Topic: University of California-Riverside
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Hispanic immigration to US has peaked, Asian immigration is rising
For the first time in 101 years, Hispanic immigration last year was topped by immigrants from Asia. The number of illegal Hispanic immigrants continued to decline in 2011.
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Putting a price tag on violence against women in Latin AmericaA first-of-its-kind study quantifies the intergenerational price tag of domestic violence. In a region of emerging economies, where GDP growth is paramount to success, could this motivate policymakers?
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Vox News
Surprise at Obama’s victory illustrates growing partisan divide in US mediaConservatives' shock that Mitt Romney did not win big is further evidence, analysts say, that the public is consuming media that reinforce personal views rather than give actual information about the world.
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Global News Blog
The Eid holiday: What does it celebrate?While the Eid festival following Ramadan is better known, Eid al-Adha is more significant to the Muslim calendar.
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Gas prices dip, but are still pretty high. Should Obama be worried?
Suburban commuters are considered an important constituency this election year, analysts say, and high gas prices are on their list of complaints. Belatedly, they could be beginning to fall.
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Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes was an 'unusually bad intern'
James Holmes was an academic achiever, but there were hints of a troubled young man. John Jacobson, Holmes' supervisor at Salk Institute described him as "oddly stubborn.' A Colorado gun club rejected him after hearing his 'guttural rambling' on a voice message.
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Colorado shooting suspect: What are the charges against James Holmes?
Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes will make his first court appearance Monday. New evidence: Holmes received 50 packages in the four months prior to the shooting at a Colorado movie theater.
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Colorado shooting: Bomb squads disarm suspect's booby-trapped apartment
With the help of a robot, Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes’ booby-trapped apartment has been largely disarmed. Authorities say he planned to kill whoever entered – most likely a first responder. Also Saturday, those killed in the theater attack began to be publicly identified.
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US drought: how it could impact food, water needs around the world
The effects of the widespread US drought could range from higher utility prices and industry costs in the developed world to population displacements and political unrest in less developed regions.
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How a shrimp's 200-lb. punch could lead to better football helmets
Scientists have marveled at how the mantis shrimp breaks open its prey, but only now are engineers learning how the shrimp's club is built – and how that could help humans.
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Ray Bradbury, a passionate sci-fi writer with the gifts of a painter
Ray Bradbury wrote his more than 500 stories, novels, plays, and poems on a typewriter, creating imagery that helped bring sci-fi and fantasy into the mainstream of American popular culture.
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Chen Guangcheng comes to the US, but what about other dissidents?
Chen Guangcheng’s flight to New York Saturday marks a major step in difficult and delicate negotiations between Beijing and Washington. But it also spotlights the difficulty other activists face under a government regime and a system of local authority many view as repressive.
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With Oscar winners 2012, Hollywood stays in its comfort zone
Nostalgia and historical fare carried the day at Sunday's Academy Awards. 'The Artist,' a black-and-white silent film celebrating Hollywood history, topped the list of Oscar winners 2012.
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Electric vehicles entrepreneur from China stumbles in US
Electric vehicles partsmaker has string of California projects delayed or canceled for lack of cash. But research center for electric vehicles and other green power is funded and operating.
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Higgs boson: Has the 'God particle' been found?
Scientists at CERN are expected to report Tuesday seeing hints of the long-sought Higgs boson – the so-called 'God particle' linked to a mechanism that gives other subatomic particles their mass.
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Cockerell's bumblebee rediscovered in New Mexico
Cockerell's bumblebee was first discovered in the region back in 1913. The most recent finding of Cockerell's bumblebee was this past August.
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Clean energy 'gold rush' in Mojave spurs backlash
Clean energy projects in California are thriving. But environmentalists worry about impact of clean energy companies on Mojave Desert.
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51st state? Small step forward for long-shot 'South California' plan
A Republican member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors wants his county and 12 others to secede from California and form the 51st state. His colleagues gave him an unenthusiastic go ahead Tuesday to explore the idea.
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Taking on the Tonys: Is 'War Horse' the best play or 'a puppet show'?
'War Horse,' which involves complex puppetry, won best play at the Tonys. 'The Book of Mormon,' written by the creators of 'South Park,' won best musical. Is this a step forward or backward?
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Lauren Spierer goes missing in 'a safe and civil city'
Lauren Spierer went missing last week after a night out with friends. Underage drinking may have been involved.
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Nuclear radiation in pop culture: more giant lizards than real science
Anxiety over nuclear radiation isn't new, and purveyors of pop culture have profited handsomely. But even with more serious films on the subject, the public is still largely ignorant of the science.
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Kan says Japan on 'maximum alert,' but plutonium fears may be overblown
Low levels of plutonium found in soil near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant do not appear to indicate that the crisis is worse than previously thought.
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Why did Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shoot lava 80 feet into the air?
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano saw 'quite an exciting development' over the weekend: the lava lake at Pu'u 'O'o drained as fountaining lava burst out of new fissures on Kilauea's eastern flank.
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Why the film industry chose former Sen. Chris Dodd to run the MPAA
Former Sen. Christopher Dodd is the new chairman and CEO of the film industry's MPAA, taking a position filled for four decades by the flamboyant Jack Valenti.
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You bought it. Are you happy?
Money can make you happier – to a point – but not in the way you think.
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