A husband's obsession may have led to his own death, but a jury shocks everyone with its astonishing decision. 48 Hours correspondent Harold Dow reports.
In the contest to be named the next chancellor at UW-Madison, Rebecca Blank is an outsider in more ways than one. Of the four finalists to replace John Wiley as leader of Wisconsin's flagship university, Blank is the only one who has never spent at least a couple years in Madison -- although she was a visiting fellow at the UW in the fall of 1985. Blank is also the only candidate who has
Don't get between Rebecca Blank and a piece of university grant funding. That's the lesson UW-Madison learned when Blank, now a finalist for chancellor, staged a competitive bid for federal funding against UW-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty, long a recipient of the money. Blank, then an economics professor at Northwestern University, won most of the bid to establish a poverty
Bio: The highly regarded economist was dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan from 1999 to 2007. She remains a professor of public policy and of economics and is co-director of Michigan's National Poverty Center. Blank is currently on leave and is a visiting senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington. Before coming to Michigan, she was a
Source: Reuters (Corrects misspelling of bin Laden's name in second paragraph and typo in 'issued' in last paragraph) DUBAI, May 18 (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden will issue a "very strong" statement to
With her small size and slight build, freshman Michelle Auer looks as though she easily could get lost in a sea of taller, more experienced soccer players.
MIDLAND, Texas – Friday, the Hooks rode a six-run fifth inning to an 8-2 win in the series opener. Saturday, it was Midland’s turn to hang a six-spot on the scoreboard.
HAYWARD - With the Heart O' North Conference baseball title in the line, Barron's Brad Hallberg stepped up big. Hallberg threw a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and rapped out two hits to help the Golden Bears blank the Hayward Hurricanes 7-0 Thursday.
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