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As Massachusetts Attorney General Probes Vanished For-Profit College, Senators Call for Broad Review

David_Halperin | Posted 04.06.2013 | Business
Read More: For-Profit Colleges, Education Management Corp., American Career Institute, Lobbying, Corinthian Colleges, Benjamin Cardin, University of Phoenix, Kaplan, Martha Coakley, Barbara Mikulski, Business News
David_Halperin

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says she's expanded her investigation of whether for-profit colleges have deceived students in her state about their prices, graduation rates and job placement records.

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Commuter Caucus: 18 Lawmakers Make Daily Trip To DC

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Elijah Cummings, Washington Traffic, Gerald Connolly, Washington Commute, Chris Van Hollen, Chris Coons, Jim Webb, Chaka Fattah, James Moran, Dc Traffic, Thomas Carper, Rob Wittman, Frank Wolf, Commuter Caucus, DC Commute, Benjamin Cardin, Robert Andrews Roscoe Bartlett, Robert Brady, Mark Warner, Donna Edwards, Todd Platts, Barbara Mikulski, Politics News

Each morning, Rep. Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat, drives to Philadelphia, Pa., from his home in Haddon Heights to catch a Washington-bound tra...

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Can Tom Peters Help Us Find Excellence In An America That Needs To Re-Set Its Thinking?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Seth Grodin, Oil Drilling, Tom Peters, Benjamin Cardin, Michael Eisner, Pbs Newshour, Ken Salazar, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

I don't see much evidence that those proposing ways to fix what isn't working about America understand what really needs to be done. My concern extends to the biggest "fix what's broken" manager America has: President Barack Obama.

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Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Arlen Specter, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Al Franken, Sotomayor Confirmation, Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, Herb Kohl, Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Kyl, John Cornyn, Tom Coburn, Sheldon Whitehouse, Benjamin Cardin, Sonia Sotomayor, Orrin Hatch, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

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Time to Applaud the "New" EPA

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Epa, Arsenic, Clean Coal, Toxic, Benjamin Cardin, Coal Industry, Lamar Alexander, Environment, Mercury, Coal Ash, President Obama Environment, Lisa Jackson, Pollution, Coal, Stephen Johnson, Toxins, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

We've got to make sure that the coal industry's considerable money and influence and the false hope of "clean coal" don't sidetrack government action.

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Syria Wants Better Ties With US: Assad

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Senator Cardin, Damascus, Obama Syria, Syria Obama, Benjamin Cardin, Bashar Assad, US-Syria Relations, Syria US Relations, Syria, Syria US Talks, World News

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria must change its behavior if it wants its relations with Washington to change, two U.S. senators visiting the Middle East...

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