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Jury picked in murder trial of Harvard student
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — AP — Jury selection was completed Wednesday in the trial of a Harvard graduate student from Colorado accused in the killing of an 18-year-old Cambridge man.
Alexander Pring-Wilson, 26, is charged with murder in the April 12, 2003, stabbing death of Michael Colono during a street fight.
Brown University gets $100 million gift for financial aid
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University has received a $100 million gift from a liquor importer for its financial aid program, allowing the Ivy League school to offer its neediest students outright grants instead of loans.
The gift is the largest single donation in Brown’s 240-year history.
Report assesses Virginia higher education system
RICHMOND – Virginia prepares its students well for college, but 12 percent don’t graduate from high school and less than one third of the state’s college-age residents are pursuing postsecondary education, according to a report released Wednesday.
“The top states are graduating 94 percent” of their high school students, while Virginia’s figure is 88 percent, said Jenny Delaney, a research associate with the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, which released the report.
As Ivan approaches, some don’t have the means to evacuate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Fleeing to safety was not an option for some people as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge the below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years.
Latonya Hill, who waited out the dangerous storm sitting on her stoop Tuesday, said the official pleas for residents to pack up and leave meant little to her.
Commentary
This week saw another black eye given to baseball as well as all of professional sports.
In a game where the Oakland A’s hosted the Texas Rangers, an argument broke out between heckling fans and the Rangers bullpen. Like my mom used to say, it’s all fun and games until someone throws a chair… What?
Yep, sure enough Rangers reliever Frankie Francisco tossed a chair into the crowd mid-melee, breaking the nose of a woman who was just there to enjoy the game.
Us v. Them
Yeah, we’ve heard it before. Sports writers don’t really know anything. The only difference between us and you is that we get to talk to the players after the game. You can probably pick more games correctly than we ever could. Well, prove it. Each week, CT Sports will pick from four of the hottest games in the NFL.
Terrible tandems square off in Week 2
It’s too early in the season to start thinking about the playoffs and home field advantage, but the winner of this matchup of NFC powers will gain an early upper hand, not to mention a major esteem boost. And don’t forget, a loss in September counts exactly the same as a loss in December.
With Cougars lurking, Rams just ‘waste time’
Practice wasn’t over. There had to be about a half-hour left, but coach Tim O’Sullivan told his guys to just go home.
“He was pissed,” as one player said. “So he just ended it.”
It was the Rams’ first practice since pounding previously ninth-ranked North Carolina 5-2 last Sunday, and O’Sullivan told his assistant coaches that the players should “have their moment, but they can’t just screw around.
Freshman netminders large part of women’s soccer’s success
At their practice field at Bryan Park on Tuesday, VCU women’s soccer goalkeepers Lauren Hardison, Emily Niman, and Kali Van Covern completed strength drills in the rain. They weren’t just normal soccer players toughing it out in the rain. They’re the new freshman trio of goalkeepers for the Rams.