NYTimes: Plagiarism Costs Degree for Senator John Walsh

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/us/politics/plagiarism-costs-degree-for-senator-john-walsh.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

The Army War College rescinded a master's degree awarded to John E. Walsh of Montana after determining that he had copied large portions of a paper.


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Protests Create Democracy Dilemma - The Wall Street Journal.

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal.

Protests Create Democracy Dilemma

http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-president-xi-jinping-faces-stark-choices-between-concession-and-crackdown-on-hong-kongs-democracy-protests-1412011376

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Is the new AP U.S. History really anti-American? | The Hechinger Report

http://hechingerreport.org/content/new-ap-u-s-history-really-anti-american_17513/


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Snooze you lose

Press Snooze? You Lose.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/237965


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Obama says his economic vision will be a key issue in midterm election

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President Obama sought out a hometown crowd Thursday for his message that has gotten little traction elsewhere recently — on the nation's slow but steady economic recovery.

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Exported to Venezuela, miserable Cuban doctors clamor to get into U.S.

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Worsening conditions in Venezuela are causing increasing numbers of Cuban medical personnel working there to immigrate to the United States under a special program that expedites their applications, according to Colombian officials who help process many...

To read the full article, click on this link or copy and paste it into your browser: http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-cuba-doctors-20140911-story.html

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Norway ranks No. 1, Afghanistan last, in quality of life for over-60s

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No country takes better care of its seniors than Norway, where those over 60 enjoy social security bankrolled by the nation's oil wealth and are well represented in politics and the workplace, a global study on aging reported Wednesday.

To read the full article, click on this link or copy and paste it into your browser: http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-global-aging-study-20141001-story.html

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