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Education Department Had Hand in College Chain’s Collapse, Documents Show

WASHINGTON — Dream Center Education Holdings, a subsidiary of a Los Angeles-based megachurch, had no experience in higher education when it petitioned the federal Education Department to let it take over a troubled chain of for-profit trade schools. But the organization’s chairman, Randall K. Barton, told the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, that the foundation wanted […]

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Pledge to end smoking in England by 2030

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images The government is pledging to end smoking in England by 2030 as part of a range of measures to tackle the causes of preventable ill health. Promoting physical activity, developing guidelines on sleep and targeting those at risk of diabetes are also set out as priorities in the green paper. The

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Canned laughter ‘makes jokes funnier’

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Adding canned laughter to the punchline of jokes – even “dad jokes” – makes them funnier, according to a study. The effect was even bigger if real, spontaneous giggles accompanied a gag, the University College London scientists said. They tried out 40 different jokes, ranging from the groan-worthy to the hilarious,

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Flashing Your Headlights? You’re Probably Sending the Wrong Signals

Travel / En Sound Media

You’re driving on a winding, rural road at night and a car in the opposite lane has its high beams on. Do you: A. Flash your headlights to alert the driver? B. Momentarily look down and to the right at the white line on the road to avoid being blinded? C. Turn on your high

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LEADING OFF: Bumgarner starts for Giants, Paddack vs Alonso

Sports / En Sound Media

A look at what’s happening around the majors today: STAY OR GO? Madison Bumgarner has been mentioned a lot in the last month as a top trade target. That was before the Giants went on a big winning streak and put themselves back in playoff contention. San Francisco general manager Farhan Zaidi acknowledged over the

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Contaminated blood inquiry: Welsh Government urged to take lead

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJennifer Hutchinson was diagnosed with hepatitis C, 34 years after receiving contaminated blood A lawyer representing dozens of victims of the contaminated blood scandal has urged the Welsh Government to take the lead in helping them. At least 300 victims from Wales were left with chronic or

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Crisis Manager Defends R. Kelly Even Though He Wouldn’t Want His Daughter Alone With Him

Entertainment / En Sound Media

R. Kelly’s crisis manager said Monday that he wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving his own daughter with the disgraced R&B singer and accused serial sexual abuser, yet defended him anyway against a string of new federal sex crime charges. When “CBS This Morning” host Gayle King asked if he would allow his daughter to be alone

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1 forecast shows US topping medal table at Tokyo Olympics

Sports / En Sound Media

If the Tokyo Olympics were opening today, the United States would top the overall medal count and the gold-medal count. That’s the forecast released Tuesday by Gracenote Sports , which supplies statistical analysis for sports leagues around the world. Simon Gleave, the head of sports analysis at Gracenote, said his model has the United States

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Asian stocks rise on hopes for US-China trade talks

Finance / En Sound Media

Asian stock markets rose Tuesday on optimism over possible new U.S.-China talks despite concerns about rising Middle East tensions. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney all climbed. Traders were encouraged by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s suggestion last week that trade envoys might meet in person following two rounds of phone conversations. Mnuchin

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Heatwave: How to keep cool and carry on in 35C

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright AFP With a heatwave predicted to bring temperatures above 35C to parts of the UK over the next few days, how can the nation keep cool and carry on? Forecasters expect temperatures to rise throughout the week – culminating in what the Met Office has said could be the highest ever recorded in

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