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- Beanie Babies creator gets probation for tax evasion
- Ark. gov proposes $5B budget for coming year
- Beebe proposes $5B budget for coming year
- Puerto Rico teachers launch two-day strike
- Beanie Babies creator gets probation in tax evasion conviction
- Iowa colleges give manufacturing initiative update
- Learn About U.S. Colleges From Current International Students
- 10 Low-Cost Public Colleges for In-State Students
- SC governor's proposed budget focuses on education
Beanie Babies creator gets probation for tax evasion Posted: 14 Jan 2014 12:32 PM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - The billionaire creator of Beanie Babies, Ty Warner, will serve two years of probation, including mentoring high school students, following his guilty plea on a tax evasion charge, but no jail time, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Warner, 69, who pleaded guilty in October, told U.S. District Court Judge Charles Kocoras in Chicago that his crime was the "biggest mistake" of his life. |
Ark. gov proposes $5B budget for coming year Posted: 14 Jan 2014 11:55 AM PST Arkansas' public schools and prisons would get funding boosts under a $5 billion budget plan Gov. Mike Beebe unveiled Tuesday. But his administration warned that the state could face a sizable hole in ... |
Beebe proposes $5B budget for coming year Posted: 14 Jan 2014 11:40 AM PST Arkansas' public schools and prisons would get funding boosts under a $5 billion budget plan Gov. Mike Beebe unveiled Tuesday. But his administration warned that the state could face a sizable hole in ... |
Puerto Rico teachers launch two-day strike Posted: 14 Jan 2014 10:52 AM PST Hundreds of teachers across Puerto Rico walked off their jobs Tuesday in a noisy two-day strike over cuts to their pensions that the island's government says are necessary to avert financial disaster but ... |
Beanie Babies creator gets probation in tax evasion conviction Posted: 14 Jan 2014 09:38 AM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Billionaire Beanie Babies creator Ty Warner will serve two years of probation that includes mentoring high school students following his guilty plea on a tax evasion charge, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Warner, 69, who pleaded guilty in October, said in Chicago federal court that it was the biggest mistake of his life before U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras handed down the sentence. Prosecutors had sought a prison term for Warner. (Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Writing by David Bailey; Editing by Cynthia Johnston) |
Iowa colleges give manufacturing initiative update Posted: 14 Jan 2014 08:37 AM PST Iowa's community colleges are providing their progress in offering advanced manufacturing education throughout the state. The Iowa-Advanced Manufacturing Consortium, made up of Iowa's 15 community colleges, ... |
Learn About U.S. Colleges From Current International Students Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:53 AM PST Traveling to a different country might not be the easiest thing for a student, and choosing a U.S. college can be difficult. To help, every student should realize the importance of getting in contact with past international students or a student currently studying in the U.S. He had traveled to America for his undergraduate degree, and I had the opportunity to visit him during the summer of his junior year of college. If you are looking to reach out to a current international student studying in the U.S., consider the following three options to find one. |
10 Low-Cost Public Colleges for In-State Students Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:44 AM PST The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Resident tuition and required fees at public universities averaged $8,539 for the 2013-2014 school year, compared with $19,465 for nonresidents, according to data reported by 403 ranked public colleges in an annual U.S. News survey. Not only is in-state tuition cheaper than that charged out-of-state students, it is also a fraction of the more than $30,000 average tuition and fees at private universities. Five universities in the Sooner State charged less than $5,200 for 2013-2014 tuition and fees, including Northeastern State University and the University of Central Oklahoma, placing them among the 10 least expensive public schools for in-state students. |
SC governor's proposed budget focuses on education Posted: 14 Jan 2014 06:41 AM PST South Carolina Gov. Haley's proposed budget for 2014-15 focuses on education with a $177 million increase to public schools while also providing most taxpayers a savings of about $30. Haley released her ... |
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