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Source: Bennington Banner

Monday May 28, 2012 -- plus several celebrity items -- were front-page news on the Times’ site. Recent Time and Newsweek covers constitute last gasps in the dying newsweekly business. Of greater concern, however, is that while t ...
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The ProfHacker Week in Review

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

is an assistant professor of English at the University of South Carolina Upstate. is an associate professor of English at Central Connecticut State University. is an undergraduate student majoring in the digi ...
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Disco Escapism Wins Again

Source: NewMatilda.com

ASIO's immigration assessments lack any kind of transparency, but a new High Court challenge may change that. Scrutiny is not inimical to security, writes Ben Eltham Bob Carr says there was no 'deal' but Indonesian authorities are certainly expec ...
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Indonesian media mogul makes leap into politics

Source: The Malaysian Insider

Tanoesoedibjo, Indonesia’s 13th richest man according to Forbes, is not alone in using business as a base for a leap into politics. JAKARTA, May 28 — Indonesian billionaire Hary Tanoesoedibjo already has over a third of t ...
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DU admissions: Open days: at a glance

Source: Times of India

THE BASIC QUESTIONS How can we apply for BTech in innovation in maths and IT offered by DU's Cluster Innovation Centre? Only those students who have taken admission in the first year in DU will be considered for this BTech course. There wil ...
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'Mrs Brown's Boys' wins Bafta comedy award

Source: Irish Times

STARS PARADED in the sunshine on a British flag-themed red, white and blue carpet at last night’s TV Baftas. They were joined by some of the biggest names from the small screen, including Holly Willoughby, Dominic West and the cast ...
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Musa: Use social media machinery for 13th GE

Source: The Borneo Post

SOCIAL MEDIA: Kadin (right) and Yahya (second left) launching official Facebook page for Sabah BN Youth cyber troopers called Unit Media Baru Sabah at the closing ceremony yesterday. KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) ...
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Goldberg to Ann Romney and New Media: So Not Sorry

Source: Big Journalism

So miffed that she wrote an angry, rambling fauxpology on The Daily Beast, where she enjoys a platform as a senior writer. Goldberg attacked Ann Romney again as a “calculating political wife … who is now determin ...
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Houston retail icon Harold Wiesenthal dies

Source: KHOU.com

HOUSTON—Houston retail icon Harold Wiesenthal died early Sunday morning in hospice care with his family at his side. For more than 60 years on 19th street, Harold’s in the Heights was a fixture. "Nice clothes. You know classy clothes," said Height ...
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