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  • Price and Um: From college to company ownership Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:30AMBefore they became two of Western Washington’s most prolific real estate developers, Tom Price and Hyun Um were college roommates at Central Washington University in Ellensburg.
  • Tales of how 3 manufacturers managed to thrive during the Great Recession Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:09AMThese businesses have one thing in common — innovation.
  • Govt spending billions for North, East rehabilitation - Minister Rajapaksa Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:43PMEconomic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that the government, while spending billions of rupees from its coffers to rehabilitate facilities in the war ravaged North and East, also borrows billions in dollars from friendly countries and lending agencies as loans for the same.
  • The Center for Public Integrity: Borrower Nightmares: $700 dormitory fee costs family its car Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:58AMBy Amy Biegelsen, iWatch News When Mildred Morris's son won a coveted spot at the New York drama and performing arts college that trained...
  • From Paycheck to Pay Dirt: Blazing Your Own Trail As a Business Owner Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:50AMFirst-time business owners starting a venture in unfamiliar waters face a special set of challenges. Here are three who tackled them with success.
  • The NPP & The NDC, The Heynar & The Dog. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:15PMMy Travel to the east of Africa brought me into contact with a strange natural reactions between animals. Paramount among my experience of animals against their fellow animals was that between the hyena and the dog. Different animals reacts differrently at the site of other animals.
  • Get the ball back, kid Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:07PMDear Derek Jeter, c/o the New York Yankees:
  • Clark retires after four decades at Arlington bank Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:57PMHe’s been a fixture at the bank at 626 Mass. Ave. for 40 years. This week, however, was Bob Clark’s last, as he heads into retirement after serving customers in several capacities, most recently as assistant operations officer at Cambridge Savings Bank’s downtown branch.
  • Texas' debt growing at faster rate than U.S. government's Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:06PMFor all the controversy over the national debt ceiling, here's a surprise: Since 2001, the debt load in conservative Texas has grown faster than the federal debt. Cancer research, funded through a bond package pushed by cyclist Lance Armstrong, is one of the areas of spending.
  • ‘Weeds’ Recap: Game-Played Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:28AM"Try again. Fail better."
  • I-Team: Grave Mistakes Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:16AMCopyright 2011 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. WASHINGTON - The Social Security Administration each month falsely reports that nearly 1,200 living Americans have died.
  • SOUND OFF July 11: Your opinion Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:29AMWe don’t have to worry about God or Armageddon destroying the country. We have our government. That will do it. It keeps cutting the police forces. There will come a day when all the rich and poor will be sorry because the criminals will take over our cities. They are doing a good job of it right now. Wake up, look around you and see what is happening.
  • Top 10 Real World Easter Eggs and Cheat Codes [Lifehacker Top 10] Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:29AM# lifehackertop10 You might think that you have to wait in line, buy only what's offered to you, subject yourself to advertisements, and generally go through you day accepting nuisances because that's just how the world works. But just like on your computer, there are easter eggs hiding out in the real world just waiting to let you unlock the bonus levels of life. Here are our top 10 favorites ...
  • Tuition Hikes at Pa. Universities Keep Coming Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:39PMCollege was already an exceedingly expensive part of education in Pennsylvania, but after the education cuts that were released in the latest Pennsylvania budget, the cost of college is climbing fairly quickly. While state college tuition is due to rise 7.5 percent as a result of the massive cuts to education, Temple University is raising tuition for the coming school year by 10 percent ...
  • Danna Harman: Party Over in Greece Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:16PMThe problem now is that its not just the top echelons who are guilty of the damage done. The whole country seems to have followed the example of their leaders and jumped in to participate in the corrupt system, working it to their benefit.
  • Several blame Army Corps of Engineers for flood Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:02AMOfficials are still envisioning the damage Missouri River flooding is causing, but at a town hall style meeting Wednesday in Tekamah, residents were just trying to wrap their arms around its local impact.
  • Obesity report: We keep getting fatter Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:57AMI tried to look for hopeful signs in the new nationwide obesity report published Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, called "F as in...
  • @BarackObama Responds to Jobs, Deficit Questions in First Twitter Town Hall @WhiteHouse Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 12:14PMPresident Obama tweets during a Twitter town hall meeting Wednesday at the White House as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey watches; Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In a live " Twitter town hall " meeting Wednesday, President Obama fielded tweeted questions about jobs, taxes and the debt-limit debate, sparred with the House Speaker John Boehner and asked American tweeters for their ideas ...
