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  • July 2008

    • B-Schools Use Palm Scans to Catch Cheats

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 22, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      B-Schools Use Palm Scans to Catch Cheats

      In an effort to foil cheaters, top American business schools will require a high-tech identity check of applicants taking the standardized admissions test, reports the Wall Street Journal . The crackdown on the use of paid impostors will require GMAT takers to undergo a "palm vein" scan, which is unique to each individual. More »

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      cheating  • business school  • fingerprinting  • GMAT

    • SAT, ACT Cheats Get Off Easy

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 15, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      SAT, ACT Cheats Get Off Easy

      College hopefuls caught cheating on their ACT or SAT exams are likely to face few consequences, the Los Angeles Times reports, due to policies under which the administering agencies simply cancel suspicious scores on the college-admission exams. High schools and colleges are kept in the dark about potential wrongdoing, and students are generally allowed to retake the exams. More »

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      college admissions  • cheating  • SAT  • test score  • college applications  • exam

    • Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Jul 3, 08 10:52 AM CDT

      Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania

      Cheating hubby Peter Cook was in tears during Christie Brinkley’s sensational divorce trial yesterday—which the supermodel insisted be open to the public—as he confessed to a laundry list of sexual excesses including spending $3,000 a month on porn, pleasuring himself on web cams, and trolling swinger sites for “young, fit girls,” the New York Post reports. More »

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      New York  • sex  • celebrity divorces  • pornography  • celebrity trials  • custody battle  • cheating  • Long Island  • Christie Brinkley  • Peter Cook  • mistress  • cybersex  • swingers

  • June 2008

    • 6K Nabbed in GMAT Cheating Scandal

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  Jun 29, 08 6:04 PM CDT

      6K Nabbed in GMAT Cheating Scandal

      More than 6,000 students are embroiled in a cheating scandal that could cost them their place at one of the nation’s business schools, BusinessWeek reports. The prospective MBA students were members of ScoreTop.com, a test-prep site that featured current GMAT questions. Test publisher GMAC sued the company, later winning $2.3 million, its domain name, and access to key data. More »

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      student  • cheating  • test score  • tests  • GMAC  • GMAT

    • High School Test Cheat Could Face 38 Years

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 18, 08 4:21 AM CDT

      High School Test Cheat Could Face 38 Years

      A student at an Orange County high school faces 69 felony charges and a possible 38 years in prison for a scheme to alter grades, the Los Angeles Times reports. The locked-up 18-year-old is accused of breaking into his school repeatedly, hacking into computers, and changing test scores and records for himself and 12 other students. Prosecutors say he emailed copies of tests to dozens of others. More »

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      high school  • cheating  • high school students  • tests  • Orange County

    • Jerry to Mick's Kids: Don't Date Men Like Dad

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 17, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Jerry to Mick's Kids: Don't Date Men Like Dad

      Mick Jagger’s ex stomached his philandering for 20 years but Jerry Hall insists their daughters—Elizabeth, 21, and Georgia May, 15—will never date a wild womanizer like their Rolling Stones dad, the Daily Mail reports. “No, never. But I don't think they would. They have far more confidence than I did, and they have great boundaries.” More »

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      celebrity  • children  • parenting  • celebrity divorces  • celebrity parents  • Mick Jagger  • cheating  • adultery  • Jerry Hall  • dating tips

  • May 2008

    • Prof Copyrights Notes, Sues Web Cheats

      newser  |  Ars Technica  |  May 21, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      Prof Copyrights Notes, Sues Web Cheats

      A professor at the University of Florida who has regularly copyrighted his lectures is suing a service that offers online course notes to lazy students. Dr. Michael Moulton of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department says it's not about money, reports the Ars Technica blog. "It used to be that students had to find the answers themselves, the old-fashioned way," says Moulton. More »

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      copyright  • cheating  • University of Florida

    • Belichick Needs to Be Suspended

      newser  |  ESPN  |  May 20, 08 6:19 AM CDT

      Belichick Needs to Be Suspended

      ESPN.com columnist Gregg Easterbrook is tired of Spygate, the Patriots videotaping scandal, but not so weary of it to forgive and forget. He argues that the NFL will have to deal with the imbroglio until New England coach Bill Belichick is properly punished. The $500,000 fine and forfeiture of a first round draft pick are not enough for Easterbrook, who says Belichick must also be suspended. More »

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      NFL  • New England Patriots  • Bill Belichick  • cheating  • videotaping  • Spygate  • suspension

  • March 2008

    • NFL Will Push for 'Integrity'

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 27, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      NFL Will Push for 'Integrity'

      Still red-faced from the Patriots' "Spygate" videotaping scandal last season, the NFL is searching for ways to rebuild fan trust and protect the "integrity of the game," reports the Washington Post . Commissioner Roger Goodell has outlined a plan aimed at stemming cheating that is expected to get the green light at the annual owners' meeting in Miami Monday. More »

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      NFL  • scandals  • New England Patriots  • Roger Goodell  • Bill Belichick  • cheating  • videotaping  • Spygate

  • December 2007

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