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		<title>Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pointing to internal YouTube  eMail messages, Viacom  said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they could amass a big audience and sell the company quickly, reports the New York Times. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fresno State students get high-tech writing help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 140 Fresno State professors are trying out a computer tool that taps into video-game competitiveness to improve student writing, reports the Fresno Bee.]]></description>
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		<title>Court: Cyber-bullying threats are not protected speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A California appeals court ruled this week that threatening posts made by readers of a web site are not protected free speech, allowing a case charging the posters with hate crimes and defamation to proceed, Wired  reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Student aid, linked to health care, gets a trim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats on March 18 trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation.]]></description>
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		<title>Online education expert: Discipline is key</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Irresistible prime-time television and quick snacks that turn into 20-minute breaks are the ever-tempting enemies of online learning, according to Maryland’s distance educator of the year, who says proactive and dedicated students get the most out of web-based classes and the freedom they provide.]]></description>
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		<title>Duncan: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Arne Duncan says college basketball teams that don't graduate at least 40 percent of their players should be banned from postseason play.]]></description>
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		<title>RandomDorm: Chatroulette for the college set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining, but there’s always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service, which randomly matches strangers for video interaction. ]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon threatens eBook publishers as Apple looms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Apple builds its electronic bookstore, Amazon.com is trying to use its clout to hold on to its early lead in the market, reports the New York Times. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecampusnews.com/2010/03/18/amazon-threatens-ebook-publishers-as-apple-looms/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets, which could prove pivotal in this 3-year-old copyright dispute that has important implications for the internet, reports the Associated Press.]]></description>
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		<title>University of Phoenix Teams with The Manufacturing Institute to Educate Workforce to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alliance will Bridge Manufacturing Talent Gap While Addressing Needs of the Working Learner
PHOENIX, March 17, 2010 &#8211; Today, University of Phoenix announced an innovative partnership with The Manufacturing Institute (“Institute”), the non-profit, non-partisan education and research affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Through this educational alliance, University of Phoenix will develop curriculum relevant [...]]]></description>
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