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Seth Davis: DeMarcus Cousins playing hardball with UAB (Sports Illustrated)
This is an important time of year in college basketball. The early signing period for high school seniors began on Nov. 12 and runs through Wednesday. There is some debate as to who is the best high school player in America, but I'm here to tell you that there is no doubt who is the smartest.Read All Artile
Virgin America Adds Flights to Meet Demand for Inaugural Travel (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18, 2008 -- Virgin America, the California-based airline on a mission to make flying good again, today announced it will add more flights to and from Washington, Dulles to meet the rise in demand for travel to the presidential inaugural activities the week of January 20, 2009.Read All Artile
SW Miss. Bearish on Tangi WRs (Hammond Daily Star)
SUMMIT, Miss.—A pair of former Tangi high school rivals have now teamed up to form one of the best junior college wide receiver tandems in the country.Read All Artile
Thursday, November 20, 2008 (Deccan Herald)
Teach For America, an initiative which has been around for almost two decades, is a story that can inspire even the most hardened cynic. “All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” wrote Leo Tolstoy.Read All Artile
Sister Souljah rejects any labels on her literature (USA Today)
Sister Souljah, activist, novelist, former hip-hop performer and cultural lightning rod, has been hailed as a star of "urban lit." But she calls her novels, including the new Midnight: A Gangster Love Story, "literature. Period."Read All Artile
State schools the go-to universities in tough economic times (News 10 Now Syracuse)
When times are tough, schools like SUNY Binghamton and community colleges see a rise in applications. As our Neil St. Clair explains, lower costs are attractive, but that also means increased competition to get in the door.Read All Artile
School jobs steady as others decline (New York Daily News)
Wall Street's loss could be city schoolkids' gain. The economic meltdown is driving some of the best and brightest to consider something they might never have when the stock market was booming and bonuses were fat: teaching.Read All Artile
U of Tennessee blocked P2P sites before RIAA law (CNET)
RIAA didn't need a law to persuade Tennessee, the home of country music, to block P2P sites back in August.Read All Artile
Cuomo Investigating Colleges? Deals with Health Insurers (New York Times)
The investigation by the attorney general appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students.Read All Artile
CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard)
• Real estate transactions The following deeds were recorded recently at the Oswego County Real Property Tax Office.Read All Artile