaches’ poll, the first time in the program’s 101-year history it’s been ranked among the best in […]
December 6, 2011
Nigeria, Indonesia sign $960 million investment deal
Nigeria, Indonesia sign $960 million investment deal AFP Nigeria and an Indonesian consortium on Monday signed a $960 million investment deal involving the mining, oil and rubber sectors in two southern states, a government statement said. Trade Minister Olusegun Aganga signed the memorandum of understanding with Indonesia’s Bakrie Group chief, Indra Bakrie, for the investments […]
December 5, 2011
Cuts to first-class U.S. mail to slow mail delivery in 2012
Cuts to first-class mail to slow delivery in 2012 By Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON—Unprecedented cuts by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will slow first-class delivery next spring and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day. The estimated $3 billion in reductions, to be […]
December 5, 2011
U.S. white unemployment rate decreases while African American rate increased
November 2011 unemployment rate for whites decreased while it increased for African Americans White male unemployment lowered to 7.3% while African American male unemployment increased to 16.5% White female unemployment lowered to 6.9% while African American female unemployment increased to 12.9% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics African American unemployment African American unemployment for November 2011 […]
December 5, 2011
Australia uranium sales to India ‘will improve ties’
Australia uranium sales to India ‘will improve ties’ AFP Australia’s ties with India are set to benefit from the ruling Labor Party’s decision to lift a ban on exporting uranium to the growing Asian power, Defence Minister Stephen Smith said Monday. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had pushed for the scrapping of the ban on exports […]
December 5, 2011
NCAA Football Divison I FBS Rematch: LSU vs. Alabama in BCS title game
LSU vs. Alabama in BCS title game By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting and will play the top-ranked Tigers in an all-SEC BCS national title game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. The Cowboys […]
December 5, 2011
Tiger Woods ends 2-year victory drought
Tiger Woods wins first golf tournament since scandal erupted Photo: Tiger Woods watches tee shot at third hole Sunday in Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks. Credit: Allan Henry/US Presswire The Los Anegles Times Tiger Woods won his first golf tournament in two years Sunday when he sank a birdie putt on the 18th […]
December 3, 2011
Herman Cain (Republican) suspends his presidential campaign
Cain suspends presidential bid CNN ATLANTA– Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain told supporters Saturday that he is suspending his presidential campaign, which has become hobbled in recent weeks by allegations of sexual harassment and an Atlanta woman’s claim that they carried on a 13-year affair. He introduced his “Plan B” — “continue to be a […]
December 3, 2011
Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era- GPS monitors can track your every movement
Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era NPR Fresh Air from WHYY Audio: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=142714568&m=142938308 _________________________________________________ GPS monitors can track your every movement. Brain scans can now see lies forming in your brain. And advancements in genetic engineering may soon allow parents to engineer what their children will look and be like. These new technologies […]
December 3, 2011
WFLD Chicago FOX News anchor tells viewers ‘There is no Santa’
Chicago news anchor Robin Robinson potentially confused some children when she announced during a nightly newscast that Santa Claus is not real.


December 6, 2011
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