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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 3:22pm neoform

Ars Technica -- A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico. The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharing on college campuses and names "Does 1-16," who alleged.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 12:12am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- As most students at Eastern Michigan University were heading home for the holidays in December, the school put out a news release announcing that student Laura Dickinson had unexpectedly passed away in her dorm room. There was no foul play, the school.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 12:12am neoform

CNN -- Duke University has reached an undisclosed settlement with three former lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape, the school announced Monday. "This past year has been hard for many people who care about Duke -- for students, faculty, staff, a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 3:12pm neoform

FOX News -- A static-filled recording of war protesters yelling, followed by a voice and gunfire, was released Tuesday by a Kent State University shooting survivor who claims the tape proves a military order was given to fire on demonstrators. "The evidence speaks.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 4:19pm neoform

USA Today -- A University of Colorado student was arrested after making comments that classmates deemed sympathetic toward the gunman blamed for killing 32 students and himself at Virginia Tech, authorities said. During a class discussion of Monday's massacre at Vi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

BBC News -- A gunman who shot dead at least 30 people before killing himself at Virginia Tech university was a resident Asian student, its president has said. Charles Steger did not identify the man, whom he said had been living in the university dormitories. A.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

Washington Post -- A single question stood out yesterday at Virginia Tech: Would more students be alive if the university had stopped them from going to class after a shooting occurred in a campus dorm? The first shooting was reported at 7:15 a.m. in a dormitory, West Am.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 2:03am neoform

FOX News -- Fatal shootings at U.S. colleges or universities in recent years: —April 16, 2007: A gunman kills 32 people in a dorm and a classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The gunman later dies. —Aug. 1, 1966: Charles Whitman points a rifle from t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 5:54pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A distraught graduate student claiming to have a bomb and anthrax sparked a scare early Tuesday that shut down the University of Missouri-Rolla, officials said, but the threat turned out to be a hoax. Preliminary tests on a white, powdery substance fou.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 30, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

SF Gate -- Plans to demolish the building where a gunman killed five Northern Illinois University students have been scrapped after the university community overwhelmingly opposed it, the school's president said Tuesday. It was also apparent, however, that the co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 10, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Heartbroken mourners searched soul and scripture Sunday to understand why someone would fatally shoot a popular University of North Carolina student body president and cut short a life with such promise. For the hundreds gathered at Athens First United.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Police in Dover searched a locked down campus Friday for a man suspected in the shooting of two Delaware State University students, the school said. A male student who was shot is in stable condition, the university said in a statement, and a female stude.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Students from schools across the country — including historically black colleges like Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, Hampton University and Southern University — were en route to Jena on Wednesday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- This is a shocking abuse of justice in the 21st century and harkens to our sort of Neanderthal era of politics in America fashioned around legalized racism," said former county executive Wayne K. Curry. "For this to be happening now is such a jolt. The ab.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A judge on Monday rejected an agreement to send a 1927 oil painting by Georgia O'Keeffe from Fisk University to a New Mexico museum, saying the deal wasn't in the best interests of the state of Tennessee. The painting, called "Radiator Building — Nig.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 1:01am neoform

FOX News -- Police were investigating the mysterious death of a 20-year-old woman whose badly decomposed body was found behind a locked door in a New York University apartment complex. The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was believed to be the daug.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 22, 2007 @ 5:35am neoform

USA Today -- A poorly packaged college application prompted a call to the bomb squad at Eastern Illinois University. Emergency crews evacuated a campus building Friday, after a postal carrier discovered a disheveled-looking package heading for the college's admissi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

USA Today -- Ten years ago, Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan had a vision to create a "fresh, faithful voice" in Catholic higher education. Now he has both a university and a brand-new town to put it in. On Saturday, the town will open its doors to the public. N.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 15, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- A promising University of Montana cornerback was set to be arraigned Thursday on murder charges after a shooting killed a man earlier this month in California. Jimmy Wilson, a cornerback once praised for his confidence and attitude, was being held in L.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 2:04pm neoform

CNN -- Evangelist Jerry Falwell died Tuesday after he was found unresponsive in his office, an official at Liberty University told CNN. Falwell, 73, was rushed to a Lynchburg, Virginia, hospital, where he was given CPR. Falwell founded the Moral Majority i.. Read More