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• Trump defends proposed Muslim ban from U.S. as outrage mounts
• 80 Boston College Students Sickened By Norovirus After Eating at Nearby Chipotle, Authorities Say
• Norovirus suspected at Chipotle visited by 80 sick Boston College students
• 80 Boston College Students Sickened After Eating at Nearby Chipotle, Authorities Say
• 6 arraigned in kidnap of 2 college students; motive unknown
• While university presidents earn millions, many professors struggle

Trump defends proposed Muslim ban from U.S. as outrage mounts Posted: 08 Dec 2015 05:09 PM PST By Emily Stephenson and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his plan to the World War Two detainment of Japanese-Americans and others in dismissing growing outrage from around the world. The White House called on Republicans to say they would not support Trump, currently the party's front-runner for the November 2016 election. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his comments could undermine U.S. security.

80 Boston College Students Sickened By Norovirus After Eating at Nearby Chipotle, Authorities Say Posted: 08 Dec 2015 03:50 PM PST Chipotle's tough year is getting worse after 80 Boston College students became ill with norovirus after eating at a Chipotle restaurant near campus. Officials from the Boston Public Health Department confirmed this afternoon that the students were sickened by norovirus. "Clinically speaking, these cases have symptoms that are not consistent with E.coli," Dr. Anita Barry, director of Boston Public Health Commission's Infectious Disease Bureau, said.

Norovirus suspected at Chipotle visited by 80 sick Boston College students Posted: 08 Dec 2015 03:16 PM PST Eighty Boston College students fell ill after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant this past weekend, and early test results point to the highly contagious norovirus as the culprit, public health investigators said on Tuesday. Chipotle, already grappling with a multistate E. coli outbreak that has battered the burrito chain's sales and stock price, has temporarily closed the Cleveland Circle restaurant where the Boston College students reported eating. Chipotle on Tuesday said it would not shutter any other outlets in the Boston area.

80 Boston College Students Sickened After Eating at Nearby Chipotle, Authorities Say Posted: 08 Dec 2015 11:36 AM PST An E.coli outbreak linked to Chipotle was thought to have ended in November.

6 arraigned in kidnap of 2 college students; motive unknown Posted: 08 Dec 2015 09:58 AM PST ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Six people were arraigned Tuesday in the kidnapping of two college students who investigators said were forcibly restrained for more than 40 hours and repeatedly beaten until a police SWAT team rescued them. One victim was shot in the leg.

While university presidents earn millions, many professors struggle Posted: 08 Dec 2015 09:19 AM PST In a survey of private US universities released Sunday by the Chronicle of Higher Education, the typical president at a private university earned an annual salary of $436,429 in 2013, up 5.6 percent from the year before. "Many times when I talk to trustees, they refer to university presidents as running companies – which they could also do if they chose to enter the private sector – so to keep a president at the university they will pay what it takes," Sandhya Kambhampadi, the lead author of the Chronicle report, tells The Christian Science Monitor in a phone interview Tuesday.

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