Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Connecticut

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Connecticut's NCLB Lawsuit Is Dismissed

With her free time, Secretary Spellings may start a Facebook page. more >>

Feds Weigh Long Island Sound LNG Terminal

Along with environmental and security worries, add the threat of a higher price for power as natural gas imports rise. more >>

Connecticut Primary Facts and Figures

Compiled by the U.S. News & World Report library staff. more >>

A Super Tuesday Guide

Here’s an hour-by-hour forecast for the initial returns on megaprimary night. more >>

McCain Leads Giuliani in N.Y., N.J.

Despite predictions of Giuliani as the one to beat, it's changing now with McCain climbing in the polls more >>

Trail Mix

Delaware State University has reopened, and Wesleyan University comes close to electing elicit substances to student government office. more >>

Monks Waste Perfectly Good Colored Sand

Tibetan monks invaded Sophomore Family Weekend at Dartmouth University this week. According to the Dartmouth, the main event was monks meticulously painting with sand, messing it up, and then throwing it into the Connecticut River–all to "symbolize the evanescence of life. more >>

Gunshots Lead to a Suspension

A Yale University fraternity member was arrested and suspended from the university after allegedly firing two rounds into the frat's ceiling, the Yale Daily News reports. The frat house where he was living also had to be evacuated after police found bomb-making materials there, in addition to two illegal assault rifles, nine firearms, ammunition, and a supply of chemicals in the student's room, according to the police. more >>

Harrison Ford at Yale: 'I'm Not a College Grad, but I Play One in Movies'

Indiana Jones has raided the tower of ivory at Yale University in the first crusade to shoot the fourth film in the 26-year-old series, the New York Observer reports. New Haven storefronts have been transformed into 1957 (how specific) scenery, and a cloud of secrecy (via confidentiality agreements) has befallen the sleepy college town. more >>

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