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Capella's total enrollment down in 4Q
Capella's total enrollment down in 4Q
Capella Education Co. shares fell in Tuesday trading after the online education company reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue and profit due to lower enrollments. The company operates Capella University and, along with the rest of the for-profit education industry, has struggled with the impact

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ABC, Univision unveil joint venture's name: Fusion
ABC, Univision unveil joint venture's name: Fusion
ABC and Univision have announced the name of their joint venture that will provide English-language news programming aimed at the growing Latino demographic: Fusion. Univision News President Isaac Lee says Fusion will bring together diverse cultures and give Latinos a voice in the American conversa

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3 Nigeria journalists charged after polio killings
3 Nigeria journalists charged after polio killings
Police in northern Nigeria arrested and charged three radio journalists for allegedly sparking the killings of at least nine women gunned down while trying to administer polio vaccines, officials said Tuesday. Police claimed on-air comments about a vaccination campaign in the area inflamed the regi

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Group: Somali journalist detained without trial
Group: Somali journalist detained without trial
A Somali journalist is being detained without charge in Somalia for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter, said an international human rights group. Daud Abdi Daud has been held without charge since Feb. 5 and his detention is sending a broader message to Somali journalists to

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Egypt court orders YouTube blocked for a month
Egypt court orders YouTube blocked for a month
A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that caused deadly riots across the world. Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered YouTube blocked for carrying the film, which he described as "offensive to Islam

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GOP hopes for better ties with Hispanics, blacks
GOP hopes for better ties with Hispanics, blacks
The Republican Party's problems with minority voters have preoccupied strategists since November, and it's possible those difficulties will persist or worsen. But an opening for marked improvements in GOP-minority relations may be at hand, or at least close by. Republican leaders would have to make

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NRA's LaPierre: wonk with million-dollar megaphone
NRA's LaPierre: wonk with million-dollar megaphone
Wayne LaPierre would just as soon read a book as fire a gun. That's right, the National Rifle Association's fire-breathing defender of gun rights is more academic than marksman. "A policy wonk," says Joseph Tartaro, president of the pro-gun Second Amendment Foundation. "He is more professorial than

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India hangs man for 2001 attack on Parliament
India hangs man for 2001 attack on Parliament
A Kashmiri man convicted in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that left 14 people dead was hanged Saturday after a final mercy plea was rejected, a senior Indian Home Ministry official said. Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters that Mohammed Afzal Guru was executed early Saturday morning at N

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Liberal in domestic issues, Obama a hawk on war
Liberal in domestic issues, Obama a hawk on war
For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama is a hawk when it comes to the war on terror. From deadly drones to secret interrogations to withholding evidence in terror lawsuits, Obama's Democratic White House has followed the path of his predec

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6 dead in rocket attack on Iraqi refugee camp
6 dead in rocket attack on Iraqi refugee camp
Rockets and mortar rounds struck a refugee camp for Iranian exiles next to Baghdad's international airport before dawn Saturday, killing six people and wounding about 40, police and U.N. officials said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack. He urged Iraqi officials to investigate

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News Summary: Female sales reps sue Daiichi Sankyo
News Summary: Female sales reps sue Daiichi Sankyo
CLASS ACTION: Six current and former female sales representatives in the U.S. are suing drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo for $100 million, alleging gender discrimination. THE CHARGES: The suit alleges the drugmaker underpays its mostly female sales staff and encourages them to wine, dine and befriend male d

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Review: Racism fuels poignant 'Luck Of The Irish'
Review: Racism fuels poignant 'Luck Of The Irish'
The old expression that an Irish person can "hold a grudge like a tomahawk" holds alarmingly true in Kirsten Greenidge's smart, affecting new play, ironically titled "Luck Of The Irish." A suspenseful production of the bittersweet drama opened Monday night at the Claire Tow Theater, as part of Linc

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New high-profile bipartisan group on immigration
New high-profile bipartisan group on immigration
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is part of a new bipartisan group that will push for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. The other co-chairs of the new effort are former Democratic Pe

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NATO rejects UN report on death of Afghan children
NATO rejects UN report on death of Afghan children
The U.S.-led international coalition on Friday rejected a U.N. rights group's concern about reports that U.S. military strikes have killed hundreds of children in Afghanistan during the past four years, saying they are "categorically unfounded." The statement by the International Security Assistanc

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Protests turn to street clashes across Egypt
Protests turn to street clashes across Egypt
Egyptian security forces backed by water cannons fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday while demonstrators clashed with riot police in cities across the country in marches against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The protests are part of a w

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Music teachers now eligible for new Grammy honor
Music teachers now eligible for new Grammy honor
Music teachers are now eligible for a Grammy honor of their own. Recording Academy president Neil Portnow says the group has established a music educator award that will be presented for the first time next year. Portnow announced the new award Thursday at the Grammy Foundation's 15th annual Music

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