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...though Harvard’s third-straight win over its rival didn’t bring a third-straight title with it—Penn overwhelmed Cornell, 34-0, to take the crown outright—the class of 2010 went out on top, lingering on the field long after the crimson-clad fans had left...
...third and final speech, a touching personal story, drew attention to the protestors' red brick "wall." (Actually, it was just a long piece of butcher paper painted to look like a brick wall...
From 2002 to 2006, the share of educational costs represented by student tuition rose from just over one-third to nearly one-half at public four year institutions across the country. "Students are paying more and getting less in the classroom," says Jane Wellman, author of "Trends in College Spending," a report by the Delta Project, a Washington, DC nonprofit that tracks postsecondary education costs. The amount of money spent on instruction has declined at all institutions - public and private -since...
...where it gained support of impoverished tribal groups and villagers. By 2001, some Naxalites had gained sway over 51 districts, and with the state response mechanism to their movements still weak, that number quadrupled in less than a decade. Naxals now operate in 223 districts, spread out over one-third of India along a vertical belt commonly referred to as the Red Corridor...
...grievances - a rarity in a country where law enforcers typically close ranks in the face of public criticism - come at an awkward time for Russia's police. In Siberia last month, two police officers allegedly committed separate murder-suicides, leaving a total of five people dead, including themselves. A third policeman in Tuva has been charged with using excessive force after shooting a 17-year-old boy dead in what he claims was self-defense. The slayings came just months after the arrest of a Moscow police officer accused of drunkenly shooting nine people in a supermarket, killing...