Five College Majors that Will Get You a Job - Sageworks Stats - - Forbes

Five College Majors that Will Get You a Job - Sageworks Stats - - Forbes


Five College Majors that Will Get You a Job - Sageworks Stats - - Forbes

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:38 PM PDT

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U.K. Stops Budgetary Aid To Malawi

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:24 PM PDT

Citing concerns about governance and accountability, the U.K. is halting budget aid to Malawi. Relat


Malaysian state drops Ramadan bar closure plan (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:36 PM PDT

A bar-tender fills a glass with beer at a nightclub in Malaysia. A state in the country controlled by an Islamic opposition party has dropped a plan to force bars, discos and karaoke clubs to close during the Muslim fasting month, an official said Sunday.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - A Malaysian state controlled by an Islamic opposition party has dropped a plan to force bars, discos and karaoke clubs to close during the Muslim fasting month, an official said Sunday.



Spectacular eruption at Indonesian volcano (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:13 PM PDT

Mount Lokon is seen amid a warning over high level activity. The volcano saw its biggest eruption in weeks on Sunday, sending huge clouds of ash 3,500 metres (11,500 feet) into the sky, an official said.(AFP/File/Glen Rarung)AFP - An Indonesian volcano saw its biggest eruption in weeks on Sunday, sending huge clouds of ash 3,500 metres (11,500 feet) into the sky, an official said.



Spam's Silver Bullet? Not so Fast

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Researchers at University of California schools identified the three banking institutions fueling sp


Late Night Explosions Rock Tripoli

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Tripoli was rocked by a series of airstrikes by NATO forces in the early hours of the morning Sunday. Libyan television reported that the "NATO crusader forces" had hit civilian and military targets in the eastern suburb of Tajoura.


China Slams Obama's Meeting with the Dalai Lama

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:34 PM PDT

China slammed President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has "grossly interfered in China's internal affairs" and damaged Chinese-American relations, and demanded the U.S. remedy the situation.


Manchester City down Club America 2-0 (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:16 PM PDT

Ryan McGivern (pictured, L) and Shaun Wright-Phillips scored first-half goals as Manchester City launched their North American tour with a 2-0 friendly win over Club America of Mexico.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brian Bahr)AFP - Ryan McGivern and Shaun Wright-Phillips scored first-half goals as Manchester City launched their North American tour with a 2-0 friendly win over Club America of Mexico.



Iran offers Argentina help with bombing probe (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:57 PM PDT

AP - An Argentine prosecutor on Saturday criticized a statement from Iran expressing willingness to help solve Argentina's worst terrorist attack.


Aussie mum investigated for putting kids on eBay (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:35 PM PDT

The logo of Internet auctioneer eBay. An Australian mother who listed her children for sale on the Internet had her joke backfire when authorities were called in to investigate, police said Sunday.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)AFP - An Australian mother who listed her children for sale on the Internet had her joke backfire when authorities were called in to investigate, police said Sunday.



Chile miners sue government for negligence

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT

Miners rescued from collapsed mine in October say government responsible for a "lack of safety" at San Jose operation.


'We are sorry' Murdoch tells UK in full-page ad (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Newspapers are opened to show the advertisement apology for News International and photographed at a news vendor in central London, Saturday, July 16, 2011.  News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch signed the company advert entitled 'We are sorry',  which is published in British national newspapers Saturday.  The News International publication News of the World is accused of hacking into the mobile phones of various crime victims, celebrities and politicians. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - "We are sorry" the full-page ad began Saturday, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs committed by his now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.



In Egypt, fighting for a $50-a-month factory job (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT

In this June 23, 2011 photo, an undated passport photo of late Mariam Hawas is seen at the family house in Talkha, Mansoura, Egypt.  Hawans lost her life trying to collect her monthly salary.  Egyptians have long complained that the cheapest thing in this country is their lives.   Under the former regime, wages in the public sector , the single largest employer , were miserably low and the already vast gap between rich and poor only widened.  (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - The sun was already searing the pavement on the early June morning when Mariam Hawas and her co-workers from the garment factory descended on the bank.



Cambodia's Muslims seek justice for genocide (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 08:49 PM PDT

Cambodian Muslims, known as Cham, hope to finally see justice as the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leaders stand trial for genocide at Cambodia's UN-backed court.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - Zakaria Bin Ahmad cannot forget the years of horror under the brutal Khmer Rouge when even praying was to risk death for Cambodia's persecuted minority Muslims.



