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Inequality remains in higher education: Summers

President Barack Obama's top economic adviser said on Sunday that the United States is a long way from the point where merit trumps background in higher education, adding that scholarship assistance is crucial to leveling the playing field.

Oil executives gird for work in risky Iraq

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They sped into the Oil Ministry in armoured convoys, flanked by muscled guards and men in dark suits, but oil executives marked a milestone this week when they attended an oil auction outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.
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Haneke's White Ribbon sweeps European Film Awards

Austrian director Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, a chilling exploration of the roots of Nazi terror, dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday, winning three prizes including best film.
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Twilight studio to distribute Polanski film

The Hollywood studio behind the Twilight teen franchise said on Friday it has acquired North American rights to distribute jailed director Roman Polanski's latest film, The Ghost Writer.
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Complicated simplifies mature romance

It's Complicated is a middle-aged sex comedy but with more rom-com urges than farcical ones. It's from writer-director Nancy Meyers, who has found a comfort zone in gentle, even warm comedies about older adults facing complications that re-direct their lives into pleasantly unexpected emotional channels. Complicated forges ahead with these themes. Because no one else in Hollywood seemingly mak...
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'Twilight' studio to distribute Polanski film

The Hollywood studio behind the Twilight teen franchise said on Friday it has acquired North American rights to distribute jailed director Roman Polanski's latest film, The Ghost Writer.
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Sawyer move to evening alters TV news landscape

Diane Sawyer is changing the landscape of American broadcast television news and is likely hoping history won't repeat itself when she becomes the second woman to solo anchor a major evening news program.
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Mariah Carey announces Angels tour dates

Mariah Carey, who hasn't toured in more than three years, will embark on a national Angels Advocate trek beginning December 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York, and wrapping February 27 at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas.
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Teen actress Saiorse Ronan carries heavy roles lightly

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan was only 13-years-old when she took the part of a murdered girl who watches over her grieving family in The Lovely Bones. But even at such a young age, she never once worried about playing a dead person.
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Rihanna inks new look

Rihanna is not the kind of starlet who wants a cute butterfly tattoo on her ankle. The Disturbia singer has gotten attention for her choice of body ink before, and recently had a gun tattooed on her rib cage.
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Polanski's lawyers seek end to U.S. sex case

Lawyers for Roman Polanski battled prosecutors in a California court on Thursday, arguing again for dismissal of the film director's 1977 guilty plea for having sex with an underage girl, citing judicial misconduct.
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New show, exhibits to mark Elvis 75th birthday

Elvis Presley's legacy will be marked in force next year in a 75th anniversary birthday celebration featuring a new Cirque du Soleil production, movie marathons, a Facebook application and a cruise.
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'Avatar' sets audiences on epic, visual ride

James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar, one of the most expensive films ever made, takes off this week in an awe-inspiring display of Hollywood power that has revolutionized cinematic special effects.
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House tackling historic financial reforms

As the House of Representatives moved closer on Thursday to debating the most sweeping changes to financial regulation proposed since the Great Depression, a raft of late amendments were headed to the floor as lawmakers wrangled over the legislation.
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Harvard University to suspend campus expansion

Harvard University said on Thursday that it cannot afford to complete construction of its $1 billion science complex right now and will pause its campus expansion outside its Cambridge, Massachusetts, home.
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University endowments beat S&P 500 last year

Endowment funds of major colleges and universities lost 19 percent for the year ended June 2009, outpacing the 28 percent drop in the Standard & Poor's 500, according to a survey released on Thursday.

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