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    Riot police use tear gas to control student protest

    Police moved in on student protesters gathered near McGill University, during a planned demonstration against tuition hikes. More...
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    Tweets get scrutiny in Rutgers webcam spying trial

    With the story of alleged invasion of privacy and bias intimidation already told, prosecutors have turned to trying to show jurors that a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man tried to cover up his actions...
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    Vancouver student killed in Mexico

    Police are investigating the homicide of a University of British Columbia student in Mexico
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    Okla. St. women's coaches die in Ark. plane crash (AP)

    AP - The Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach and his assistant coach were killed when the single-engine plane they were in during a recruiting trip crashed in steep terrain in Arkansas, the university confirmed Friday morning. More...
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    University band suspended over 'degrading' guidebooks

    Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., has suspended its marching band from participating in any performances for the rest of the term, saying it circulated material containing offensive language demeaning to women. More...
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    Flood threatens endangered owl

    Widespread flooding across Saskatchewan is having an impact not only on humans but on protected wildlife, says a university biologist. University of Regina biology professor Mark Brigham said fish and waterfowl will be thriving with high water across much of the province. But Brigham said he's...
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    Police seize illegal knives from store

    <div>Charlottetown Police along with members of the RCMP's National Weapons Enforcement Support Team seized 86 spring-loaded knives from a University Avenue store Wednesday. This was the second search of the store
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    Mexican opera composer Catan dies in Texas

    AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican composer Daniel Catan has died while working on a new opera in Austin, Texas, a University of Texas spokeswoman said Monday. He was 62. The cause of his death on Friday was not immediately released. Catan was best known in the United States for his operatic adaptation...
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    Auburn's live oaks poisoned

    -- Someone put a toxic knife in the hearts of Auburn University football fans who learned Wednesday that the landmark live oaks at Toomer's Corner have been deliberately poisoned and may not survive. The university in eastern Alabama confirmed a herbicide commonly used to kill trees and brush...
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    Witnesses: One dead in Yemen protests

    -- One person was killed in an anti-government protest in the Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, eyewitnesses reported, while human rights activists accused pro-government demonstrators of beating students after a similar protest in the capital, Sanaa. Witnesses in Aden said the victim was an...
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    Einstein granddaughter wants a share

    -- Albert Einstein made many contributions to modern science, but it's the videos, bobblehead dolls and Halloween masks using his image that continue to generate millions of dollars long after his death. But his granddaughter, Evelyn, said she hasn't received a dime from the marketing and sales...
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    Legislator pushes bill to restore Colonel Reb as Ole Miss mascot

    -- A state legislator apparently misses Colonel Reb so much, he's pushing a bill to bring the former University of Mississippi mascot back. He also wants the college band to play "Dixie" at games -- even on the road. "The University of Mississippi shall bear the nickname 'Ole Miss Rebels' and...
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    Suspect named in New Mexico hospital shooting

    -- A suspect fired his gun inside the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque Tuesday, but no one was injured, the university and police said. Police identified the apparent gunman as Cesar Dominguez-Garcia, 21. Witnesses told officers that a female patient was with her child when the...
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    Report: Va. Tech slow to act in shooting

    Virginia Tech violated federal campus security law when it waited too long to inform students about a shooter on the loose during a 2007 rampage that killed 32 people, the U.S. Department of Education says in a new report. The report, released Thursday, says the school did not notify students...
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    Child Porn Found On Marquette University Professor's Computer

    http://www.wisn.com/r/25843513/detail.html MILWAUKEE -- A Marquette University professor is under investigation after someone found child pornography on his university computer. WISN 12 News isn't naming the professor because he hasn't been arrested or charged while forensic investigators...
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    Store apologizes for Twitter row

    Store apologizes for Twitter row NEW YORK, -- Representatives of a New York grocery store apologized after a worker contacted a customer's employer due to negative comments on Twitter. Jonathan Hoster, a senior admissions officer at Syracuse University, said he posted on his Twitter...
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    Fraternity pledges' chant raises concerns at Yale

    A fraternity's alleged chant trivializing rape has prompted discussion at Yale University and beyond. In a YouTube video that went viral, chants encouraging rape are heard, allegedly being expressed by a fraternity's new recruits as they marched through Yale University last Wednesday. The...
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    KFC Ad Uses Buns To Promote Bunless Sandwich

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- What would Col. Sanders think? A KFC marketing campaign that uses women's backsides as billboards is sparking debate over whether it exploits women or is just a fun way to advertise on college campuses. The campaign for KFC's new bunless sandwich enlists female...
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    Women targeted in party overdoses

    The party took place at a home about 30 minutes from the university campus in Ellensburg, police said. Young women at a party attended by about 50 Central Washington University students and other young people were the primary target of spiked drinks, authorities said Saturday. The incident...
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    University of Georgia partiers arrested

    University of Georgia partiers arrested ATHENS, Ga., A total of 43 University of Georgia students were arrested on drug and liquor charges during a two-week period, a student newspaper says. That's the period since the Princeton Review declared the university the top U.S. party school, The...
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