  • Ficklin, Lemon face off for council post again Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:45PMWhen Alveno Ross took a job outside the city and left his Ward 3, Post 2 seat on Macon City Council last year, two men vied to take over that spot -- former Councilman Henry Ficklin and political newcomer Ron Lemon.
  • University backs Pearson degree Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:37AMPublishing giant Pearson announces a partnership with Royal Holloway University that will allow it to enter the degree market.
  • Your top 5 Ferentz teams — No. 5 2003 Outback champs Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 12:05AMChecking in with four percent of the vote (31) is the 2003 Hawkeyes. This team finished 10-3 and crushed Florida in the Outback Bowl, 37-17. This team was stable as it gets up top, with all-Americans Nate Kaeding and Robert Gallery and should-have-been-all-American Bob Sanders.
  • At Ideas Festival, Clinton feels Obama’s pain Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 6:06AMFormer President Bill Clinton offered lessons from his presidency for the currently polarized and unproductive state of American governance at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Saturday. He pointedly compared the current standstill in Washington over raising the federal debt ceiling to the temporary closure of the government during his presidency in 1994. read more
  • Okom Principles in Ghanaian Politics Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 9:15AMTime will not permit me but let me make a comment that okom, the Akan word for hunger, is a very strong motivator for action. The okom principle, aka nokofio in Ga, drives many of our public actions especially among young men of such age. For the older men it is greed and selfishness.
  • Business briefs for July 1 Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:00PMRaymond James deals for Canadian bank
  • Money Matters – Money Goals For Families: Family With Teenagers Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:24PMYou wake up one morning and you realize the baby is having a birthday and she’s 13 today.
  • NFL Capsules: Goodell, Smith back in Minnesota to negotiate Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:58PMMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith took their new buddy act on the road Wednesday, creating a buzz among rookies in Florida then returning to Minnesota for talks to try and end pro football’s labor impasse.
  • Cubberley still an option for Foothill expansion Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 2:42AMby Gennady Sheyner Faced with conflicting arguments and clashing priorities, Palo Alto officials defied dozens of citizens Monday night and decided to keep Cubberley Community Center in the running as a possible site for an expansion of Foothill College. Related stories: ■ Palo Alto mulls Cubberley sale again
  • The Contagion Risk of Europe Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 3:06PMBernanke gave another press conference after the FOMC meeting this week.
  • UP’s rubies Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 2:55PMMANILA, Philippines — Last Saturday, the University of the Philippines Alumni Association had its General Alumni-Faculty Homecoming and Reunion with the theme “Harapin ang Bagong Hamon!” Among the alumni batch honorees, all jewels of UP, the Ruby Jubilarians (’71 graduates) stood out by numbers, enthusiasm, organization, and their bright red T-shirts bearing the slogans  “Isulong ang Pagbabago ...
  • I’m very pleased to announce that I am relaunching my special newsletter for accredited investors, to share the latest ... Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 6:09AMThe good news is that this Accredited Investor Letter is completely free. The only restriction is that, because of securities regulations, you have to register and be vetted by one of my trusted partners before you can be added to the subscriber roster.
  • With butterfly wings on her back Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 10:49PMThe roof blew off while the woman lay in the bathtub, her body shielding her grandchildren underneath her. The winds began to suck her upwards, but she pushed hard against the sides of tub and remained fast. After the tornado had moved on, she told the children that she had been afraid that she was going to be pulled out into the storm, leaving them unprotected.
  • OUR VIEW: Man pays students to say out of college Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:35PMHigh school graduates have long been told, "A college education is always a good investment." Student loan debt? No problem. It's more than offset by the increased earning potential and better job prospects from a college degree.But, with the cost of tuition rising as fast as the...
  • OUR VIEW: Man pays students to stay out of college Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:35PMHigh school graduates have long been told, "A college education is always a good investment." Student loan debt? No problem. It's more than offset by the increased earning potential and better job prospects from a college degree.But, with the cost of tuition rising as fast as the...
