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UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business professors William Hernandez Requejo and John Graham, both recognized international negotiation experts, collaborated February 15-16 with Alexis Codina Jiménez, recipient of the prestigious National Economist Award, and Rafael Montejo, director of the Centro de Estudios de Técnicas de Dirección “CETED” at the University of Havana, to develop and deliver a two-day program designed to teach Cubans how to negotiate efficiently and effectively with Americans and other potential trading partners.

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Teach For America has reaped millions of dollars in nonrefundable finder’s fees from school systems in the U.S. through lucrative contracts that require schools to hire designated numbers of the organization’s corps members – whether or not its teachers meet districts’ specific content or grade-level needs, a new study suggests.

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The U.S. government should withdraw its restrictions to portions of the U.N. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and “join the community of nations who accept common standards of decency and respect for the inherent dignity of all persons,” according to the American Psychological Association.

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After 30 years in prison on a wrongful rape conviction, George D. Perrot was freed Wednesday, thanks in part to the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis.

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n a Harrisburg, Pa., Federal courtroom 11 years ago, Brown University biologist Kenneth Miller was the first witness in a historic takedown of Intelligent Design's pretense of scientific relevance. In the context of ongoing culture wars over evolution, climate change, stem cell research and vaccination, Miller will reunite with figures from the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial to review that trial's lessons at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2016.

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Following their release of a state-commissioned study on the potential public health impacts of fracking in Western Maryland, University of Maryland researchers are helping to inform the conversation about the potential risks associated with unconventional natural gas development and production.

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In letter to White House, Cassell, a former federal judge, cites “unjust” 55-year mandatory minimum sentence he was forced to hand down in 2004 to Angelos, then a 24-year-old music producer.

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Political blogger covers the ongoing Pennsylvania budget saga in this edition of Weekly Capitol Update Blog.

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The severity of the criminal penalty for human trafficking in the U.S. has no effect on the number of suspects who are arrested and prosecuted for the crime, according to a wide-ranging new study by Northeastern criminologist Amy Farrell and her research partners.

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Article Body 2010The United States Supreme Court agreed Jan. 19 to hear United States v. Texas, the challenge brought by 26 states to President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. The stakes could not be larger, and they are not limited to immigration, said an immigration law expert at Washington University in St.

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A University of Chicago Medicine physician Catherine Humikowski joined U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at a press conference as he continued to push for federal funding for research into the causes and implications of gun violence.

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Between 1999 and 2013, there were 5,511 deaths by legal intervention or law enforcement in the U.S., and in 2013, an estimated 11.3 million arrests resulted in approximately 480 deaths from law enforcement.

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Privacy policies for websites, smartphone apps and, especially, components of the emerging Internet of Things are usually ineffective or ignored by users, but Carnegie Mellon University researchers say properly designed privacy notices — pushed out to users at appropriate times — could help remedy that problem.

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Article Body 2010   A California teachers’ union case being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week has American labor unions bracing for the worst. Many predict its decision this summer could cripple the ability of public sector unions to collect mandatory dues from the employees they represent under collective bargaining agreements.

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A five-year collaboration between the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has resulted in a new, public dataset for researchers of democracy. The first of its kind, the newly released Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) dataset provides scholars with vast research opportunities on hundreds of aspects of democracy.

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MTSU Constitutional law expert Dr. John Vile offers insights on the Second Amendment and ongoing gun control debate.

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The following is a list of Iowa State University experts available to comment on issues and candidates for the 2016 caucuses and presidential election.

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The American Psychological Association expressed strong support for key components of President Obama’s plan to protect American children and communities by reducing gun violence.

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