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Marriage more financially profitable for husbands

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Assigned By: Harumi Gondo, about 1 month ago
Deadline: 03/20/2010

The Pew Research Center has released a new report stating that a larger share of men in the U.S. in 2007, when compar... (more)

Category: Business
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

U.S. Latinos value college education

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Assigned By: Harumi Gondo, about 1 month ago
Deadline: 03/20/2010

Pew Hispanic Center reports that 88% of Latinos living in the U.S. age 16 and older agree that a college education is... (more)

Category: Business
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Dating site expels 5000 for gaining holiday weight

Assigned By: Harumi Gondo, about 1 month ago
Deadline: 03/20/2010

The global dating site, beautifulpeople.com, which has rejected over 1.8 million applicants to its site, recently was... (more)

Category: Business
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Money makers

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Assigned By: Beth Potter, about 1 month ago
Deadline: 03/26/2010

What is the best investment for the average person to make? Why? Get government financial statistics to talk about tr... (more)

Category: Business
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

New reading habits

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Assigned By: Beth Potter, about 1 month ago
Deadline: 03/26/2010

There's been a lot of discussion about the new Kindle, a handheld machine on which to read books, Apple's new plans f... (more)

Category: Arts & Culture
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

New weight concerns for Japanese women

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 6 days ago
Deadline: 04/05/2010

As obesity rates in the U.S. climb, women in Japan are four times more likely to be thin than to be overweight . The ... (more)

Category: Health
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Using Twitter as a teaching tool

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 6 days ago
Deadline: 04/05/2010

Professors who once thought of Twitter and other programs as distractions that keep their students from focusing in c... (more)

Category: Science & Technology
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

New platforms, new hackers

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 6 days ago
Deadline: 04/05/2010

As more people log on to Facebook, Twitter and other social media, hackers are flocking to the sites in droves. A se... (more)

Category: Science & Technology
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

When religion and education don’t mix

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 6 days ago
Deadline: 04/05/2010

A U.S. judge recently granted asylum to a German family so they can homeschool their children. Homeschooling is illeg... (more)

Category: Religion
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

A new global image for the U.S.

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 2 days ago
Deadline: 04/09/2010

After a drop in popularity abroad at the beginning of the war in Iraq, the U.S. is gaining a more positive global ima... (more)

Category: Politics
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Online shopping: Good or bad?

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 2 days ago
Deadline: 04/09/2010

Most U.S. residents say the growth of online shopping over the last decade is a positive change, according to a recen... (more)

Category: Business
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Journalism school enrollment up

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Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 2 days ago
Deadline: 04/09/2010

While the journalism job pool is shrinking, more students are enrolling in journalism schools, even though attendance... (more)

Category: Random
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Eco-awareness among fish eaters

Assigned By: Krista Kapralos, 2 days ago
Deadline: 04/09/2010

The Monterey Bay Aquarium, based in California, is making it easier for seafood lovers to know if they’re eating enda... (more)

Category: Environment & Energy
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Religion and Generations

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Assigned By: Ted Iliff, 21 days ago
Deadline: 04/18/2010

A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has identified generational differences in spirituality and ... (more)

Category: Religion
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

Search engines vs. social media

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Assigned By: Ted Iliff, 21 days ago
Deadline: 04/18/2010

An Australian Web site, Hitwise.com, reports that in December, social media overtook search engines for the number of... (more)

Category: Science & Technology
UPI Feature: Wall Street to Main Street

Nuclear power's rebound

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Assigned By: Ted Iliff, 21 days ago
Deadline: 04/18/2010

President Obama has announced new incentives for building nuclear power plants. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb... (more)

Category: Science & Technology
UPI Feature: Energy

The education business

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Assigned By: Ted Iliff, 21 days ago
Deadline: 04/18/2010

A new study alleges that a majority of Americans believe colleges and universities are more interested in the bottom ... (more)

Category: Business
UPI Feature: Wall Street to Main Street

Following the stimulus money

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Assigned By: Ted Iliff, 21 days ago
Deadline: 04/18/2010

The economic stimulus package is still a topic of debate in Washington and around the country. Look for stories about... (more)

Category: Politics
UPI Feature: Wall Street to Main Street

How people find their news

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Assigned By: Harumi Gondo, 9 days ago
Deadline: 05/02/2010

The Pew Internet & American Life project has found that Americans tend to limit their news sources to four to favorit... (more)

Category: Random
UPI Feature: Culture and Society

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