Facebook Posts Loss, But Emphasizes Mobile Growth
By JOHN LETZING And BEN FOX RUBIN
Facebook Inc. FB +0.93% posted a quarterly loss Tuesday as costs mounted, but the social site also issued some encouraging data on its progress in making money from mobile phone use.
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Study: College Grads Weathering Economic Storm
Those who don’t hold college degrees fare far worse, states the report from Georgetown University.
By Menachem Wecker
August 16, 2012
New research from...
Rich siblings spend big bucks to affect California education funding
Posted by Valerie Strauss on October 14, 2012 at 11:08 pm
The Munger siblings vs. California Gov. Jerry Brown: Here is this week’s case study in our continuing look at how billionaires (and millionaires) are throwing...
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban can recover, doctors say
By Ben Hirschler and Alessandra Prentice
LONDON/BIRMINGHAM | Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban has every chance of making a "good recovery", British doctors said on...
Maryland Dream Act will benefit state, study says
By Aaron C. Davis
Maryland’s Dream Act, if approved by voters on Nov. 6, would lure more illegal immigrants to public colleges and cost more than state analysts have predicted. But over decades the measure’s “net benefits” could far outweigh...
A history of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute
Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:07am EDT
(Reuters) - The 33-word Alien Tort Statute, at the center of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, was enacted by the First Congress in 1789. It reads: "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction...
Ahmadinejad's cameraman seeks asylum in U.S.: Lawyer
September 30, 2012, 10:25 PM
NEW YORK A lawyer for a cameraman who was accompanying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly in New York says his client has defected.
Paul O'Dwyer, a New...
California Dream Act creates new hope for undocumented people across the state
By Cindy Von Quednow
Posted September 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
Before he read the email saying he qualified for a Cal Grant, Rodrigo wasn't sure how he was going to pay for his first year at UC Santa...
the things we find entertaining can be so different from country to country. growing up, my relatives loved musicals, and as an american i never got that. the ones that came here eventually began liking normal american cultural forms of entertainment, including sports that are popular here and...
Illegal immigrants eligible for work permits may get driver’s licenses in Calif., other states
By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, September 15, 3:42 PM
FRESNO, Calif. — When 17-year-old Alondra Esquivel needs to get from her rural central California home to classes at Fresno State...
Young immigrants can apply for Dream Act-like protections starting Wednesday
By Steve Hendrix, Published: August 14
The Obama administration will kick off one of the most sweeping changes in immigration policy in decades Wednesday, allowing an estimated 1.7 million young undocumented...
Judge: Schwarzenegger didn't break Calif. law
By Juliet Williams, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A Sacramento County superior court judge ruled Friday that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally...
Conversations With a Teleprompter
September 7, 2012
Posted by Nathaniel Stein
A lot of successful politicians, like George W. Bush and Barack Obama, are talented at reading from a Teleprompter. But Bill Clinton—as the comparison between his Democratic Convention remarks as prepared and as...
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