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College Student's Facebook Folly Could Cost $80K
2014-03-03 18:57:39| TechNewsWorld
A student at Boston College may have cost her family $80,000 -- and herself a trip to Europe. The student, Dana Snay, posted a Facebook status update boasting of her father's victory in an age discrimination case. The father, 69, was the headmaster of a school for years, but his contract was not renewed in 2010. This prompted a lawsuit, which was settled for $80,000 in late 2011.
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Students arrested in Keystone pipeline protests outside White House
2014-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Police arrested nearly 400 student-led demonstrators who marched to the White House on Sunday to protest against the Keystone XL pipeline. Marching under the name XL Dissent, at least 500 students from across the United States demonstrated and engaged in acts of civil disobedience outside the White House. After repeated warnings, police arrested demonstrators for "blocking passage" of sidewalks, Sgt. Lelani Woods of the U.S. Park Police told Al Jazeera. "We advised protesters of the outcome...
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Hundreds Students Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL
2014-03-02 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: I just came back from the White House, where the police are still arresting the hundreds of students who are taking part in what will likely be the largest act of youth civil disobedience at the White House in a generation. This is XL Dissent: a massive surge of protest against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and a powerful show of solidarity with all communities who are fighting the fossil fuel industry and confronting the impacts of the climate crisis. "An entire movement has thrown itself...
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Fla. students drinking less soda, watching less TV
2014-03-02 05:03:49| Beverages - Topix.net
Fla. students drinking less soda, watching less TV on firstcoastnews.com: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/health/kids/2014/03/01/students-soda-tv/5928853/ Bottles of Dr. Pepper soft drinks move down a production line at the Swire Coca-Cola bottling plant in West Valley City, Utah.
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WAGO to Sponsor FIRST Robotics Competition for Students
2014-03-01 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
GERMANTOWN, WI – Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) challenges students to build and program robots to perform tasks and compete with their peers. High school students have the opportunity to learn from professional engineers, build their own robots, learn sophisticated software and hardware, participate in alliances and tournaments, and qualify for more than $18 million in college scholarships.<br /> <br /> Teams ...
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