Buffalo public and charter school students now have the opportunity gain a free ride to Harvard. Or Duke. Or Notre Dame, Northwestern or Georgetown.These five prestigious universities added their names to the growing list of private schools that have agreed to cover the tuition costs of all income-eligible students participating in the Say Yes to Education program.
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The Greek philosophers were not entirely wrong about markets. When they reward cooperation, people become more obliging and virtuous -- but markets don’t always reward it. Though on balance they have greatly improved our moral behavior, they can also degrade it.
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The U.S. government has warned Britain against quitting the European Union, threatening to exclude the UK from a US-EU trade and investment partnership potentially worth hundreds of billions of pounds a year, media report said.
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Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov owns the most expensive wrist watch in Ukraine, according to media reports
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The Healthy & Happy medical clinic in central Kyiv received blistering criticism after its medical personnel did not provide prompt help to a stabbing victim who was dying across the street from the clinic
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US President Barack Obama’s book royalties have dropped considerably since publication, falling to just under $274,000 in 2012 from $5.6 million in 2009. Readers seem to have switched to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s works, which continue to bring a stead flow of income with the passing years.
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The West hailed President Viktor Yanukovych’s pardon on April 7 of ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko and ex-Ecology Minister Hryhoriy Filipchuk.
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The use of strongmen to fight Al Qaida and Taliban has fragmented the tribal system and made civil war a real possibility after US forces leave
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The death of Margaret Thatcher, former UK prime minister, calls for an assessment of an iconic legacy, Thatcher believed that given the economic malaise in the UK at the time she came to power in 1979, the power of trade unions
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The UK government has been criticised over measures to cut welfare benefits, the most controversial of which has been dubbed the "bedroom tax".The government says the raft of changes
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DAVID Cameron dramatically pulled the plug on cross-party talks over media regulation yesterday after clashing with Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg over press freedom.The Prime Minister cut short discussions on Lord Justice Leveson’s
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While social standards deteriorate in economically ailing Europe, Ukraine is prospering so much that the contrasts make people kiss the ground when they land in Ukraine arriving from Europe.
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Efforts to enhance global nuclear safety have advanced since Japan's Fukushima disaster struck exactly two years ago on Monday, the U.N. atomic energy chief said, vowing to help make nuclear power as "safe as humanly
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British Prime Minister David Cameron will promise on Thursday to stick to his deficit reduction plan despite the lack of growth and loss of his country's top-notch AAA credit rating, saying Britain would plunge "back into the abyss"
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UK Department of Health acts after reports that over 1,000 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals in past four years. The announcement was made after it was reported that 1,165 people have starved to death in NHS hospitals
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Coming in third after UKIP seen as evidence that PM's rebranding campaign has gone too far.Conservative MPs rounded on David Cameron and demanded a dramatic change of direction in his leadership following the party's
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David Cameron has been put on notice by anxious Tory MPs to improve his party's fortunes in this month's budget and the May local elections or risk a leadership challenge, after they suffered the humiliation of being beaten into third place
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Eastleigh is one of the UK Conservatives’ target seats, one of the constituencies the party believes it must win to secure a majority at the next general election. They are fighting to take the seat from the Liberal Democrats.
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Keith O’Brien’s resignation as archbishop of Scotland amid claims that he made advances toward priests could be the first in a wave of scandals to plague the coming conclave
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Prime Minister David Cameron has raised the possibility of diverting hundreds of millions of pounds from foreign aid to defence and security. Faced with anger in his ruling Conservative party about further possible defence cuts
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UK's treasury minister Chancellor George Osborne's deficit reduction plans were dealt a blow after the superfast 4G airwaves auction haul fell £1 billion short of expectations.Telecoms watchdog Ofcom has raised £2.3 billion from selling mobile licences to
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron urges India to be more open and flexible so that British businesses can thrive in its "rising" economy.The prime minister said India "can be a difficult country to do business
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The European Union has reiterated its willingness to sign an association agreement with Ukraine, but urged Kiev to address "the issue of selective justice" and make sure that elections follow international standards as a precondition
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UK government's employment strategy has been derailed after judges declared that almost all work for your benefit schemes are unlawful due to a lack of basic information given to the unemployed breached laws banning slavery and forced labour
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The leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, called for a "mansion tax" on the wealthy and a new lower income tax band as he stepped up his attempt to cast Prime Minister David Cameron as a ruler for the rich.Ed Miliband will later attempt
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The horsemeat scandal is bad news for fat cats but good news for local butchers.A scandal has erupted in Europe because some products labeled as beef including Burger King hamburgers and frozen lasagna
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EU agriculture ministers have agreed to random DNA testing of processed meat products amid continuing concerns over the scandal of beef adulterated with horse meat. As Britons choke on discovering they may have eaten horse that
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More British ready meals are expected to be found to contain horsemeat over the next few weeks, the environment secretary has warned.The warning by Owen Paterson came after he held an emergency summit
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Ukrainian airlines AeroSvit was forced into bankruptcy on Dec. 29 and is an estimated $500 million in debt. Still, company representatives blame the news media for distorted information.
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Hyundai high-speed trains, which got terrible publicity because they broke down almost every day during the December sub-zero cold snap, have been operating without troubles since the start of 2013.
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