By ROBERT GEBELOFF and SHAILA DEWAN Article Reprint We got an interesting question from an academic adviser at a Texas university: could we tell what the top 1 percent of earners majored in? The writer,
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Mystery man on roof during Boston Marathon bombings
Mystery man on roof: An image of the second explosion also captures a shadowy figure on a roof above the incident. Who is the mystery man on the roof? Consipiracy theorists want to know. By David
Read morePolice raid Boston home linked to burned Saudi student who was ‘acting suspiciously’ near marathon finish line after bombs that killed 3 and injured 176
By Matt Blake, Katie Davies and Rachel Quigley Article Reprint Detectives last night raided a home in Boston in connection with the explosions at yesterday’s marathon which killed three and injured 176, 17 of them
Read moreJerry Sandusky seeks easier setting
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — A lawyer for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said Friday his client has gotten his fighting spirit back after his child abuse conviction and sentencing and hopes
Read moreSupreme Court rejects plea to ban taping of police in Illinois
By Jason Meisner Article Reprint The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job. By passing on the issue,
Read moreMedia Blackout
Levi Baldwin Article Submission The video below will bother most readers. It is a description right out of George Orwell’s book 1984; where the government controls every aspect of media communication by surveillance of technology
Read moreMichelle Obama Returns to Chicago to Condemn Gun Violence
The first lady recalled the life of slain 15-year-old honors student Hadiya Pendleton while calling for more programs for youth. By Jonathan P. Hicks Article Reprint In a return to a hometown that has been
Read moreClerk to unseal settlement with Trayvon Martin’s parents
By Rene Stutzman Article Reprint That secret homeowners association settlement with Trayvon Martin’s family may not remain secret much longer. Seminole County Clerk of Courts Maryanne Morse has written a letter to Trayvon’s family
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