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U.S. colleges: Gifts rise 8.2 percent to $30.3 billion
Donations to American colleges and universities rose 8.2 percent last year according to a survey released Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education.
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Cold winter weather, snow in short supply this season
Climate scientists worldwide have observed a longer-term global warming trend that can only be explained by the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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Crime booms as Central Americans fear police switched sides
In a city that's just earned the title of the most dangerous in the Americas, few people dare go to the police with complaints. Rather, they view police officers with fear, scorn and disgust.
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Homelessness drops, but advocates still worry
Despite the economic downturn, the rate of homelessness across the United States decreased 1 percent from 2009 to 2011, according to a report that the National Alliance to End Homelessness released earlier this week.
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U.S. teen pregnancy rate remains highest in developed world
Teen pregnancy rates in the United States have fallen in recent years, but the country still has a higher rate than any other developed country, according to data released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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National Defense Authorization Act sparks debate among students
The National Defense Authorization Act has been a part of the White House budget for the past 49 years and was once again signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 31, 2011.
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WIkipedia shuts down
Wikipedia takes site offline to protest SOPA
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EPA announces historic rule to clean or shut coal-burning power plants
WASHINGTON - Unveiling a historic rule, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced the first national requirement for the nation's coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions of mercury, arsenic, cyanide and other toxic pollutants.
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Former Illinois college student gets 5 years in terrorist threat case
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Defense attorneys vowed Wednesday to appeal the conviction and five-year prison sentence given a former Southern Illinois University Edwardsville student for attempting to communicate a terrorist threat.
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Search is on for missing in Philippine floods that kill more than 400
MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers on Sunday struggled to search for hundreds of missing in floods that devastated two southern Philippine cities and nearby areas, killing more than 400 people and sweeping entire villages into the sea.
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U.S. exits Iraq, leaving different perspectives of the war's aftermath
K CROSSING, Kuwait - A U.S. military convoy sliced through the flat Iraqi desert before first light, carrying the last troops safely into Kuwait and ending America's costly and divisive war in a troubled land.
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Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich gets 14-year sentence
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, Illinois' 40th governor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday for the attempted sale of a U.S. Senate seat, illegal shakedowns for campaign cash and lying to federal agents.
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AT&T withdraws T-Mobile deal from FCC review
LOS ANGELES - The end might be near for AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39-billion purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc.
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Officers who pepper-sprayed campus protesters are put on leave
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two campus police officers who pepper -prayed protesters Friday on the University of California, Davis, campus were put on administrative leave pending an investigation, campus officials said Sunday.
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Cairo violence looks like a second uprising
CAIRO - Egypt plunged deeper into political crisis just eight days before elections, as security forces attacked protesters and torched their tents Sunday in unrest that appears headed toward a second uprising, this time against Egypt's military rulers.

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