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We recently ranked the 50 smartest colleges in America based on average standardized test scores.

Jonathan Wai, a Duke University Talent Identification Program research scientist, created the ranking exclusively for Business Insider using the schools' average SAT and ACT scores. (ACT scores were converted to the SAT scale for the purposes of this analysis).

While these tests are often criticized, research shows that both the SAT and ACT are good measures of general cognitive ability... Читать дальше...

American political parties must have a great capacity for survival, or how could they have endured this long? Herbert Croly, who co-founded The New Republic, in 1914, liked to say that the Republicans and Democrats were (to borrow a paraphrase from Walter Lippmann’s recollection of Croly) like primitive organisms that can’t easily be killed: if their heads and tentacles are lopped off, they grow new ones. That has been pretty much true of the major parties, at least insofar as anyone alive can recall. Читать дальше...

HENDERSON, Nev. ― Thousands of miles from Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) kept up his trolling of his Republican colleagues and their unease with their presidential nominee. 

Shailene Woodley has pleaded not guilty after being arrested during a peaceful protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, according to TMZ. The 24-year-old actress was not present in the courtroom on Wednesday morning (October 19) but her lawyer entered the plea at the North Dakota courthouse. Shailene was charged with one count of misdemeanor criminal [...]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Actress Shailene Woodley has pleaded not guilty in a North Dakota court to criminal trespass and riot charges after her arrest in a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux want construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline halted, saying it could taint the water supply and encroach on tribal burial sites.

Michael Moore, award-winning documentary filmmaker, baseball cap enthusiast, GOP enemy No. 1 and ... avid reality show watcher?

Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South At once poignant and rigorous, Macy’s extraordinary book is a compassionate dual biography and a forthright examination of codified racism. In the sixth novel in her “Dublin Murder Squad” series, we see a murder investigation through the eyes of an abrasive mixed-race, working-class detective worn out from the harassment she’s endured from the rest of the Murder Squad. Knives & Ink Chefs and the Stories Behind... Читать дальше...

Talloze facebookgebruikers zeggen het 'vertrouwen in de mensheid' terug te hebben na het zien van een briefje dat de Amsterdamse Bas de Brouwer (28) onlangs kreeg. Een dag nadat een homokoppel was mishandeld op de pont in de hoofdstad, stopte buurvrouw Fleur een boodschap in de brievenbus van Bas en zijn man. ,,Ik bid dat jullie veilig over straat kunnen lopen zonder dat een gek jullie lastigvalt.''

The increase in cases reported last year comes just as just as state and local health departments that could help fight them lose funding.

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MSNBC contributor Jon Ralston joins Kate Snow to discuss the importance of the downballot race in Nevada, and what to expect during the final presidential debate on Wednesday evening.

ENSCHEDE - Voetbaltrainer Michel Veurink vertrekt aan het eind van dit seizoen bij vierdeklasser EMOS. De Enschedese coach, die momenteel een schorsing uitzit van vijf wedstrijden, neemt bij de Enschedeërs afscheid na twee seizoenen.

Asma Zehra, one of the members of the apex body of Indian Muslims, said Sharia is oxygen for Muslim men and women.

The NFL and NFLPA released the following statement Wednesday regarding their joint investigation into the concussion protocol following several vicious helmet-to-helmet hits absorbed by Cam Newton in Carolina's Week One game with the Denver Broncos:

The NFL and NFLPA released the following statement Wednesday regarding their joint investigation into the concussion protocol following several vicious helmet-to-helmet hits absorbed by Cam Newton in Carolina's Week One game with the Denver Broncos:

A breakdown of how the fictional resort's cost would compare to the real world.

Eight debate-watching tips from a professional.

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco did not practice Wednesday with a right shoulder injury but he expects to play Sunday against the New York Jets.

After Sputnik published a series of emails from Newsweek writer and Vanity Fair editor Kurt Eichenwald to a former Sputnik editor -- exposing Eichenwald’s claims that he was fed a false story by US intelligence -- the magazine has remained shamefully silent on the issue.

Marvin Lewis, the NFL's longest-tenured coach not named Bill Belichick, said he discussed with Hue Jackson an opportunity to succeed Lewis in Cincinnati before Jackson opted to take the Browns vacancy this offseason.

It cannot possibly get any worse than Ryan Fitzpatrick.