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Paul F. Campos / New York Times:
The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much — BOULDER, Colo. — ONCE upon a time in America, baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs. Then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed.
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International Liberty, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Los Angeles Times:
California's wealthy lagging in water conservation — There are few signs of California's epic drought along a stretch of Maple Drive in Beverly Hills. — Deep green front lawns stretch out, dotted with healthy trees and sculpted foliage. The only brown lawn in sight was at a home under construction.
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Washington Monthly and The PJ Tatler
BREITBART.COM:
The Humbling of Tor — The epicenter of the clique's influence is Tor books and its domineering editors, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen-Hayden. It also encompasses the ultra-progressive John Scalzi and his fans, who began the trend of nomination slates and bloc voting.
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Making Light and Samizdata
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Monster Hunter Nation:
Sad Puppies Update: The Nominees Announced and Why I Refused My Nomination — The Hugo nominees have been announced. As you've probably already heard Sad Puppies suggested candidates showed up everywhere. We got nominations for dozens of talented, deserving people who would normally have been ignored or shunned.
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Brad R. Torgersen, Jason Sanford, According To Hoyt and Vox Popoli
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Good Riddance, Carrie Mathison — WASHINGTON — THE co-creator of “Homeland” on Showtime revealed recently that when the new season starts, Claire Danes's Carrie Mathison will no longer work at the C.I.A. — Her real-life counterparts can't wait for her to clean out her desk.
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Liberal Values and Mediaite
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Interview With a Christian — AFTER watching the debate about religious freedom unfold over the past week, I decided to subject myself to an interview by an imaginary — but representative — member of the press. Here is our conversation: — Happy Easter! — Thank you.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Kansas Bans Poor People From Spending Welfare On Cruise Ships — Kansas welfare recipients will be unable to get more than $25 per day in benefits under a new law sent this week to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's desk by the state legislature. — The bill also prohibits welfare recipients …
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Liberaland, Raw Story, Balloon Juice and LiberalAmerica.org
Barbara Leader / The News Star:
Gay student to miss prom over no-tux rule — Carroll High School senior Claudetteia Love, an openly gay student and top academic scholar, won't attend the school's prom this year because the school won't allow her to wear a tuxedo. — The school says it's simply a dress code …
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Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Edith Honan / Reuters:
Kenya says government official's son was among gunmen in Garissa attack — (Reuters) - The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 people at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Kenyan churches hired armed guards to protect their Easter congregations.
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VICE News, BBC, Associated Press, ThinkProgress and The PJ Tatler
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Brandon Rittiman / KUSA-TV:
State: Shop not wrong for refusing anti-gay cake — KUSA - The Department of Regulatory Agencies determined that a Denver bakery did nothing wrong when it refused to write anti-gay words on a cake. — In the ruling released Friday, the Colorado Civil Rights Division rejected the argument …
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LGBTQ Nation and Towleroad News #gay
ABC News:
California Gov. Jerry Brown Defends Farms' Water Use, Warns Changes May Come … Days after taking the unprecedented step of ordering mandatory water-use reductions throughout his state, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his executive order's treatment of the state's agriculture industry …
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Common Dreams, Detroit Free Press, Bloomberg Business and New York Times
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Warren calls Iran deal ‘our best promise in the region’ — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday called this week's tentative pact over Iran's nuclear weapons research the best chance for lasting peace in the Middle East. — “Finding a negotiated solution, something that works …
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