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Audit: ND university awarded unearned degrees
Feb 10, 5:02 PMFacing pressure to bring in more students as North Dakota's booming oil industry made it tougher to coax new high school graduates into college, Dickinson State University began looking overseas to boost its enrollment.
- Philadelphia cardinal's death investigated Feb 10, 8:22 PM
- US says signs growing that Syrian elite wants out Feb 10, 4:12 PM
- Uzbek man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama Feb 10, 11:32 PM
- Woman pleads guilty in NY newborn kidnap case Feb 10, 9:58 PM
- Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy
- Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
- Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits
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Parents: Hazed students not allowed to play sports
Feb 11, 10:32 AMThe parents of two boys who say they were punched during high school baseball hazing rituals say they're being victimized again - this time because they aren't being allowed to play sports after switching schools.
- Police: 3 found dead in Wash. home
- Marine honored for Afghanistan counterattack
- Woman pleads guilty in NY newborn kidnap case
World News
Police: Journalist couple killed in Bangladesh
Feb 11, 5:52 AMTwo television journalists in Bangladesh were found stabbed to death Saturday in their home in the capital of Dhaka, police said. The motive of the killings is unknown.
Harper says China will lend panda pair to Canada
Feb 11, 6:02 AM
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up a visit to China aimed at boosting oil sales by announcing Saturday that Beijing will lend two of the country's prized giant pandas to Canadian zoos.
- Lebanese gunmen clash over Syria crisis Feb 11, 10:32 AM
- Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry Feb 11, 7:12 AM
- Ahmadinejad: Iran to reveal new nuke achievements Feb 11, 5:42 AM
- New ferry to serve nearby Puerto Rico islands Feb 11, 9:52 AM
- Putin's rivals face pressure, biased coverage Feb 11, 6:37 AM
- Thousands march against nuclear power in Japan Feb 11, 3:47 AM
Health & Science
Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy
Feb 10, 4:17 PM
Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.
- Hungarian home birth advocate looses appeal Feb 10, 11:22 AM
- Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees Feb 10, 7:50 AM
- Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy Feb 11, 2:37 AM
- Russians alarmed by rash of teenage suicides Feb 10, 9:30 AM
Weird News
NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours
Feb 10, 6:45 AMIt may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.
Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
Feb 9, 2:55 PM
Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman.
- Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal
- Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
- Necklace flushed down toilet returned months later
Politics
- Obama team takes a step back on contraception coverage Feb 10, 11:25 PM
- Proposed Kansas abortion ban blocked by abortion foe Feb 10, 7:09 PM
- Kansas House leadership details tax plan Feb 10, 4:54 PM
- McCaskill introducing line-item veto bill Feb 10, 1:49 AM
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