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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.html?hp&_r=0&pagewanted=printSaturday, March 16, 2013
Better Colleges Failing to Lure Poorer Strivers - NYTimes.com - Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation’s best colleges, according to a new analysis of every high school student who took the SAT in a recent year. - The pattern contributes to widening economic inequality and low levels of mobility in this country, economists say, because college graduates earn so much more on average than nongraduates do. Low-income students who excel in high school often do not graduate from the less selective colleges they attend.
Shocking photos emerge from Rio Olympic site - USATODAY - More than 80 tons of fish suffocated in the Rio de Janeiro lagoon that will be used for Olympic rowing events in 2016, causing an ecological and olfactory nightmare in the Brazilian metropolis.
Chipper: Heyward, Freeman face different challenges as young “faces of franchise” | www.ajc.com - David O'Brien - Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman watched Braves icon Chipper Jones handle the “face of the franchise” role seemingly with ease in recent years.
AS I RECALL | DON SUTTON | www.ajc.com - Carroll Rogers - Don Sutton, Braves broadcaster and a 324-game winner, primarily for the Dodgers, explains why his 1998 induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame was so important to him.
Pope Francis pledges to help the world's needy in heartfelt speech | Mail Online - He said some have wondered whether his name was a reference to other Francis figures, including St. Frances de Sales or even the co-founder of the pope's Jesuit order, Francis Xavier. - But he said he was inspired immediately after the election when he thought about wars. - St Francis of Assisi, the pope said, was 'the man of the poor. The man of peace. 'The man who loved and cared for creation - and in this moment we don't have such a great relationship with creation. - The man who gives us this spirit of peace, the poor man. 'Oh how I would like a poor church and a church for the poor,' Francis said, sighing.
Pope Francis explains name, calls for church 'for the poor' - CNN.com - The new pope gave an insight into his choice of the name Francis in an audience with journalists Saturday -- and said how he wished for a church that was both poor and "for the poor."
CPAC Panel on Transcending Racist Label Breaks Down Into Verbal Chaos - The Daily Beast - It was a session that was meant to help Republicans transcend the destructive tag. Then a white supremacist started talking segregation and everything went into a tailspin.
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