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| Lists That Rank Colleges Value Are on the Rise | | | Purists might regard it as an insult to the intellectual, social and civic value of education, but dollars-and-cents tabulations are the fastest growing sector of the college rankings industry. |
| TABLE-Foreign brokers set to buy Japanese stocks | | | TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Wednesday. Japanese Stocks BUY 22.5 million shares SELL... |
| Friends of accused Boston bomber challenge keeping evidence secret | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for one of three college friends who allegedly helped to cover the tracks of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argued on Tuesday that a judge's order keeping most evidence in the case out of public view was unfair to his client. |
| Inspectors prepare for Syria | | | The inspectors tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons have been in hostile areas before, but never when the war is still raging on the ground. |
| Carlos Slim increases stake in NY Times | | | Oct 6 (Reuters) - Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who loaned the New York Times Co $250 million, has upped his stake in the company for the third time in two months. |
| TBR Inside the List | | | Keith Richardsx2019;s autobiography, x201C;Life,x201D; hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1, unsurprisingly. |
| F.D.A. Shift on Painkillers Was Years in the Making | | | The F.D.A.s move to tighten restrictions for prescribing painkillers is a rare victory by lawmakers from states hard hit by prescription drug abuse over well-financed lobbyists for business and patient groups. |
| Rare Giants Takeaway Alters Game | | | A Giants defense that has forced few turnovers got a big play from Terrell Thomas, who ended an Eagles drive when he forced quarterback Matt Barkley to fumble. |
| Rory McIlroy bests Tiger Woods in China | | | Rory McIlroy has had a 2013 to forget but chose a lucrative exhibition match with World No.1 Tiger Woods in China to give promise of a return to his stellar best at season's end. |
| Balloon space trips planned | | | Want space travel but don't have pockets deep enough for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic or the courage levels to match Felix Baumgartner, the daredevil space-jumper? A balloon trip to (almost) space and back might just be the answer. |
| 6 killed in Russia bus explosion | | | Investigators say they think a female suicide bomber caused a blast that ripped through a passenger bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on Monday afternoon, killing at least six people and injuring 32 others, Russian authorities said. |
| Lotus Why Kimi was not paid | | | Kimi Raikkonen is leaving Lotus because he has not been paid his salary -- and the Formula One team now admits its philosophy is to prioritize spending on the car not its star drivers. |
| Why women 'owe' Billie Jean | | | When the winner of the women's singles at the U.S. Open picks up her check for $2.6 million -- buck for buck the same as the men's champion -- she might well reflect that, if not for Billie Jean King's pioneering efforts, those riches might not exist. |
| Autonomous quadcopter takes humans out of flying equation | | | Sept. 19 - A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's way. Jim Drury reports. |
| San Francisco may put sugary drinks tax to a vote | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - San Francisco may become the latest U.S. city to try to curb the consumption of sugary drinks with a proposed ballot measure to impose a first-of-its-kind tax on beverages seen as a culprit in rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes. |
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