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U19 World Cup, Match 2 Report: Dunith Wellalage Bags Five-For As Sri Lanka Beat Scotland
U19 World Cup: Scotland were bowled out for 178 as Sri Lanka won the game comfortably in the end.
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Toyota To Invest $461 Million In Kentuky Plant
To help create space for future products and to better align with U.S. market demand, production of the Lexus ES and Lexus ES Hybrid will shift from the facility
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Dog Named Mayor Of US Town. His 'Pawlicies' Include Hugs, Cookies For All
Suitably dressed in a tie and dignified spectacles, Parker the Snow Dog was sworn in as the mayor of Georgetown, Colorado, on Tuesday.
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Woman Who Paid $9,000 To Have Someone Take Classes As Son Pleads Guilty
A woman from California has agreed to plead guilty to a charge filed Monday alleging that she paid $9,000 to have someone take online classes to help her son graduate from Georgetown University, according to federal prosecutors.
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Stay In School Or Get Married? In 1965, President's Daughter Had To Choose
The question that changed the course of her life was asked in the solarium of the White House. It was 1965 and Luci Baines Johnson, the president's daughter, was looking at her boyfriend. He had just asked her to marry him.
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As A Young Man, He Had To Drop Out Of Georgetown University. Six Decades Later, He Finally Made Up For It
Dressed in a black cap and gown with a velvet-trimmed stole and surrounded by family, Carlos Manuel Sera watched the live stream in his son's house in Houston Friday and waited. First came the valedictorian. Then the salutatorian. And then the senior associate dean for the undergraduate program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Busines...
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'The Most Courageous Person I Knew': Man Buries Wife, Then Daughter She Died Trying To Save
Ten days after Nick DeKlyen buried his wife, he returned to Georgetown Cemetery in western Michigan to inter the daughter whom his wife had died to save, a tragic coda for a family confronted with a heart-rending decision five months ago when Carrie DeKlyen discovered she had a tumor.
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So You're The Last Person Listed On A Group Email. Does That Mean Something?
When people click on a new message in their email inbox, the first thing many read isn't the body of the message. It's the "to" field. When multiple recipients are listed, the receiver may be seeing an extra message, Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen explains in an article in the Atlantic adapted from her new book, "You're the Only On...
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Georgetown, A Jesuit University, Is The First US College With A Hindu Priest As A Chaplain
When Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan led his first worship service in his new job as a Hindu chaplain Sunday, he knew his audience.
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US University Appoints 1st Director For Hindu Life, Hindu Priest
A top US university has appointed a first full-time director for Hindu Life in recognition of the growing number of Hindu students at the univerrsity.
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In Georgetown, The Homeless Can Be Hidden Amid The Million-Dollar Homes
In a Georgetown elevator alcove, a heavyset woman in all black sits on two plastic crates, insisting to Gunther Stern that she is fine. She is not homeless, she says. She has a big house. But Stern knows differently. He knows that she will wear the same sweatshirt tomorrow, and the day after that. He knows that crammed into three nearby garbage bag...
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Patients Want Test Results Via Password-Protected Websites
Most patients prefer receiving the results of sensitive medical tests - such as genetic tests - through password-protected websites or portals rather than by email or letters, a new survey has found.
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Red Wine Compound May Stop Alzheimer's Progress: Study
An investigational new drug from a naturally occurring compound found in foods such as red grapes, raspberries, dark chocolate and some red wines may stop progression of Alzheimer's disease, shows results of a clinical trial.
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Learn 2 Languages for a Sharper Brain
A new study suggests people who speak two languages have more gray matter in the executive control region of the brain.
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India Pledges $60 Million to Guyana to Buy Ferry, Build Highway
Guyana's president says India has pledged USD 60 million to help the South American country buy a large ferry and build a four-lane highway.
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U19 World Cup, Match 2 Report: Dunith Wellalage Bags Five-For As Sri Lanka Beat Scotland
U19 World Cup: Scotland were bowled out for 178 as Sri Lanka won the game comfortably in the end.
-
Toyota To Invest $461 Million In Kentuky Plant
To help create space for future products and to better align with U.S. market demand, production of the Lexus ES and Lexus ES Hybrid will shift from the facility
-
Dog Named Mayor Of US Town. His 'Pawlicies' Include Hugs, Cookies For All
Suitably dressed in a tie and dignified spectacles, Parker the Snow Dog was sworn in as the mayor of Georgetown, Colorado, on Tuesday.
-
Woman Who Paid $9,000 To Have Someone Take Classes As Son Pleads Guilty
A woman from California has agreed to plead guilty to a charge filed Monday alleging that she paid $9,000 to have someone take online classes to help her son graduate from Georgetown University, according to federal prosecutors.
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Stay In School Or Get Married? In 1965, President's Daughter Had To Choose
The question that changed the course of her life was asked in the solarium of the White House. It was 1965 and Luci Baines Johnson, the president's daughter, was looking at her boyfriend. He had just asked her to marry him.
-
As A Young Man, He Had To Drop Out Of Georgetown University. Six Decades Later, He Finally Made Up For It
Dressed in a black cap and gown with a velvet-trimmed stole and surrounded by family, Carlos Manuel Sera watched the live stream in his son's house in Houston Friday and waited. First came the valedictorian. Then the salutatorian. And then the senior associate dean for the undergraduate program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Busines...
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'The Most Courageous Person I Knew': Man Buries Wife, Then Daughter She Died Trying To Save
Ten days after Nick DeKlyen buried his wife, he returned to Georgetown Cemetery in western Michigan to inter the daughter whom his wife had died to save, a tragic coda for a family confronted with a heart-rending decision five months ago when Carrie DeKlyen discovered she had a tumor.
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So You're The Last Person Listed On A Group Email. Does That Mean Something?
When people click on a new message in their email inbox, the first thing many read isn't the body of the message. It's the "to" field. When multiple recipients are listed, the receiver may be seeing an extra message, Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen explains in an article in the Atlantic adapted from her new book, "You're the Only On...
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Georgetown, A Jesuit University, Is The First US College With A Hindu Priest As A Chaplain
When Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan led his first worship service in his new job as a Hindu chaplain Sunday, he knew his audience.
-
US University Appoints 1st Director For Hindu Life, Hindu Priest
A top US university has appointed a first full-time director for Hindu Life in recognition of the growing number of Hindu students at the univerrsity.
-
In Georgetown, The Homeless Can Be Hidden Amid The Million-Dollar Homes
In a Georgetown elevator alcove, a heavyset woman in all black sits on two plastic crates, insisting to Gunther Stern that she is fine. She is not homeless, she says. She has a big house. But Stern knows differently. He knows that she will wear the same sweatshirt tomorrow, and the day after that. He knows that crammed into three nearby garbage bag...
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Patients Want Test Results Via Password-Protected Websites
Most patients prefer receiving the results of sensitive medical tests - such as genetic tests - through password-protected websites or portals rather than by email or letters, a new survey has found.
-
Red Wine Compound May Stop Alzheimer's Progress: Study
An investigational new drug from a naturally occurring compound found in foods such as red grapes, raspberries, dark chocolate and some red wines may stop progression of Alzheimer's disease, shows results of a clinical trial.
-
Learn 2 Languages for a Sharper Brain
A new study suggests people who speak two languages have more gray matter in the executive control region of the brain.
-
India Pledges $60 Million to Guyana to Buy Ferry, Build Highway
Guyana's president says India has pledged USD 60 million to help the South American country buy a large ferry and build a four-lane highway.
