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NEWS ABOUT: Rutgers University

Rutgers University stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - Don Imus is negotiating with Fox Business to broadcast a video simulcast of his morning talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. Imus had a simulcast deal with MSNBC when his radio show was on CBS, before he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC • shock jocks • Fox Business Network • radio stations • Rutgers University • WABC • RFD-TV • talk-show host • simulcast

 Don Imus Diagnosed 
 With Prostate Cancer 

Radio host tells audience of diagnosis

Mar 16, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shock-jock Don Imus, best known for stirring near-universal ire with his "nappy-headed hos" comment, announced on-air this morning that he has stage 2 prostate cancer, WCBS-TV in New York reports. Imus, 68, voiced confidence that "his doctors will beat it," Fox News reports, and speculated that the... More »

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cancer • radio • CBS • prostate cancer • Don Imus • ABC • Rutgers University • broadcasting

 Ex-Aide Claims
 Ménage à Trois
 With McGreeveys 

Former driver and aide says trysts began while couple was dating

Mar 16, 08 9:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's wife Dina was all over the media last week blasting Eliot Spitzer for hypocrisy and empathizing with this aggrieved wife. That was too much for Teddy Pedersen, a former McGreevey driver and aide who says  “she’s out there being as dishonest as... More »

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divorce • New Jersey • sex scandal • Rutgers University • Dina Matos McGreevey • Jim McGreevey • Teddy Pedersen

Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes

Italian-Americans' real story overshadowed, complains justice

Feb 14, 08 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito isn't going to fuhgeddabout all the negative stereotypes concerning Italian-Americans spread by shows like The Sopranos. "You have a trifecta—gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey—wedded in the popular American imagination" and overshadowing the true stories, the New Jersey native complained yesterday to... More »

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Samuel Alito • New Jersey • The Sopranos • stereotypes • Mafia • Rutgers University • US Supreme Court • Italian Americans

Put Your Honey
Where Your Mouth Is

As Valentine's Day approaches, scientists find gender rift on locking lips

Feb 11, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - From a peck on the cheek to "get a room"-level PDA, kissing is everywhere, but for an activity common to almost every culture, it's remarkably underscrutinized, reports the Washington Post. One study of college student kissers found that men see kissing mostly as a precursor to sex, while... More »

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kissing • Rutgers University • kisses • osculation • French kissing • Helen Fisher • Susan M. Hughes • Albright College • oxytocin

Imus Will Return to Airwaves

Shock jock reinstated six months after 'nappy-headed hos' comment

Nov 1, 07 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus, the radio host taken off the air in April after referring to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos," will be back on the air Dec. 3 on a New York radio station. The New York Post reports Imus has signed a five-year deal that... More »

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Don Imus • Rutgers University • WABC

Fantasy War Game Models  Global Pandemic

Virtual outbreak gave scientists chance to study spread

Aug 21, 07 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A programming error in an online fantasy game gave researchers a profound insight into how a deadly epidemic spreads and how to combat the crisis. The London Times reports a glitch occurred in World of Warcraft, which has millions of online players. A disease aimed at a handful of characters... More »

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epidemic • fantasy • Tufts University • Rutgers University • game • World of Warcraft • Hakkar • MMORPG • outbreak

Rutgers Player Sues Imus
Over Insults

Fired radio host hit with libel, slander, defamation charges

Aug 15, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the Rutgers basketball players radio host Don Imus referred to as "nappy-headed hos" is suing the shock jock for libel, slander, defamation, and violation of her civil rights, among other charges. Kia Vaughn, 20, the Scarlet Knights' star center, is seeking unspecified monetary damages from the 67-year-old... More »

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radio • CBS • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Don Imus • libel • lawsuit • Rutgers University • defamation • slander • Kia Vaughn

'Caffeinated' Workout May Cut Cancer

Combo of exercise and coffee can fight skin cancer

Jul 30, 07 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - New research suggests that drinking coffee, combined with regular exercise, speeds up the killing off of cells damaged by ultraviolet-B radiation. Researchers at Rutgers University specifically examined UVB apoptosis — the programmed death of cells that become damaged by ultraviolet rays – in hairless mice. This sort of cell-suicide helps... More »

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coffee • cells • caffeine • research • exercise • UVB apoptosis • Rutgers University

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