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Princeton, MN. Bomb Threat Closes Schools

Three suspicious packages were found in Princeton post office, high school, and public utility building this morning. Authorities are investigating whether the packages contain bombs. All schools in the district had been closed at 9:30 am. The Princeton MN. school district...

US Colleges Race To Combat H1N1: Quarantine Dorms & Sanitizers

Nationwide, there are approximately, 15.9 million college students, at more than 4,000 two-year and four-year institutions.According to the American College Health Association (ACHA), there are more than 2,000 H1N1...

Princeton Review Top 20 Party Schools 2009: Where You Want To Be

Post-secondary education isn't always about academics, as Princeton Review's annual survey indicates in its 2009 List of the Top 20 'Party Schools'. The survey polled more than 122,000 students across the United...

Princeton University 'All Clear': No Gunman on Campus

UPDATED | 12:50pm EDT — Princeton University has now issued an "all clear" notice, after it was discovered that no gunman was on the campus.The suspect "with what appeared to be a handgun" was instead found to be "a dark green plastic toy" that had been confused with a...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the Supreme Court Nominee

Breaking News: President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor from New York, as his nominee for the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 26. "President Barack Obama called Judge Sonia Sotomayor...

What is a Nittany Lion Anyway?

Many casual football fans watching the Rose Bowl matchup between USC and Penn State are asking themselves the same question: just what is a Nittany Lion? The mascot for Penn State Athletics is a reference to the...

SAT prep services get into video games

This is a pretty smart idea, combining video games and studying. I think kids and parents will find this welcoming as they turn studying into a game which will boost up SAT scores in my opinion. This could also be...

Can Michelle Obama keep it real?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLove or Hate her, Michelle Obama, wife of Presidental Hopeful Barak Obama will be a force to be reckoned with if her husband becomes the next President of the most...

Students Don't Embrace Text Message Alerts

Given the very real ability for this technology to be deployed, during a crisis or an emergency, as a highly efficient means of getting instant information out to thousands of people, I find it very surprising...

Top 10 Famous Lawyers

"This post has been awhile in the making. We wanted to run a list of the Top 10 most Famous Lawyers of all time. The people in our list, for the majority of them found notoriety outwith law but they all studied it at some point in their lives.  We have drawn from many...

Method to steal encrypted information developed

"A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.In the paper, "

Beat-up story was a beat up

Shame there is not a drama major at Princeton...he would get honors"The New York Sun reports how an ultra-conservative student who could get no satisfaction from a column in the student paper, beat himself...

BioWa announces extended licensing to MedImmune

""We are pleased to extend our relationship with MedImmune, a world-leading biologics business and the cornerstone to AstraZeneca's plans to establish a major international presence in the research and development of biological therapeutics," said Dr. Masamichi Koike,...

BioWa announces licensing of BioWa`s POTELLIGENT(R) Technology

"The agreement grants GSK non-exclusive rights to research and develop antibodies based on POTELLIGENT(R) Technology for an undisclosed number of targets. In return, BioWa will receive an upfront payment, and license fees. Other details of the agreement are not...

American trio wins 2007 Nobel for economics

"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the three established "mechanism design theory", which looks at how well different institutions fare in allocating resources and whether government intervention is needed. Hurwicz initiated the theory and it was further developed by...

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