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NEWS ABOUT: Auburn

Auburn stories: 5 news summaries

Palin Stays in National Picture With NY Trip

Alaska gov will hit upstate festival, Long Island fundraiser

Jun 2, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will continue to groom her national profile this weekend with appearances in New York state. She’ll be among the honored guests at Saturday's Founders Day celebration in Auburn, the home of William Seward, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia. “We're going to be political... More »

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Alaska • New York • fundraiser • Auburn • Long Island • governor • Sarah Palin

INTERVIEW

 SnorgTees 
 Girl Says 
 It's All in  
 the Smile 

'Genuine smile' behind sales success, her popularity, Auburn student says

Jan 27, 09 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Alice Fraasa—better known as the SnorgTees girl—rejects the label of professional model even though her image hawking the shirts is ubiquitous on high-traffic websites. The Auburn senior tells BrandFreak she does the gig for fun and because she gets all the free T-shirts—with slogans such as "... More »

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Internet • model • Auburn • ads • t-shirts • Alice Fraasa • SnorgTees

Suspect Charged in Auburn Killing

NASA-enhanced
photo helps police
nab man in Alabama

Mar 8, 08 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A man has been arrested and charged with killing 18-year-old Auburn University student Lauren Burk, thanks to a photo enhanced with help from NASA, the AP reports. Police arrested Courtney Lockhart, 23, in Phenix City, Ala., after a car and foot chase. He was initially sought as a suspect in... More »

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NASA • crime • University of North Carolina • Auburn • shooting

UNC Mourns Student Leader

Student body president shot in 'random' attack in suburb

Mar 7, 08 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill remains shaken "to the core" by the shooting death of its popular student body president, the News & Observer reports. Thousands attended a vigil yesterday, and the governor issued a letter of condolence. Police called the shooting of... More »

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University of North Carolina • Auburn • Mike Easley • shooting • Eve Carson • UNC Chapel Hill • James Moeser

NCAA Records Sought in
Payola Probe

Student loan referrals may have netted sports program payoffs

Aug 3, 07 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York's attorney general has demanded records of 40 NCAA athletic departments from  Georgetown and UCLA to discover if students were illegally steered to a particular college loan provider for kickbacks. Several of the Division I schools have links on their websites to a company that officials suspect is offering... More »

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NCAA • student loans • New York • Andrew Cuomo • UCLA • Auburn • Georgetown • Student Financial Services • University Financial Services

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