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...Students at North Carolina Central University urged their peers to boycott gossip sites. At Mount Holyoke College, where a localized gossip site generated a lot of hurt and anger, administrators held workshops to encourage students to talk things out face to face. Millsaps College went so far as to block access to JuicyCampus from its computers...
...originally envisioned, the new agency would essentially take over Congress's current authority to set Medicare payment rates for hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and other health care providers. It would use a process like the military-base-closing commission, whose recommendations automatically go into effect unless Congress votes to block them...
Best Buy's doorbuster specials drew large Black Friday crowds with customer lines snaking around the block at many of its stores in the wee hours of the morning. Other retailers, such as Staples, Radio Shack, GameStop and hhgregg, also reaped benefits from the electronics frenzy, notes Credit Suisse analyst Gary Balter. Many offered sharp discounts on gadgets, ranging from laptops and high-definition TVs to GPS devices and e-readers, as they jockeyed to fill the void left by the demise of Circuit City in the past year. "There is an insatiable hunger for these devices and they make...
...driven to commit suicide by the banalities of everyday life. In his next film, Benny's Video, the parents of a teenager who has shot dead a schoolgirl mull over how to dispose of the girl's body as though it were a bowl of leftover noodles threatening to block their drains...
Once again, the Big Green wouldn’t stay down for long. After a block and save by Kessler, Dartmouth freshman Sally Komarek scored her first collegiate goal off the rebound to make it a tie game...