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Anonymous Gossip Sites
So here’s what free speech has come to on campus: “Name the freshman sluts!” an anonymous post demands on the Indiana University page of a multischool gossip site. So-and-so “has herpes!” proclaims an unsigned post on Texas Christian University’s page.
Couple alive after car pins them to bed for almost an hour
With motor fluid spraying their faces and the weight of a car numbing their bodies, two Nevada college students struggled to stay calm after a drunk driver allegedly tore into their home, ripping them from their slumber.
Resolution may be near between students and bar accused of racism
An agreement could be reached before week’s end between Washington University students and an Illinois nightclub that allegedly barred six African-American students while admitting nearly 200 of their white classmates. Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned
At least 8 migrants drown off Greek coast
Eight people drowned and one was missing after a small boat carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan hits rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Greek coast guard said. Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned.
Students: Chicago nightclub barred blacks
Students from Washington University say they have complained to state and federal agencies that a Chicago, Illinois, nightclub barred six African-American members from their senior class trip celebration while admitting nearly 200 white classmates.
Trapped between worlds, some Latina teens consider suicide
Twelve-year-old Francisca Abreu was anxious.
How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play
Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind — not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III.
One killed, 14 hurt in Spain bus crash
One person was killed and 14 others injured when a bus carrying dozens of Dutch students, their teachers or monitors flipped over north of Barcelona early Monday, authorities said. A man carrying explosives blew himself up Sunday as participants headed to a conference between Shia and Sunni groups in southeastern Iran, killing at least 42, state-run Press TV reported.
How to dissect a body on your iPhone
A new cell phone application allows users to carry out a virtual dissection of a human body. The iPhone app, called “Anatomy Lab,” has been developed by researchers from the University of Utah and provides images of a real human cadaver.