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Study finds rich not as compassionate as poor
The more money you have, the less compassionate you are. That's coming from a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
They looked at more than 300 college students who came from various economic backgrounds. The students...Tags: Teaching and Learning, CNN (tv network), Students, Human Interest, Education
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Facebook CEO turns 28: Does age matter?
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook's chief executive turns 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network's biggest week ever. The company is expected to start...Tags: Business Enterprises, Sociology, Arts and Culture, Eric Schmidt, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Laws, Urasawa, Business, Labor Legislation, Lawyers
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The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities. But many of you are cynical about politics. You see...Tags: Abortion, Bank of America Corp., Rivers, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Teaching and Learning, Financial Aid, Ford Motor Co., Business
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Jerry Brown says new Bay Bridge won't open 'unless it's ready'
BERKELEY -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday he was "digging deeply into" the questions surrounding the safety of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and said he could not commit to a scheduled Labor Day opening for the new span. "I take it very...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Labor Day, Regional Authority, Arts and Culture, Social Sciences
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Fed's Williams does not comment on economic outlook, policy
Reuters(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams did not comment on the outlook for the U.S. economy or monetary policy in an address on Monday to students graduating from the University of California, Berkeley. Although the U.S. economy...Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy
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Students raised in foster system honored for completing college
Soon they’ll walk across stages at college campuses around Southern California, accepting their degrees and celebrating with classmates. But at a smaller, more low-key event on Friday, they were honored with a closer set of peers: fellow foster...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, High Schools, California State University, Northridge, Students
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Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources
OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...
Tags: Laws, Jack in the Box Incorporated, Prosecution, Conservation, William Bratton
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Reagan the Berkeley basher
Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, FBI, Students, Ronald Reagan, Education
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Richard Vedder: How to tell if college presidents are overpaid
The Chronicle of Higher Education tells us the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-12 to more than $440,000 a year. This increase vastly outpaced the rate of inflation, as well as the earnings of the typical worker in...Tags: Wright State University, The Ohio State University, Productivity, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jerry Sandusky
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, NASA
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