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“By nature of letter grades, we end up drawing lines (between A and A-, A- and B+, B+ and B, et al.) between values that sometimes differ by .02 percent, and the world proceeds to give those lines far too much weight,” Malan wrote...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Malan Plans To Cut Letter Grades for CS50 | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Can the law stand up to scrutiny? "There are some things that states can do and some that states can't do, but this law threads the needle perfectly," says Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law professor who helped write the legislation. He believes it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arizona's Tough New Law Against Illegal Immigrants | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

"This is the most anti-immigrant legislation the U.S. has seen since the House bill of 2005 which set off huge demonstrations across the country," says Newman. "The sheer breadth of this bill is going to alter the national discussion." He says the bill does four things: criminalizes undocumented status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arizona's Tough New Law Against Illegal Immigrants | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Labour hopes that its proposals, which could also see fans offered right of first refusal to buy their club in the event that it was put up for sale, could coax many football fans to turn out for the party come election day. "There's the potential for [the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Soccer Could Sway Britain's Election | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

The sudden eruption caused a mild panic on flights already airborne. Kuenga Wangmo, a doctoral student at Cambridge University, was on a British Airways flight from Delhi to London when she learned of the news. "I was woken up when the captain announced that British airspace was contaminated by ash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air-Travel Chaos Spreads as Volcano Ash Lingers | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

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