Slain NBA player Wright memorialized in hometown

The procession moved slowly and solemnly on Wednesday, a long line of mourners dressed in black and white, pausing in front of the silver casket of their slain native son Lorenzen Wright. Hundreds of fans, friends and family members of the former NBA player filed into the FedEx Forum in …

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US Names Apollo, Corinthian, Kaplan In For-Profit Probe – Wall Street Journal

TopNews United Kingdom (blog) US Names Apollo, Corinthian, Kaplan In For-Profit ProbeWall Street Journal… Colleges Inc. (COCO) and Washington Post Co.'s (WPO) Kaplan Higher Education unit were among the schools the US Government Accountability Office found …GAO inquiry alleges fraudulent recruiting at major for-profit collegesWashington Post'Tight' rules sought for for-profit …

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The Fight for Michigan: Will Voters Pick the Tough Nerd or the Angry Mayor? – DailyFinance

Washington Post The Fight for Michigan: Will Voters Pick the Tough Nerd or the Angry Mayor?DailyFinanceAfter Tuesday's primary elections in Michigan, the governor's race in the Wolverine …Mich. Governor's Race: 'Nerd' vs. 'Angry Mayor'Wall Street Journal (blog)Ann Arbor's Rick Snyder projected to win Michigan's Republican nomination for …AnnArbor.comHow Rick Snyder …

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Whitman: No plans to join billionaires’ pledge – San Jose Mercury News

Telegraph.co.uk Whitman: No plans to join billionaires' pledgeSan Jose Mercury NewsIn 2008, Whitman and her husband gave 500000 shares of eBay stock to the foundation, which they valued at the time at more than $8.8 million, according to …Billionaires pledge fortune to charityToronto StarEllison, Lucas, others pledge billions to charityBizjournals.comBuffett …

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