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For-profit schools grow -- as do complaints

The advertisements are everywhere -- on local television stations it's Everest Institute, or Brown Mackie College. On South Florida highway billboards, it's the University of Phoenix. All are selling a quick, convenient college education, and the dream of a better life.

Voters Guide: US Senator

Voters Guide: US Senator

Obstacles await renewed effort to recruit doctors

ESMONT, Va. — Sarah Carricaburu slipped her sleek new iPhone into her purse for the day. With no signal here deep in the woods, it's useless. She swiveled away from her desktop computer, which can't access the Internet, and glanced at the manila folders of patient records neatly stacked on a shelf by nurses.

World Bank Would Aim for Rapid Membership for Independent Southern Sudan

The World Bank would work to make a newly independent Southern Sudan a member “speedily,” paving the way for the undeveloped region to gain international financing it does not qualify for now, a top bank official said.

Council debt hits £116m

YORK’S council chiefs are sitting on a debt mountain of more than £116 million.