New York ? The president wants to give less federal money to schools when they hike fees. Is that the key to bringing costs down? President Obama wants to slow the rise in higher education costs by steering federal money to colleges that keep tuition down. Obama said last week that schools have a responsibility [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Justice Department reported Monday that it has recovered nearly $9 billion in fraud against the government since the beginning of the Obama administration, a record three-year total. The $3 billion recovered in the past fiscal year included an unprecedented $2.8 billion raised after whistle blowers filed lawsuits on behalf of the [...]
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Vaclav Havel: remembering the Czech president, playwright, and peacenik
Filed in heightenedVaclav Havel went from being a playwright to?a?symbol of the new Czech state and democracy in Eastern Europe. ?Along the way he became Czech’s first democratically elected president, nominee and winner of prestigious peace prizes, and one of the world’s?preeminent?anti-communist?revolutionaries. Vaclav?Havel?wove theater into revolution, leading the charge to peacefully bring down communism in a regime [...]
