Sports officials want to see competition and students protected as a state panel works on school guidelines.
March 2010
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Congress OKs bill to expand college aid, ease debt
The sweeping legislation strips banks of their role as middlemen in handling federal student loans.
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Prince Charles makes surprise visit to troops CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan — Britain’s Prince Charles made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, stopping in the Taliban-infested province where his younger son, Harry, served for 10 weeks until his secret deployment was leaked to the media. Charles, wearing military fatigues, recalled how much he worried about […]
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And the opening-day starter is …
Well, the Red Sox still aren’t saying, although it makes sense for Josh Beckett to get the call.
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NASA shows expensive taste, report says
WASHINGTON — The nation’s space agency paid the out-of-this-world price of $66 a person a day for bagels, cookies and juice at a conference, a new report found. The subject of the NASA conference? It was a training session for its procurement officials – the people who do the buying with taxpayer funds. During the […]
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Limit trading on metals futures?
WASHINGTON — A parade of financial executives warned regulators Thursday that restricting the volume of speculative trading in metals futures would drive business overseas. But two traders said metals futures markets can be easily disrupted by big players like banks. With gold trading over $1,000 an ounce, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is weighing possible […]
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New jobless claims appear to be on a downward trend
Initial claims fall for the third time in four weeks as the job market recovers.
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Even government jobs are taking a hit
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Washington shed government jobs last month, a result of shrinking state tax revenue. State and local government jobs have traditionally provided a haven during economic downturns. But as states have struggled to close growing budget gaps, job cuts have spread. That trend emerges from data on a dozen states that […]
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China Net filters citizens’ online view of the world
An AP test shows censors intend to keep sensitive content from China’s people most of the time.
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Car fire raises safety concerns for Tata Motors
Questions about the tiny Nano loom over the Indian carmaker’s bid to expand.