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...Parents of dead students, who once promised to take vengeance if justice wasn't served, have largely been silenced by intimidation and payoffs. In early September, local authorities blocked a group of more than 100 parents from voicing their complaints to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao when he visited the site of a destroyed school...
...what would have usually been their best holiday deals--and have been greeted with collective indifference. The response: Is that all you've got? "The deals aren't that amazing, and the Best Buy circular in particular was so disappointing," says Jon Vincent, founder of BlackFriday.info, an online deal site. "Shoppers expected a lot more with the economy hurting...
...omen for the launch of the Atlantis in Dubai. Only weeks before the resort welcomed its first paying guests with a soft opening in September, a fire caused by welders engulfed the hotel's lobby. That produced a public-relations nightmare of flames and smoke billowing from the site aspiring to become Dubai's next icon. Workmen managed to repair most of the damage in time, but then the Atlantis was hit by "Free Sammy" campaigners demanding the release from the aquarium of a 13 ft.-long whale shark on the grounds that it was a member of a vulnerable...
...family to pledge money toward a race bid, GradeFund allows students to invite family members, friends, doctors, coaches, and other community members to pledge money towards their education. Donors can calibrate their pledges to reward students for better grades. Students upload their school transcripts directly onto the Web site, and if they indicate good marks over the course of a semester, Gradefund collects sponsors’ money and sends it to the student’s school. Donors can also support specific “causes,” such as a field of study. Sponsorships per grade can range...
...those two categories, save yourself the trek to the Quad and stay home. Oh, and the glamorous locales of these ragers? Pathetic. “Currier Fishbowl.” “Pfoho Dining Hall.” That’s right: you can party at the site of your last all-night cram session for that killer Orgo midterm. Good times. Plus, you get to dress up in costume for such inventive theme ideas as “the 80’s” and “the 90?...