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Feb 8, 2012
CNN Money-President Barack Obama and Oval Office hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have all released at least one year of tax returns. And they all gave big money to charity.
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Feb 7, 2012
Science Careers -In its October 2011 report on the 2010 lab explosion at University (TTU) that maimed a graduate student, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board leveled blistering criticisms against the the university's lab-safety culture. According to pair of front-page articles on 5 January in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the experience has led TTU and some other Texas universities to make changes in how they think about and deal with safety.
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Feb 7, 2012
Forbes-According to a recent study by Texas Tech and the University of Missouri, the findings confirmed that, not surprisingly, advanced age leads to a predictable decline in the ability to make rational money decisions. More disturbing, however, was the study’s conclusion that even as older Americans’ problem-solving skills worsen, their confidence in making the right decision increases, leaving them even more vulnerable to mistakes. The aging population of Americans – those in households age 60 and over — now holds 51 percent of all financial wealth in the country, or trillions of dollars, making consumer protection rules even more important.
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Feb 7, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle -Katharine Hayhoe is a busy woman. As an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, she studies the regional impact of climate change. As a Christian, she volunteers, sharing her science with church and public groups. And as the mother of a young child - well, enough said.
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