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  • July 2008

    • Upgrade Will Boost Hubble Vision

      Washington Post  |  Jul 7, 08 2:10 AM CDT

      Upgrade Will Boost Hubble Vision

      (Newser) - Spectacular images from the Hubble telescope are about to get even more awe-inspiring, thanks to a $900-million upgrade during an upcoming space shuttle mission—the fifth and last mission to the orbiting observatory. Two new high-tech instruments and a series of repairs will make Hubble able to probe even deeper into space and see farther back into time for its last 5 or 6 years in operation, reports the Washington Post . More »

  • May 2008

    • Best Alma Maters for Billionaires

      Forbes  |  May 22, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Best Alma Maters for Billionaires

      (Newser) - Bill Gates and Carl Icahn may be college dropouts (Harvard and NYU, respectively), but most billionaires carry a sheepskin diploma with them. These top-tier universities have educated the most billionaires: Harvard: with 50, including Steve Ballmer, Michael Bloomberg, and Sumner Redstone. Stanford: was founded by a billionaire and counts 30 among alumni, including  Nike founder Phil Knight and Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page. University of Pennsylvania: 27, mostly products of its prestigious Wharton School. Alums include The Donald and SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen. Yale: 19,  including Sears chair Eddie Lampert and private equity guru Stephen Schwarzman. Columbia: holds 15, most notably some guy named Warren Buffet. More »

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      Harvard  • colleges and universities  • University of Pennsylvania  • Yale  • Columbia  • billionaires

  • February 2008

    • UK Beaches Awash in Cocaine

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 28, 08 11:28 AM CST

      UK Beaches Awash in Cocaine

      (Newser) - When a British beachcomber brought police a wheelbarrow full of 50 lbs. of pure Colombian cocaine the other day, Cornwall police weren’t stunned. In the last 3 weeks, five other such packages have washed up on Cornwall’s beaches, with a total street value of $1.2 million. “Luckily I’m one of the good guys,” said the upright citizen, “but you wonder how many of these packages” haven’t been reported. More »

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      Great Britain  • drugs  • cocaine  • beach  • Columbia

  • January 2008

    • 'Mistrust' Fueling Latin American Arms Race

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jan 16, 08 12:33 PM CST

      'Mistrust' Fueling Latin American Arms Race

      (Newser) - Recent bursts of defense spending from Brazil and Venezuela have experts wondering if Latin America—decades removed from a war between nations—has entered an arms race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Chile has also invested in weapons recently, and Colombia is rife with war-on-drugs firepower. “There is a real risk of it escalating,” one expert said. “There is tremendous mistrust between countries.” More »

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      Venezuela  • Brazil  • Latin America  • Chile  • Columbia  • arms race

  • December 2007

    • France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

      BBC  |  Dec 19, 07 12:38 PM CST

      France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

      (Newser) - France's PM said today the country will take in freed Colombian rebels as part of an exchange for the 46 hostages the rebel group FARC is holding, including a former presidential candidate who holds dual French-Colombian citizenship. The offer came hours after FARC agreed to release three hostages—a former congresswoman, an aide to the presidential candidate, and the latter's infant son. More »

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      France  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt  • Columbia

  • August 2007

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