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...bubble. At that time, in 2005, her 3,000-sq.-ft. house was appraised at $185,000; she now owes about $159,000 on it. Real estate agents have advised her that she could not sell it for more than $145,000. Her debt is actually two loans, the larger of which was recently modified from an adjustable rate to a fixed-rate note at 9% interest. The second loan charges over 10%, and the two payments combined are slightly more than $1,400 per month. (Read: "How Stressed Is Your Bank...
...assumed the deanship in 2003.The peace and institutional reform during Kagan’s tenure as dean of the Law School have marked a significant shift from the ideological battles in the 1980s and early 1990s, when a warring faculty became symbolic of the school’s larger problems.Kagan embarked on a wide-ranging reform campaign to address many of the issues she had experienced firsthand as a student at the Law School, hoping to improve the student experience that many describe as cold and unwelcoming.Hailed by students for providing free coffee and an ice skating rink?...
...Bureau of Infectious Disease, told the Globe that her agency would engage with the hospital to discuss prevention of similar episodes. “If we don’t hear about these smaller groups first, how can you start to identify if there’s a larger issue?” she said in a interview with the Globe, citing concerns that hospital staff carry the disease to more than one healthcare institution. Neither Barry nor representatives from Mass. General could be reached for further comment yesterday. Gastrointestenal disease, or GI, is an infection that causes nausea, vomitting...
...successful entrepreneur who owned the NBA's Utah Jazz, Larry Miller, 64, was a larger-than-life figure in the Beehive State. After a long battle, he died of complications from diabetes...
...District of Columbia has never had its own Senator or Representative, despite a population (nearly 600,000) larger than Wyoming's. That curious disenfranchisement may soon change, however, as a bill advances through Congress that would finally give D.C. a House member. On Feb. 24, the Senate voted to allow debate on the plan, which would expand the House to 437 members, its first enlargement in nearly 100 years. The bill would also grant Utah another vote until the next reapportionment in 2012, maintaining the body's partisan balance as D.C.'s addition would almost certainly be a Democrat...