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...record 65% of eligible Venezuelan voters turned up to cast ballots in fiercely contested state and regional elections on Nov. 23. Candidates opposed to leftist President Hugo Chávez won the coveted mayor's post in Caracas as well as governorships in three key states, bringing their total to five and prompting boasts that Chávez's popularity was waning following a failed 2007 bid to extend his presidency. Chávez's Socialist Party remained in control of 17 states, however, which his supporters said reaffirmed Venezuelans' confidence in his leadership...
BRITNEY invites superfans to Times Square record-release party. Also, just anyone can come...
...contenders with an at-large bid, and squeaking through the first round of the tournament with a double-overtime goal, the Crimson was finally stopped with a 2-1 loss at the hands of the No. 8-ranked University of South Florida. The loss finalized Harvard’s record...
...said that something in the ad hoc committee’s deliberations likely tripped up Romer. “Knowing the way the system works, the idea that President Faust would have just said ‘no’ based solely on the things that are on the record, which are very positive, is inconceivable,†Frankel said. “It has to be that either some members of the ad-hoc committee or some letters—all of which are always totally confidential—were for some reason less positive...
...record numbers of applications collide head-on with deep budget cuts, on Nov. 20 the nation's largest university system announced plans to decrease its student body by at least 10,000 students and to cap enrollment at all 23 of its campuses. Says Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education, a lobbying firm that represents 1,800 colleges and universities: "What you're seeing in California is a double witching hour." Cal State, which experienced a 20% increase in first-year applications this fall, is the first public university to cap enrollment since the market meltdown in September...