The limited online guide only lists the top and bottom 5 percent of four-year and two-year colleges.
2011
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European astronomers detect most distant, earliest quasar
LOS ANGELES – A team of European astronomers, glimpsing back in time to when the universe was just a youngster, says it has detected the most distant and earliest quasar yet. Light from this brilliant, starlike object took nearly 13 billion years to reach Earth, meaning the quasar existed when the universe was only 770 […]
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Walking off the job
The Portland Sea Dogs had squandered bases-loaded chances in the seventh and eighth innings Wednesday.
But in the ninth, Alex Hassan saw a hanging slider come his way. The opportunity was not wasted.
Hassan crushed the pitch well over the left-field wall, giving the Sea Dogs a 4-3 walk-off victory against the New Britain Rock Cats at Hadlock Field.
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Sugarloaf starts work on new ski lift
The quad replaces two other lifts, including Spillway East, which derailed last winter, injuring several skiers.
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Road link plan riles Yarmouth neighbors
Some town officials argue that connecting Hillside Street and Sycamore Drive is a safety measure.
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Report: DNA evidence in murder conviction unreliable
American student Amanda Knox is serving 26 years for killing her roommate in 2007.
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Legislators pass bill to legalize fireworks
Finishing six months of work, they also clear the way for table games at Hollywood Slots, if voters agree.
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Gulf spill, rain behind rise in beach closures
An environmental group says the country needs to do a better job at preventing urban runoff.
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Loughner can be forcibly medicated, federal judge rules
His lawyers had argued that the drugs were an effort to make him competent to stand trial.
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Dispatches
SHAPLEIGH Firefighter killed in crash was distracted, probe finds A volunteer firefighter apparently was distracted when he rolled his pickup truck in an accident that killed him, an investigation by the York County Sheriff’s Office has concluded. David E. Remington, 58, of Acton died while responding to a rescue call on Owl’s Nest Road on […]