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Community Commentary: UCs need to accept more in-state students
The University of California and California State University systems are a source of pride for Californians. They are the best public higher education systems in the world and, even with recent tuition hikes, remain one of the best education bargains...Tags: Democratic Party, Students, Politics, Los Angeles Times, Colleges and Universities
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In The Pipeline: Dreams made from Hollywood
"The day Anthony Edwards came out to greet these Japanese women I was showing around and they acted like they were seeing the Beatles, that was a fun day." Stephen Schochet, a 1980 Ocean View High School graduate, loves to tell stories about Hollywood....Tags: Lungs and Airways, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Carrey, Ocean View, John Wayne
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First health care startup backed by Lightbank bears fruit
Tribune reporterChicago-based venture capital firm Lightbank, which this year expanded its purview to consumer health care, saw its first portfolio company in the space launch a product to help women conceive. Lightbank, founded by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell,...Tags: Consumers, Eric Lefkofsky, Groupon, Inc., Startups, Business
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Daley gets medal from Catholic U.
SOUTH BEND -- The Rev. Brian E. Daley, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, received the Johannes Quasten Medal of Excellence in Scholarship and Leadership in Religious Studies last week from Catholic University's School of Theology and...Tags: Roman Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Fordham University, Education
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Letters: Burying evil people
Re "What the dead deserve," Editorial, May 8 The controversy over burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is about what he and his brother allegedly did: shaking an open society's basic beliefs in decency and lending a helping hand to immigrants seeking...Tags: Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy
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Rocketmiles hotel booking startup raises $2M
Tribune reporterRocketmiles, a Chicago travel startup co-founded by a former Groupon and United Airlines executive, has raised $2 million in its first round of external funding. The company was created in 2012 and operated in beta mode for two months before a formal...Tags: United Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations, U.S. Airways
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A novel about an outsider
"The Woman Upstairs" by Claire Messud, Knopf, 264 pages, $25.95. Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Mass., is a reliable neighbor who has always lived on the fringe of other people's lives. She wanted to become an artist. A new...Tags: Taiwan
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MIT officer dies after campus shooting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer died after a shooting on campus, Cambridge Police said Thursday night. The officer was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. There was a heavy...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Fertilizer, Hospitals and Clinics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Shootings
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Scientists sequence DNA of a 'living fossil': the coelacanth
They're big, they're furtive, they're weird-looking. You almost certainly wouldn't want to dine on one, since they're endangered and are said to cause digestive distress in people who eat them. But the African coelacanth is extremely useful in at...
Tags: Biology, Fossils, Biotechnology Industry, Fishing, Africa
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Developing Ship Creek, Muni to Hold 3 Meetings for Master Plan
Channel 2 NewsMayor Sullivan wants your input on developing Ship Creek, an area in between downtown and Government Hill, right next to the Port of Anchorage – a project with a price tag of $4 million. There will be three meetings this week in the evening on...Tags: Local Government, Alaska Legislature, Boston, Science and Technology
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Amazon: Orlando is 5th-most well-read city in U.S.
Orlando SentinelAlthough most people think of a certain cartoon mouse when Orlando comes to mind, it's possible that what really defines The City Beautiful is the residents' love of books. According to the online book retailer Amazon, Orlando is the fifth-most well-...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Gainesville
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How long it takes to get insurance OK to admit psychiatric patients
Psychiatrists spent an estimated 1 million hours on the phone getting insurance authorizations to admit people to hospitals – time the lead author of a study on the matter says could be better spent helping patients. And perhaps time the...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Psychiatry, Boston, Science and Technology
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