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A College Kid, A Single Mom, And The Problem With The Poverty Line 27 Aug 2013 | 09:16 am
The College Kid Rico Saccoccio is a junior at Fordham University in the Bronx. He's from a middle-class family in Connecticut and he spent the summer living at home with his parents, who cover about ...
USU student dies after hitting slackline on bike 27 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
A 24-year-old Utah State University student died Monday afternoon from injuries he received after running into a slackline on his bicycle while traveling down a steep hill, campus police said. USU Po...
Campus wreck on first day of classes 27 Aug 2013 | 04:51 am
A two-car accident on U.S. Highway 89 in Logan sent one car into the flower beds at Utah State University today. Logan police responded to the accident, which occurred at the 1200 East turn-off near t...
Justice Backs Less Protective Ruling On Reporter Privilege 27 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
In a case closely watched by the intelligence community and the media, the Justice Department urged a federal appeals court on Monday to leave in place a court ruling that gives reporters little prote...
End Compulsory Education in Utah? Tuesday's Access Utah 27 Aug 2013 | 03:43 am
State Senator Aaron Osmond recently argued that teachers are being forced to become surrogate parents, expected to do everything from behavioral counseling to providing adequate nutrition, to teaching...
For Obama, Outrage Over Syria Is The Easy Part 27 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
The present Syrian crisis ranks among the most vexing moments of President Obama's presidency. The recent heart-rending images of Syrian civilians, many of them young children apparently killed by ch...
Sleepy, Southern And Segregated: What D.C. Was Like In '63 27 Aug 2013 | 02:42 am
Fifty years ago this week, when hundreds of thousands of demonstrators came from across the country to take part in the 1963 March on Washington, the city was not yet the cosmopolitan capital that it ...
2 Excerpts You Should Read From Kerry's Speech About Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 02:39 am
Secretary of State John Kerry gave a rare and pointed speech in which he sent a clear message to the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad that the use of chemical weapons defied "any code of morality." "By ...
'Braai Day' Aims To Bring S. Africans Together Over Barbecue 27 Aug 2013 | 02:26 am
Nelson Mandela is officially "improving," though still in critical condition at a South African hospital. His long battle with a lung infection has South Africans anxiously contemplating their "post-M...
Embattled LA Sheriff Still Plans To Give Fifth Term A Shot 27 Aug 2013 | 02:26 am
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca — who oversees the largest municipal jail system in the country — is facing growing pressure to bow out of the race for what could be his fifth term. There's a lot...
