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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: CNN (tv network), Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, Human Interest
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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: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Stock Market, Apple Inc., Companies and Corporations, Culture
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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: DREAM Act, Financial Aid, NASA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California, Davis
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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: Labor Day, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Arts and Culture, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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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: Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve
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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: Witnesses, Environmental Issues, Trials, Shootings, Conservation
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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: Colleges and Universities, FBI, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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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: High Schools, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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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...
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BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue
Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Teachers, Health and Safety at School, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Conditions
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces U.S. Supreme Court reckoning
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Lawyers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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California boy, 12, faces hearing over younger sister's slaying
ReutersBy Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their northern California home while their parents were away was due to appear in juvenile court on Thursday to face murder charges....Tags: University of South Florida, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Justice System, Health and Safety at School
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