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...Gist: The College Board has released its annual report on the cost of higher education, and the news is distressingly predictable: despite the current economic downturn, college is getting more expensive. Tuition and fees for the 2009-10 school year at a private, four-year college or university now averages $26,273, a 4.4% increase from last year. Throw in room and board and you're up to $35,636. Public schools are a better deal, of course, but their price tag is growing even faster - up 6% or more. All this in a year where the cost of most...
...Dallas, Texas native and four-year standout at Hockaday High School has clearly come a long way, especially considering that Tassopoulos took up the goalie position as a high school freshman simply because it “seemed like fun.” But the Harvard rookie’s rapid improvement becomes even more striking given the fundamental changes from high school competition to collegiate field hockey. Despite Tassopoulos’ past success, it was difficult to predict at the outset of the season whether anyone could be prepared to assume the role as the Crimson?...
...figure is a significant discount from the near-$200,000 price tag of a four-year undergraduate education at Harvard. University spokesman Kevin Galvin declined to comment on the situation...
...Elected Maricopa County sheriff in 1993 and re-elected to five four-year terms. Maricopa now has the nation's third largest sheriff's office. The inmate population has more than doubled during his tenure and now tops...
...standard for victorious politicians seeking to temper triumphalist election-night speeches with a little humility. But as Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged her party's win in parliamentary elections in Germany on Sept. 27, she had especially good reason to caution against overexuberance. Her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) had secured another four-year term as the senior partner in a ruling coalition. And thanks to big gains by the center-right Free Democrats (FDP), who espouse economic liberalism and have a tradition of close ties to Washington, Merkel and her colleagues should be able to shed their existing coalition partner, the Social...