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Department Of Education Proposes New Rules for Schools Providing Online Courses to Ensure Students Get a Quality Education
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 26 July 2016 26 July 2016
Washington, DC - The Department of Education proposed new rules today for schools providing distance education, such as online courses, in order to get the state authorization needed to qualify for federal financial aid dollars. The proposal will help ensure students get a quality education and that taxpayer dollars aren’t wasted on schools that fail to deliver, according to Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports.
Bizarre Bacteria Causing Major Cattle Disease Named by UC Davis Researchers
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- Written by Pat Bailey Pat Bailey
- Published: 26 July 2016 26 July 2016
Davis, California - After more than 50 years of research, the tick-borne bacterium responsible for one of the most troubling and economically devastating cattle diseases in the Western United States has been named and genetically characterized by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
Biologists home in on paleo gut for clues to our evolutionary history
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- Written by Robert Sanders Robert Sanders
- Published: 26 July 2016 26 July 2016
Berkeley, California - For all the anxiety today about the bacteria in our gut being under constant assault by antibiotics, stress and bad diets, it turns out that a lot of the bacteria in our intestines have been with us for at least 15 million years, since we were pre-human apes.
NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on the Terrorist Attack at a Church in Normandy, France
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 26 July 2016 26 July 2016
Washington, DC - The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific terrorist attack today at a Catholic church in Normandy, France. We offer our condolences to the family and friends of the murdered priest, Father Jacques Hamel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the other victims of the attack as well as the parishioners and community members of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.
FTC Sends Out Third Round of Redress Checks to Victims of the J.K. Publications Credit Card Fraud
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 26 July 2016 26 July 2016
Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission, through its claims administrator, has begun be mailing more than 321,982 checks totaling nearly $9.7 million to consumers identified as victims of an illegal credit card billing scam operated by J.K. Publications and other defendants. The operators of this scam made unauthorized charges on consumers’ credit and debit cards for purported Internet services.