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Man Who Swapped Scholarships For Spankings Gets Two Years

AP | Posted 12.08.2011 | Crime

Read More: Spanking, Sexual Battery, Video, Aggravated Sexual Battery, Virginia Beach Crime, Henry Allen Fitzsimmons, Scholarship, Spank, Scholarships for Spankings, Henry Allen Fitzsimmons College Scholarship, Virginia Beach, Henry Allen Fitzsimmons Guilty Plea, Crime News

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A Virginia restaurant owner accused of spanking three young women he was helping financially has pleaded guilty to aggravated s...

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Scholarship Plan Will Aid Haitian Students (PHOTOS)

Christian Fuchs | Posted 12.31.2011 | Impact

Read More: Photos, Photography, Dominican Republic, Jesuit Refugee Service, Forced Migrants, Catholic, Scholarship, Jesuit, JRS/USA, Education, Haiti, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Migrants, Refugees, Displaced, Impact News

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Is It Really A Masterpiece?

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 12.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Controversy, Art History, Forgery, Rome, Renaissance, Michelangelo, Italian Art, Scholarship, New York, Arts News

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A possible 16th-century Michelangelo painting that hung for years in a local family's home is being displayed in Rome as part of...

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Blues Legend Inspires Unusual Audience

Zack Isaacs | Posted 12.17.2011 | Black Voices

Read More: Michael Frank, Education, Johnny Drummer, Tribute, Hip Hop, Lynn Orman Weiss, Chicago Blues, Earwig Records, Buddy Guy's Legends, Honeyboy Edwards, Scholarship, Fundraiser, Music, Foc, Black Voices News

There is a musician whose work might be missing from your iPods: David "Honeyboy" Edwards. He was a blues icon who passed away in August at the age of 95, but his friends are working tirelessly to preserve his legacy.

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Barnard Panel Offers Women In Their Twenties Secrets Of Success

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 11.08.2011 | Women

Read More: Success, Top Ten College Women, Women, Contest, Glamour, Top 10 College Women 2011, College, Barnard, Scholarship, Glamour Magazine, Advice, Women News

NEW YORK -- While many 20-something women embarked on their dreams of a college education when a decent-paying job was virtually guaranteed, the rules...

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Scholars Seeking To Correct 'Mistakes' In The Bible (

AP | By MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 10.12.2011 | Religion

Read More: Jews, Religion, Video, Bible, Judaism, Bible Scholars, Christianity, Christians, Hebrew, Scholarship, Scholars, Israel, Orthodox Judaism, Religion News

JERUSALEM -- A dull-looking chart projected on the wall of a university office in Jerusalem displayed a revelation that would startle many readers of ...

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The Research Fellowship That Uncovered a New Story of 19th Century New York

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: History, New York Public Library, Research, Fellowships, Archives, Manuscripts, Academia, Scholarship, New York History, New York News

Steven Carl Smith is working on a dissertation about New York City in the 19th century, with a focus on the publishing industry and how it developed.

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Pima Community College Sets Up Scholarship To Honor Shooting Victims

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Pima Memorial Fund, Scholarship to Honor Shooting Victims, Pima Community College Memorial Fund, Gabrielle Giffords, Pima Memorial Scholarship, Pima Community College Memorial Scholarship, Pima Community College, Jared Loughner, Fund to Honor Shooting Victims, Arizona Shooting Victims, Scholarship, College News

Pima Community College's board of governors has ruled to establish a memorial scholarship fund to honor the lives of those murdered during the attack ...

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An Interview With Marie Tillman

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Marie Tillman, Scholarship, Tom Matlack, Pat Tillman, The Tillman Foundation, Military, Video, Healthy Living News

The Pat Tillman Foundation is a national leader in providing resources and educational support to veterans, active service members and their dependents.

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The DREAM Act

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Latinos, Mike Huckabee, The-Dream-Act, Children, DREAM Act, sb1070, Scholarship, Arizona, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Politics News

The DREAM Act centers on young people who are not legal residents, but came to the country as children in the company of illegal immigrants.

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Invitees to President Obama's UT-Austin Speech: Get Out of Afghanistan, War's Failing, Set a Timetable

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Antiwar, Ut, Economics, Economy, War, University of Texas, Obama, Texas, Student, Scholarship, War Spending, Robert Greenwald, Democrats, Peace, George Lopez, Brave New Foundation, Anti-War, Politics, Insurgency, Education, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack, Rally, Gregory Gymnasium, Taliban, Austin, Afghanistan, Defense Spending, Kxan, World News

Today, President Obama came to my town to give an invite-only speech at the University of Texas. Lacking an invite, I wondered what people with invites had to say about the Afghanistan War.

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Maximizing the Impact of Our Future Scholars

Krisztina Holly | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: University, University of Southern California, Innovation, Usc, Scholarship, Academia, Entrepreneurship, Graduate School, Students, Ph.D., College News

USC announces a first-of-its-kind Diploma in Innovation program for Ph.D. students designed to expand our ability to produce great intellectual resources for the global community we share.

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Astoria Characters: The Itinerant Romantic

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

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This is a love story. You know, boy meets girl. Boy gets girl. Girl gets boy. To follow her to New York.

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'Relationship' Is a Very Big Word

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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There's something troubling about the use of the word "relationship" that excludes all relationships but romantic ones. All other adult relationships aren't just excluded in the wording; they're absent from the studies.

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What I Meant to Say

Daniel Haarburger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: School, Scholarship, College, Interview, Denver News

Weary headed and recovering from the flu, I walked into a foundation meeting. Clad in business suits and briefcases, the board was to interview me for the final round of a prestigious college scholarship.

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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