Monday, October 13, 2008

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Hillary's Blue-Ribbon Farm Day

It's that time of year again when lawmakers and top Hill aides eagerly await their invitation to what most call the best industry reception of the year: New York Farm Day, hosted by Sen. Hillary Clinton. more >>

Exposing Lenders' Ties to Schools

N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has nudged institutions to sign codes of conduct on loans. more >>

More Rankings News, But Sexier

U.S. News is not the only publication that ranks colleges, and the others that do have just as many detractors. Administrators at West Virginia University are up in arms over being named the No. 1 party school by the Princeton Review, the Daily Athenaeum writes. more >>

Trail Mix

*The Cornell University Police Department recovered its replica of the Sleeping Ariadne statue from an unnamed, off-campus fraternity house, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Estimated value of a goddess of fertility statue: $20,000. more >>

Is It Lobbying, or Is It Serious Research?

That's a question raised by this column in the New York Post by Rep. Gregory Meeks. more >>

Rudy Takes the Lead

The latest Gallup/USAToday poll shows Rudy Giuliani with a big lead in the race for the Republican nomination. Giuliani gets 40 percent to 24 percent for John McCain, 9 for Newt Gingrich, 5 for Mitt Romney, and 3 for Sam Brownback. more >>

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