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A U.S. board created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to ensure government surveillance doesn’t violate citizens’ rights is reviving this week in the same secrecy as the programs it will examine.
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As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on to the bill.
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He is a red-headed hacker who hails from Arkansas, goes by the name “weev,” and seems to delight in being annoying. For years, he broke into computer systems, disrupted blog sites and riled people with personal attacks.
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Intelligence agencies may freeze certain Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. projects while they review its handling of classified information after an employee revealed a secret U.S. electronic surveillance program, according to Susquehanna Financial Group.
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Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data- driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died. He was 86.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor collected $1.9 million last year for her memoir, bringing her total to more than $3 million, according to a financial disclosure form released today.
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On a recent Saturday night, all 36 beds at San Diego’s Hillcrest emergency room are full and three patients lie on gurneys in the corridor just outside.
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Latham & Watkins LLP’s Zachary Fardon was nominated by President Obama to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. He would replace Patrick Fitzgerald, who left last June and joined Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
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No one in the White House looks forward to a call from Steve Castor.
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Kari Antin, a 40-year-old financial analyst in Minneapolis, knows she’s taking a life-or-death risk with every monthly infusion of Biogen Idec Inc.’s Tysabri.
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