Archive for December, 2010:

Fridays From the Frontline

Welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s perpetual pursuit of the freshest b-school applicant and student experience. Nick wasn’t overly pleased with his most recent GMAT score but prepared himself for a three month teaching gig in Nepal. Mission GMAT drew up a schedule for his continued GMAT studies. GMAT Delhi struggled with a [...]

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Michael Jackson Autopsy Show Pulled from Schedule

Filed under: Michael Jackson A TV special featuring a reenactment of Michael Jackson ‘s autopsy will not air as planned, and the network running it cites pleas from the Jackson estate in their decision. A rep for the Discovery Channel, which planned to run the special in the UK,… Read more Go to Source

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Lindsay Lohan Prosecutor Runs for D.A.

Filed under: Lindsay Lohan, Celebrity Justice, Danette Meyers Lindsay Lohan ‘s legal nemesis, L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers , has thrown her hat in the ring to become the next D.A. Meyers, a no-nonsense veteran prosecutor who wanted Lindsay locked up after giving her multiple chances,… Read more Go to Source

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Doyle Barnes, Nursing Student, Expelled For Posting Placenta Photo On Facebook

A nursing student at Johnson County Community College is stunned to find herself booted out of school just months before graduation. Her offense: Posting on Facebook a photograph of herself posing with a human placenta in class. Read More… More on Facebook Go to Source

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Dead Baby Found Outside Jamaican Hospital Not A Patient, Health Authority Says

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Health officials in Jamaica say a dead baby found just outside the island’s largest maternity hospital was not a patient there. The chairman for the South East Regional Health Authority is disputing a police account that a woman threw the newborn girl out the hospital’s second-story window early Thursday. Read More… Go [...]

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Navigant: An Out of Favor Gem

Charlie Anderson submits: During the course of the business cycle certain industries, and certain companies within those industries, fall out of favor. Navigant Consulting (NCI) is currently one of those companies. The recession has weighed heavily on the consulting industry, including Navigant. Despite this, Navigant has identified some areas for expansion and has repositioned itself [...]

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Hot Clicks: Alyssa Milano; Looking back at 2010

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Many Parts of Country Won’t Have Double-Dip In Home Prices Because They Never Had the FIrst Dip

Cato’s Alan Reynolds writes in yesterday’s IBD: “A front-page Wall Street Journal feature, titled “Housing Recovery Stalls,” worries that “a new bout of declining home prices is threatening to hamper the U.S. recovery.” A dip in the Case-Shiller moving average of home prices in 20 cities for August to October is said to be “troublesome [...]

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Nov. Int’l. Air Traffic 4% Above Pre-Recession Level

Geneva — “The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic results for November showing 8.2% year-on-year passenger traffic growth and a 5.4% increase for freight.  November saw traffic growth slow from the 10% increase recorded in the passenger business and the 14.5% growth in freight in October. The slowdown in 2010 is partially [...]

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The 19 Most Wired iPhone and iPad Apps of 2010

Here are Wired’s picks for the best iOS apps of 2010, including productivity apps, games and more. Go to Source

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