  • Nigeria: Making Housing Fund Contribution National Agenda Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:11AMThe availability of decent housing in any society can help check vices such as lack of security and poor health. SAMSON ECHENIM writes that the time to inject life into the National Housing Fund scheme is now, to effectively bridge the wide gap the lack of adequate housing in Nigeria has created.
  • Bill Ong Hing: Remarkable or Not, All Dreamers Deserve a Chance Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:00AMFor every Jose Antonio Vargas, we are very likely to encounter DREAMers who are not near the top of their class, but they are here at any rate because their parents are dreamers as well. Their parents' dreams may appear simple and clichéd, but they are honest and true.
  • Editorial: Colleges' high cost threatens Michigan's future Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 6:30AMA college degree is arguably worth more than ever in this still-recovering economy. In Michigan, so is its price.The state’s public colleges and universities are setting tuition for the fall, and almost all are raising those costs by nearly 7...
  • News in brief Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:19PMHere are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
  • Al Franken: Fighting for America's Middle Class, Netroots Nation 2011 Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 2:15PMOn Saturday, June 18th, I was given the honor of speaking at Netroots Nation 2011 in Minneapolis, the 6th annual convention of progressive grassroots leaders...
  • Ask Andy: Life Insurance Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 5:16PMAndy's fast formula for calculating your life insurance.
  • Reasonable People Disagree About LeBron James Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 1:13PMNow that the dust has settled on the NBA finals, let’s set aside the question of whether Miami Heat superstar forward Lebron James is as good as Michael Jordan in favor of a different debate: Is all the hatred of James warranted? Senior Editor Cord Jefferson says James is a monster of our own making, but Senior Editorial Designer Dylan Lathrop doesn't let him off the hook so easily. So Lebron Is ...
  • '11': Our 2nd Annual Awesome Issue of Mighty Lists Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 10:37AMA new tradition is born! (Maybe.) Last year we wowed you with our “Awesome Issue of Mighty Lists,” which compiled some of the most interestingly pointless facts about Knoxville that we’re aware of. And now: Part 2! In our second annual A.I.M.L, we concentrate on things that come in groups of 11. Just take a look!
  • Local bank celebrating 125 years Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 8:13AMTelegraph staff reports When Rick Kolkman, president of First National Bank of North Platte, first started at the bank in January 1989, the bank had one electronic memory typewriter.
  • Lincoln School of Technology moving to huge high-tech home Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 2:11AMLincoln College of Technology will quadruple in size next month when it moves to a $28 million, 212,000-square-foot facility in northeast Denver.
  • OECD advises S. Korea to hike minimum pension-recipient age Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:51PMSouth Korea needs to hike the starting age of pension recipients as part of efforts to sustain the nation's pension system feared to be hit hard by its fast-aging population, a report said Tuesday.
  • North Grand Mall parking lot deadline looms Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:39AMWith a recent land sale and an upcoming deadline in its developer’s agreement with the city of Ames, the status of North Grand Mall and its perpetually pending remodeling project raises a lot of questions.
  • Pete's Greens bounces back Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 6:13PMA devastating fire knocked out a popular organic vegetable business this winter. But Pete's Greens is bouncing back thanks to a lot of community support.
  • Editorial: Investing in innovation, free of student loans Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:34PMHigh school graduates have long been told, "A college education is always a good investment." Student loan debt? No problem. It's more than offset by the increased earning potential and better job prospects from a college degree.But, with the cost of tuition rising as fast as the...
  • Michael Hudson: Free Money Creation to Bail Out Financial Speculators, but not Social Security or Medicare Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 12:41AMBy Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Financial crashes were well understood for a hundred years after they became a normal financial phenomenon in the mid-19th century. Much like the buildup of plaque deposits in human veins and arteries, an accumulation of debt gained ...
  • State says not all tobacco money was used effectively Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 5:45AMRICHMOND — A study released Monday by the General Assembly's investigative arm says Virginia's Tobacco Commission signed off on millions of dollars in economic development projects with a sketchy understanding of them, and some yielded little or no benefit in the state's poorest region.
  • Poll: Will this plan create jobs? Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 10:47AMThe President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council has recommended five "fast-action" steps the government can take to get 1 million people back to work in a relatively short period of time.Jeff Immelt, chief executive of GE, and Ken Chenault, chief executive of American Express ...