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NEW YORK (AP) — Apollo Education is being taken private in a $1.1 billion deal by a consortium led by private investment firm The Vistria Group. Apollo Education has had several lackluster quarters as enrollments at for-profit schools fell amid increased government scrutiny of the industry. Tony Miller, chief operating officer of Vistria and a former deputy secretary of the Department of Education, would be Apollo's chairman.

NEW YORK (AP) — Apollo Education is being taken private in a $1.1 billion deal by a consortium led by private investment firm The Vistria Group. Apollo Education has had several lackluster quarters as enrollments at for-profit schools fell amid increased government scrutiny of the industry. Tony Miller, chief operating officer of Vistria and a former deputy secretary of the Department of Education, would be Apollo's chairman.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' sex-abuse commission stressed Monday that its sole purpose is to propose initiatives to protect children from pedophiles, after it effectively suspended a member who advocated a more activist role.

Oil price fall aids economy but some analysts question reliability of official data

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz holds a town hall ahead of tomorrow’s primary in Barrington, New Hampshire.

Those of us who spend a lot of time looking at real estate online have every reason to grow weary of the ubiquitous staging used too often in high-priced San Francisco sales. We might find it refreshing to find a home not staged into anonymity. But is 1622 McAllister refreshing? With some surfaces so badly

It turns out that the best thing to do when you’re fighting with opponents isn’t to persuade them you’re right. That just breeds negative feelings! According to Harvard psychologist Amy Cuddy, the best thing to do when you’re in a position of power is to listen. His book “Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your […]

Riding high on the back of an unprecedented buying frenzy and robust seasonal offtake, gold prices stormed to a one-year high at the domestic bullion hub here amid highly bullish overseas sentiment. Silver also rallied due to heavy demand from jewellery traders and consuming industries.

NASA/Hubble Telescope

I’ve always liked the idea that Jupiter has acted like a protector to its little brother, Earth.

That it has used its massive gravitational pull to divert asteroids and comets from a collision course with Earth.

Maybe Jupiter even felt bad when one got through, and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction. But a new study has cast this idea into doubt.

The idea of Jupiter as a protector has been around for a while.

The images of comet Shoemaker-Levy... Читать дальше...

This week’s new hour finds Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) tracking down a mysterious creature who comes to be known as the Band-Aid Man. He’s a force of destruction—he rips bodies apart—but the nature of his rage is more complicated than that. This in turn raises the specter of the baby Mulder and Scully gave up for adoption—William, who would have been the grandson of Scully’s mother.

President Jacob Zuma was thronged during a walkabout in Marabastad‚ west of Pretoria‚ on Monday.

Facebook’s ‘Free Basics’ program offered pared-down Internet services on mobile phones along with the company’s own services

The Australian men admitted to raping a Norwegian teenager in a bar last July

The Australian men admitted to raping a Norwegian teenager in a bar last July

Meerdere jongens worden vervolgd voor het maken van en bezitten van of betalen met valse 'neutbonnen' die bij de start van carnaval in Roosendaal opdoken. De hoofdverdachte is een 17-jarige jongen uit die plaats. Het onderzoek naar hem loopt nog, zo meldt het Openbaar Ministerie maandag.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Strong wind gusts are creating whiteout conditions in portions of southwest Minnesota.

For the first time in history the US national debt has exceeded 19 trillion dollars. That's more than 58 thousand dollars per person living in the US - including children.

The NBA tweeted the Grizzlies beat the Mavericks on Saturday. A mistake, yes. Dallas won the game, 114-110, in overtime. But the tweet also could’ve reflected an alternate reality where the game were called correctly down the stretch. The Mavericks had two cracks to win in regulation – a Dirk Nowitzki jumper and, after a […]

The White House plans to request about $1.8 billion in new funding from Congress in response to the Zika virus.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed an executive order creating a commission to study how to strengthen families.

Just one of 30 components in positive territory as Dow slide exceeds 300 points

The lone coyote works its way down the draw, the towering Bitterroot Mountains glittering with snow behind and above it. An inexperienced observer might think the wild canine is randomly cruising down the drainage, but I know better. It is deliberately and cautiously sniffing its way upwind toward a glob of gland lure I smeared over the branches of a bush yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine rebel leader said Monday that Congress' failure to pass a Muslim autonomy bill as part of a new peace pact would delay a program to disarm thousands of guerrillas in the country's south.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine rebel leader said Monday that Congress' failure to pass a Muslim autonomy bill as part of a new peace pact would delay a program to disarm thousands of …