News from New York Times - 05/15/2008
In the South, a Force to Challenge the G.O.P.
The surge in black turnout Barack Obama has helped to generate could signal a threat to the Republican dominance of the South.
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News from BusinessWeek - 05/15/2008
China: Why Western B-Schools Are Leaving
Red tape, difficult partners, and weak demand have Western universities closing executive MBA programs
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News from Gulf Times - 05/15/2008
Majority of Arabs have dim view of America: poll
AS many as 64% of Arabs have a “very unfavourable” view of the US, which represents a worsening of relations compared to the 57% rate in 2006, according to a recent Arab public opinion poll.
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News from HealthDay via Yahoo! News - 05/15/2008
Heart Device Recipients Often Not Aware of Recalls
THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Two new surveys suggest that many heart patients with implanted devices aren't aware of recent recalls and don't understand the dangers they might face.
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News from CBS 13 Baltimore - 05/15/2008
Crabs Move From Dinner Table To Battlefield
A special enzyme could allow crabs to play a part on the operating tables as well as the battlefield.
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News from CSTV's College Sports - 05/15/2008
Wildcats Shut Down Hawks in MEAC Tourney, 13-1
Norfolk, Va. - Hiram Burgos proved his worth on the mound and Osvaldo Torres provided the hitting power as Bethune-Cookman University breezed through the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 13-1 on Thursday morning in the first round of the annual Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Marty L. Miller Baseball Field in Norfolk, Va.
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News from InfoBolsa - 05/15/2008
AWC-DC Honors Eleanor Clift with the 2008 Matrix Award for . Professional Achievement
Professional Achievement 15/05/2008 19:05:00 Business Wire Eleanor Clift, contributing editor at Newsweek, regular panelist on "The McLaughlin Group" and author, is the 2008 Matrix Awards honoree at the annual Matrix Awards luncheon held today by the Washington, DC Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications (AWC-DC) at the National Press Club.
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News from USA Basketball - 05/15/2008
Heather Buck
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News from Newswise - 05/15/2008
J-Lab New Voices' Grant Winners Announced
J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland announces the selection of 10 new and innovative media projects as this year's New Voices grant winners. Each winner receives up to $17,000 in start-up funding - provided by the The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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News from The Capital - 05/15/2008
School Notes
Beth Nonemaker, 18, daughter of Michelle and Randy Nonemaker of Arnold, had her composition, "The Glass Coffin" performed by a woodwind quintet at the Peabody Preparatory Spring Composition Recital.
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News from BizJournals - 05/15/2008
UC wins $2.3M for brain injury/stress disorder studies
The University of Cincinnati will receive $2.3 million in federal money to study traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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News from Republican - 05/15/2008
Saturday, May 31
The season opens with a return by Shenadoah Valley-based soprano Aime Sposato, who will be accompanied by a group of singers to perform arias and ensemble selections from The Marriage of Figaro , La Boheme , Don Giovanni , Carmen , Rigoletto , and others.
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News from InfoBolsa - 05/15/2008
Fitch Rates $280MM Maryland HHEFA Rev Bonds UMMS Ser 2008 (2º)
15/05/2008 17:20:00 Business Wire the day following the last day of each Commercial Paper Rate Period, on the day following the last day of each Fixed Rate Period of six months or less, each conversion date; on the date the LOC is substituted; on the last business day that is at least five days prior to expiration of the LOC; on any business day selected by the Authority and on the business day ...
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News from Centre Daily Times - 05/15/2008
Fitch Rates $280MM Maryland HHEFA Rev Bonds UMMS Ser 2008
Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to the $280,000,000 Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority (HHEFA) revenue bonds, University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) Issue, series 2008 (the bonds):
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News from Embedded Systems Programming Magazine - 05/15/2008
Introduction to fixed-width integers
For embedded programmers the most important improvement to C in the C99 standards is the new stdint.h header file. Computer programmers don't always care how wide an integer is when held by the processor.
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News from The York Dispatch - 05/15/2008
Penn State grads leave legacy of giving
After spending their college careers giving to others, George Kapterian and Diana Shoe will be on the receiving end when they and 700 other Penn State York students are handed their diplomas Friday.
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News from BizJournals - 05/15/2008
Erickson Retirement Communities, hospitals win funding for patient data systems
Two health care information exchange programs spearheaded by Erickson Retirement Communities and a group of suburban Washington, D.C., hospitals each received $250,000 from the state Thursday to continue developing their online systems.
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News from D-Lib Magazine - 05/15/2008
In Brief
The EMC Information Heritage Initiative was formalized in 2007 to help preserve and protect humanity's information heritage and make important historical documents and cultural artifacts readily accessible via the Internet for research and education purposes.
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News from D-Lib Magazine - 05/15/2008
University of Maryland Libraries Digital Collections
In November 2007 University of Maryland Libraries announced its digital collections portal.
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News from D-Lib Magazine - 05/15/2008
D- Lib Magazine
An illustration from a 1947 Japanese children's book. Fushigina kodomotachi / Takeshi Mota. Published by Kyoyosha in 1947. Courtesy of the Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries. Used with permission.
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