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Herbalife investors meet -- briefly
Herbalife would seem to have a lot to talk about with its investors, but you'd never know it from Thursday's annual shareholder meeting in Beverly Hills. It lasted less than 15 minutes. Executives didn't address claims raised by hedge fund manager...
Tags: KPMG, Carl Icahn, Insider Trading, Fraud, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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After 6 decades, Mom hangs up the red pen
Nearly 60 years after she first stood in front of a classroom, my mother will retire from teaching Tuesday. She began in 1954 with a freshman English section at Miami University in Ohio where she was a graduate student. She went on to teach nursery...Tags: Music, Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, Women's National Basketball Association, Basketball
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Title IX law scrutinized as universities cut teams
The men who play baseball and soccer at Towson University, run track at the University of Delaware and wrestle, swim or golf at any number of other colleges all heard the same reason when their teams were cut: Title IX. To meet the federal law's goal of...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The New York Times, Justice System, University of Baltimore
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Vegetable-based plastics
PHILADELPHIA - With all his talk about sugar cane, corn, casaba and fungi, Jeff White sounded like someone with a food obsession. But the ingredients he enumerated during an interview had to do with manufacturing, not a meal. His is an unconventional...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Technology, New Products, Synthetics and Plastics, Agricultural Research and Technology
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College Lines
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: Villanova University named the following students to the dean's list for the fall 2012 semester: Ava Calvano, from Forest Hill, pursuing a bachelor's degree in the College of Engineering; Chelsea Chu, from Forest Hill, studying...Tags: Nursing, Teaching and Learning, Edgewood, Awards and Prizes, Science and Technology
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Parkland election: Two community volunteers running for Seat 2
— Two opponents who have served together as community volunteers are vying for the same commission seat in the March 12 special election. Christine Hunschofsky and Nancy Schwamb Robeson are seeking the District 2 seat, previously held by Jared...
Tags: Elections, Awards and Prizes, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Politics
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Snubbed And Abandoned: The ACC Keeps Rejecting UConn While Big East Charter Members Flee To Other Conferences
The Hartford CourantIn April 2011, UConn was on top of the college sports world. The men's basketball team, led by Kemba Walker, had just won an improbable national title, the third for coach Jim Calhoun. Geno Auriemma's women's team had made it to the Final Four yet...Tags: Dee Rowe, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Fiesta Bowl, College Football, Justice System
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Asonevich: State funding needed for community colleges
Federal economist's estimate that 2 million jobs go unfilled today as a result of skills, training and education gaps. The same is true in Pennsylvania. In the report submitted last year by the Governor's Manufacturing Advisory Council it was noted...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Teaching and Learning, Government, Colleges and Universities
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After twists and turns, Brenna Doherty's figure skating career gets a lift from a shift to pairs
Brenna Doherty's dream of becoming a world-class figure skater has had its share of bumpy landings. They began when Doherty was a freshman at Oakland Mills High in Columbia. After making the finals at junior nationals at ages 13 and 14, Doherty thought...
Tags: Science and Technology, Severna Park, NASA, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Northern Lehigh, CCHS to honor some of its best
'Tis the season for area high schools to honor some of its all-time best athletes, coaches and teams. At Northern Lehigh tonight, the school will welcome five individuals and a championship team into its Slatington/Northern Lehigh Ring of Honor. The...Tags: East Stroudsburg University, Basketball, Softball, College Baseball, Baseball
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UK Football: Boyle County grad Neal Brown hired as offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
LEXINGTON – New Kentucky head football coach Mark Stoops is known for his background on defense, so a natural question at his introductory news conference was his thoughts on offensive philosophy. “We’re going to have an offense that...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Football, Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Music City Bowl, Minor League Baseball
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Wendell Garrett dies at 83; 'Antiques Roadshow' appraiser
Wendell D. Garrett, a historian and authority on American decorative arts who was widely known for his appearances as an appraiser on the long-running PBS series "Antiques Roadshow," has died. He was 83. Garrett died Nov. 14 of natural causes at a...
Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Politics, Muscular Dystrophy, Trips and Vacations, Freedom of the Press
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