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People Are Awesome: Muslim Hate-Crime Victim Petitions to Save His Attacker's LifeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:01AMIn the three weeks following the 9/11 attacks, Dallas white supremacist Mark Stroman set out on a mission to kill Muslim men. Later he said he was angry that government officials "hadn't done their job, so he was going to do it for them." Four days after the World Trade Center fell, Stroman killed Waqar Hasan, a 46-year-old Pakistani man, with a gunshot to the head in Hasan's convenience store ...

The End of Progress?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:58AMHave things stopped getting better? Americans had become used to ever-increasing living standards, but there is evidence that for many people, life is not improving.

Gates Foundation Launches Effort to Reinvent the ToiletTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:38AMKIGALI, Rwanda, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ New Strategy Promotes Adoption of Safe, Affordable Sanitation in the Developing World The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean, …

Aspire schools lure teachers with training programTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:33AMRecent college graduate Yael Villar knew she wanted to be a teacher. What she didn't want was up to $100,000 in student loan debt for a master's degree and a teaching credential - money she would have had to pay back on...

Balancing books and babiesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:58AMIf Sherita Rooney only had to worry about writing papers and acing exams, her college life would be a breeze.

Rep. Sander Levin expects Democrats to win debt showdown VIDEOTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:25AMHe says tea party wants to destroy sense of community

KeyCorp Reports Second Quarter and First Half 2011 Net Income of $243 Million and $427 MillionTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:20AM-

Sander Levin expects Dems to win debt showdownTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:07AMWhile denouncing the "most intense and polarized atmosphere in Washington I've ever seen," U.S. Rep. Sander Levin on Monday said he believes the U.S. borrowing authority will be increased by the Aug. 2 deadline, with the debt ceiling altered in a way that is more in line with the White House and congressional Democrats than Capitol Hill Republicans influenced by the Tea Party movement.

Majority of Americans Say Student Loan Debt is Too MuchTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:00AMAmericans are growing more wary of mounting student loan debt and the value of higher education. According to a new COUNTRY Financial survey, four in five say the expected average level of student loan debt, $29,000*, is too high.