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...that prompted Granholm, a Democrat, to seize control of Detroit's public schools in the fall of 2008 and then look for someone to fix them. After a wide search, she settled on Bobb, who had a reputation for restoring fiscal sanity to city governments - including managing public-school-system budgets. When Bobb arrived last spring, here's what he found: Contracts had been stuffed in office drawers. The district couldn't afford new books. Gas was siphoned between buses. The district had to borrow money to pay its employees. There wasn't even a chief financial officer managing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Robert Bobb Fix Detroit's Public Schools? | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...same logic should help Sandra Bullock in her Oscar search. After 10 weeks in theaters, her sports-inspirational drama, The Blind Side, dropped out of the top 10 (all the way down to 11), but it ain't done yet. Bullock won Best Actress awards from the Golden Globe crowd and, on Jan. 23, the Screen Actors Guild; the former long shot is now the favorite to cop an Oscar (over previous front runner Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia). There's no question that the movie's out-of-nowhere success - a $234 million domestic gross on a modest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Avatar Weekend: Legion Takes Its Lumps | 1/24/2010 | See Source »

...mail that the author said was sent to almost the entire freshman class Saturday night, Sean W. Pohorence '13 detailed his eligibility for those still in search of an escort to the Snow Ball. With credentials such as “a formidable stamp collection” and the inspiring goal of someday becoming a "football player doctor astronaut," it is quite obvious why girls may have been too intimidated to ask him in person...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What Women Want? He Thinks So. | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

...complaint, Counter alleged that the police officers performed an unlawful search and seizure by arresting him without probable cause. He said that they refused to state the charges against him at the time of his arrest and laughed when he asked why he was being arrested...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Professor Alleges Abuse By Cambridge Police | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

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Author: By Danielle J. Kolin and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Lonely Campus, Hospitable Houses | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

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