| Contractor loses La. scholarship account data dating back to 1998
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Boston-based contractor hired to store and safeguard state scholarship and college savings account data lost most of those records _ including bank account numbers and student and parent Social Security numbers _ during a move, officials say. "We certainly don't want to create any panic. But people should be aware and take the necessary steps," said Melanie Amrhein, executive director of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance. "This is backup data off of a mainframe that contains sensitive personal information." Special equipment and software and "sophisticated computer skills" would be needed to get the compressed records from the TOPS scholarship program, START Saving Program, and Free Application for Federal Student Aid, according to a notice posted on the Internet.
Loan Scandal Escalates
When Andrew M. Cuomo started asking questions about the relationships between lenders and colleges, many in higher education scoffed (off the record) that this was a case of an ambitious politician looking for headlines and that there wasn’t much for his inquiry to find. There’s no doubt that Cuomo, New York State’s new attorney general, is an ambitious politician looking for headlines, but he’s finding more and more to investigate. And some experts on aid are increasingly worried that the scandal is going to scare some students and families away from borrowing or from getting advice from financial aid offices. .
Heritage destruction could be stumbling block for Turkey
Disagreement over the agenda for such talks has delayed their start. Turkish Cypriots want discussion of only day-to-day "practical" issues - such as health, environment, crime prevention and illegal immigration. Greek Cypriots fear limiting the scope of technical level talks to such issues only, would tend to cement the present division and merely improve "good neighbourly" relations, instead of leading to reunification. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Papadopoulos expressed the hope at their Paris meeting on February 28 that such discussions would help restore trust between the two communities as well as pave the way for the earliest full resumption of the stalled negotiating process. On the basis of the Paris agreement the Greek Cypriots want such discussions to cover disengagement of forces, demilitarisation, economic integration and the issue of Famagusta.
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Join us and live in peace or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you. The alien Klaatu from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) * * * Often something happens in the world of sport that transcends the mundane realities of life. The San Antonio Spurs winning their 4th NBA championship is a recent example. To Spurs fans, at least, that victory will resonate. To some fans it will offer lifelong validation of allegiance to their team. As fans, as human beings navigating this thing we call day-to-day life, we need these moments of transcendence. They help us to put our own toils in a grander perspective; they remind us that we are capable of bigger things. They help us to celebrate our very ordinary human-ness while they illuminate the intricate ways in which sport and history weave themselves into the fabric of our society and into the threads of our being.
Liberals would set up $1-billion fund to help manufacturing: Dion
Of cousre Oilberta never sucked the teet of the U.S. where most of the provinces oil goes. When Ontario was carrying the country and oil was about 20 bucks the Oilbertans were whining then. Here it is 2008 and they can't stop. Don't worry as the economy of the country slows and the price of oil drops we'll still hear the whining of the oilbertans. Posted 18/01/08 at 1:15 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Factbox: Obama, Huckabee on key issues
He has criticized the Bush administration's foreign policy for an "arrogant bunker mentality". Obama: Wants to begin immediately withdrawing one or two brigades a month and have all troops out within 16 months; would call a UN-led constitutional convention in Iraq that would not adjourn until reconciliation reached; aims to refocus energies on Al-Qaeda threat in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Immigration
Huckabee: Opposes granting amnesty to illegal immigrants or granting driver's licenses to them; says those caught illegally entering the United States must be detained, processed and deported; Obama: backs boosting the number of immigrants allowed in the United States; would permit undocumented workers to pay a fine, go to the end of the line for citizenship and learn English in order to stay in the country; would add personnel and technology to protect the US borders.
Scrabble piracy spelled out
We are not surprised that fans have thoroughly enjoyed playing Scrabulous on Facebook.com," the letter says. "What consumers may not realize, however, is that Scrabulous is an illegally copied online version of the world's most popular word game."
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