Coming soon to the internet: The .whatever address
A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just…
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University of Washington to hike tuition following steep budget cuts
According to the Lookout, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire approved huge budget cuts today that will hike tuition at the state's premier public university by 16 percent, the Associated…
Report: Facebook users more trusting, engaged
Facebook, it turns out, isn't just a waste of time. People who use it have more close friends, get more social support and report being more politically engaged…
More Hispanic students graduating and attending college, census says
A higher percentage of young Hispanic adults is finishing high school, and the number attending a two-year college has nearly doubled over the last decade, according to Census…
Wells Fargo rolls out fixed-rate student loans
Wells Fargo is hoping to make its student loans more attractive to families, the Associated Press reports.
Afghanistan-bound Marines learn farming practices
At a university farm in California's crop-abundant Central Valley, a group of U.S. Marines trudged through muddy fields on Monday to learn how to tend pomegranate trees, a…
Top UK academics form new university, charge 18,000 pounds in tuition
A group of prominent British academics said Sunday they are starting a private liberal arts university in London to rival the country's elite institutions in Oxford and Cambridge,…
Yale lab technician sentenced in killing of graduate student
A former animal research technician was sentenced yesterday to 44 years in prison for killing a Yale University graduate student days before her wedding in 2009, the Associated…
Swarthmore College introduces Spanish translation of graduation ceremony
Deivid Rojas, a senior at Swarthmore College, has waited four years to hear the congratulatory remarks that will come with receiving his degree from the elite liberal arts…
Senator calls for smartphone app privacy policies
A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is challenging Apple Inc. and Google Inc. to require all developers that make apps for their mobile devices to adopt…