Murdoch's influence in Britain under fresh scrutiny (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 08:32 PM PDT

A demonstrator wearing a mask of News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch poses for pictures with puppets of Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd L) and Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt (L) outside Murdoch's London home. The British establishment's ties to Murdoch came under renewed scrutiny Sunday as he made a second public apology for phone hacking and warned those responsible had AFP - The British establishment's ties to Rupert Murdoch came under renewed scrutiny Sunday as he made a second public apology for phone hacking and warned those responsible had "no place to hide".



2 Mexican tourists die in Acapulco gun attack (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 08:34 PM PDT

AP - Authorities in Acapulco say two Mexican tourists have been killed in a gun attack at a restaurant on the main oceanfront avenue in the tourist zone of the Pacific resort. Two other people are wounded.


Vietnamese hold anti-China march despite crackdown (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 08:29 PM PDT

AP - A small group of Vietnamese have marched with signs to denounce China's actions in the South China Sea after about two dozen protesters were rounded up by police, shoved onto buses and driven away.


VIDEO: Obama-Dalai Lama meet angers China

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:59 PM PDT

China responds angrily to a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.


VIDEO: Obama-Dalai Lama meet angers China

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:59 PM PDT

China responds angrily to a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.


VIDEO: Chavez returns to Cuba for treatment

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 08:01 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba for chemotherapy, delegating some powers before leaving.


Dalai Lama and Obama Meet to Talk About Tibet

Dalai Lama and Obama Meet to Talk About Tibet


Dalai Lama and Obama Meet to Talk About Tibet

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Despite objections from China, President Obama met privately with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, at the White House on Saturday.


Obama meets the Dalai Lama

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:54 PM PDT

US president welcomes Tibetan spiritual leader despite calls from Chinese authorities to cancel the White House meeting.


The Would-Be Prince of Port-au-Prince

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 01:03 PM PDT

While Wyclef Jean plainly wants to do something for Haiti, there is also, it seems, much that he wants Haiti to do for him.


Obama meets the Dalai Lama

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:54 PM PDT

US president welcomes Tibetan spiritual leader despite calls from Chinese authorities to cancel the White House meeting.


Protest against town smoking ban

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:07 PM PDT

UKIP leader Nigel Farage is among those to speak at a protest against plans to ban smoking in public in the Buckinghamshire town of Stony Stratford.


Union Yields on Benefits in Agreement With Cuomo

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Facing hundreds of layoffs that had been scheduled to take effect within days, the Public Employees Federation accepted significant wage and benefit concessions.


Clarke secures one-shot Open lead

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke cards a third round 69 to take a one shot lead over American Dustin Johnson with one round remaining at the Open Championship at Sandwich.


Chavez delegates powers to vice-president

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Venezuelan leader cedes authority to deputy and finance minister as he prepares for a second round of cancer treatment


Election Cycle Emerges as the Year of the Pledge, but Some Candidates Resist

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Candidate pledges, an incidental part of past presidential elections, have taken off as advocacy groups seek to hold a future Republican president accountable.


Venezuela's ailing Chavez delegates some powers

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:00 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delegated some powers to his vice president and finance minister on Saturday, hours before a planned departure to Cuba for cancer treatment.


MPs back Chavez chemotherapy trip

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT

The national assembly in Venezuela has voted to allow President Hugo Chavez to travel to Cuba for further cancer treatment.


Rights prize withdrawn from Putin

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Russian PM Vladimir Putin will no longer be awarded a prestigious German rights prize after the move was widely criticised.


VIDEO: 'Four of my children have died of hunger'

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:17 AM PDT

International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, has urged the international community to help the victims of the drought in East Africa as the UK pledges £52m in aid.


Murdoch apologises over UK phone hacking

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Full-page public adverts follow resignations of senior executives at News International and Dow Jones over the scandal.


Stain From Tabloids Rubs Off on a Cozy Scotland Yard

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Testimony and new evidence indicate that Scotland Yard and News International became so intertwined that they wound up sharing the goal of containing the phone-hacking investigation.


Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox protesters

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on horseback Saturday clashed with hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters hurling stones and garbage bins as part of a campaign to stop a public parking lot from opening on the Jewish sabbath.


German prize cancelled after Putin choice criticized

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 10:26 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - A prominent German prize for freedom and democratic change will not be awarded this year after the independent award committee's decision to give it to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was criticized.


Obama ignores China on Dalai Lama

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:57 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama hosts talks at the White House with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, despite strong criticism from China.


Law School Economics: Ka-Ching!

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Despite fewer high-paying jobs, students continue to pour into law school. And the schools keep charging higher tuition and admitting more students.


Obama ignores China on Dalai Lama

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:57 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama hosts talks at the White House with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, despite strong criticism from China.