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A Coeur d'Alene woman convicted for defrauding the state Medicaid program has been handed 80 hours of inmate labor and ordered to repay the state more than $3,000. First District Judge Barry Watson handed down the sentence this week in the case of 53-year-old Barbara Buvel.

Eunice Field, 54, allegedly killed her ex-girlfriend's Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor because the woman had reportedly come between the couple.

MBA programs are overhauling their curricula to reflect the needs of the modern student. According to a recent Forbes article, that student is "one who increasingly looks to do good while also doing well."

Current courses now include more hands-on, problem-solving components. (These are offered in addition to "the basics" of accounting, finance, etc.)

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Owners of limited liability companies, large and small, call your accountants. Remind them the state had an LLC tax on the books for a year and you may still owe.

On the 75th anniversary of Social Security, President Obama promises to protect it from Republican leaders in Congress who have made privatization a key part of their agenda. He makes clear that, especially in light of the financial crisis, gambling Social Security on Wall Street makes no sense.

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Logan County Clerk and Recorder Sally J. Litterly looks on as state Rep. Bill Mitchell shows a copy of a new petition he's circulating throughout the area to Logan County Board member Rick Aylesworth.

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There still isn't much on the Web site to describe what Project 11 Ventures will do, aside from "invest in and assist early stage companies." The fledgling firm's Twitter account has so far had just two messages posted to it.

But I'm told the firm, founded by ex-Microsofties Reed ...

Attention all career-changers: Tomorrow Linda Abraham, Accepted.com founder and president, will present an informative webinar that will guide individuals attempting to use the MBA to change career paths through the b-school application process.

The webinar, MBA Catalyst for Career Change, will cover must-know material including the six elements you need to include in your application to market yourself effectively as a career-changer.

Cameron reviewing ambulance options Lakeview Medical Center is asking the Village of Cameron to approve a change in its 5-year contract with the hospital for ambulance service.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to lay out a revised spending plan for lawmakers Wednesday and said she hopes they work quickly to get the budget in place.

Seniors will see a modest increase in their Medicare prescription premiums next year but benefits will also improve, federal health officials said Wednesday.

AFP - US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he had "no regrets" about d...

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With billions at stake over Gulf oil damage claims and a pending lawsuit over new federal health care laws, the next attorney general Florida voters choose may be their most influential in years.

AP - Vice President Joe Biden boldly predicted Friday that voters would reject a "Republican tea party" of extreme candidates and Democrats would retain control of Congress this Novem...

Are you thinking about applying to UC Berkeley Haas? Do you have questions about admissions that you need answered? Would you like to benefit from insider information on Haas admissions?

If so, then you won't want to miss Accepted's Q&A with Stephanie Fujii, Haas' Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions.

During this Q&A event, which will take place TOMORROW, August 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM PST / 1:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM GMT, you'll receive the opportunity to ask Ms. Fujii all of your most pressing Haas admissions questions in our new cutting-edge webinar forum.

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AP - President Barack Obama and his family are delivering so far on the low-key summer vacation promised by White House aides.

Reuters - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion may provide some solution next week to help Indian security agencies access corporate email by obtaining encrypted data in readable format, a government source said on Friday.

MIT and ISB signed an agreement in early April that will establish collaboration between the two top international business schools.

The following plans have resulted from the partnership:

• In about a year and a half from now, two professors from the ISB campus in Hyderabad, India will join the Sloan faculty for a year of teaching in Cambridge, while two to four MIT professors will transfer to ISB. The professor exchange will enable the professors to conduct research abroad and to build relationships with the faculty and students at the partner school.
• MIT Sloan professors will help ISB establish ...

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Admittedly wary of losing touch, President Barack Obama returned to the comfort of backyard politics on Wednesday, assuring a polite gathering of middle-class neighbors that the economy is coming around "slowly but surely." At the brick-and-shingle house of the Weithman family, Obama's questioners showed no interest in the divisive midterm ...

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Last night, President Obama continued the White House tradition of hosting an Iftar - the meal that breaks the day of fasting - celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room.  During his remarks at the...

University Pre-Tax Parking Deduction Benefit from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

Fond du Lac County prosecutors have filed 20 misdemeanor charges against a Portage man accused of neglecting 178 cats and keeping dead kittens wrapped in foil in his refrigerator.

Sunday's Globe column focused on Rue La La, one of the most successful e-commerce companies to come out of Boston since... well, ever? The company was acquired last year for a sum that could hit $350 million if the company meets certain milestones, and it'll hire more than 100 people in Boston this year.

In working on the column, I talked to David Fialkow, a managing director at General Catalyst who invested in Rue's predecessor company, SmartBargains, and then also ponied up more when Rue CEO B...

As reported by New York Lawyer, the American Bar Association has released a report investigating U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings and its upcoming rankings of law firms. 

According to the report, the rankings have a powerful impact on public perception...

Federal regulators have charged two Spanish investors with trading on secret information about BHP Billiton PLC 's bid to acquire Potash Corp.

AP - In the first full day of a Martha's Vineyard vacation, President Barack Obama set aside some of the cares of office Friday to work on hi...

When I needed wheels for a quick trip to Plymouth yesterday, I didn't reserve at the nearest Avis location or grab a Zipcar from one of their designated spots. Instead, I popped the locks on a neighbor's car when he wasn't around and took off. It was cheaper than the other two options.

While it sounds absolutely illicit, borrowing a neighbor's car when it isn't being used is the concept behind RelayRides, a Cambridge start-up company that I

In times of crisis, the American people have always stood up in support of those in need.  President Obama has directed his Administration to stand with the Pakistani people and to assist them as they confront the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history.  You can also contribute to the response effort by using your phone to text "SWAT" to 50555 and make a $10 contribution that will help provide tents, clothing, food, clean drinking water, and medicine to people displaced by floods.

As Secretary of State H...

How Credit Karma Caught a Credit Report Error Before I Did from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

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From the beginning, the Obama administration’s highest priority has been to rescue and rebuild the economy. Few areas were hit as hard as manufacturing – not just in this downturn, but going back years. Investing in 21st century manufacturing has been a cornerstone of the President’s plan to rebuild the economy stronger than before. And in the past seven months, we’ve seen the strongest manufacturing job growth in more than a decade -- adding 183,000 jobs so far this year.

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Daring to go where most pundits fear to tread, Bruce Bartlett has actually read the 2010 annual report of Medicare's trustees.

Democrats on a House health care panel remain convinced, after hearing from Bemidji health care providers Friday, that Minnesota must join early federal Medicaid enrollment.

An Inside Higher Ed article, "Ups and Downs in Grad Admissions," reports that American graduate school admissions offers to international applicants increased 3% in the last year. Last year U.S. graduate schools extended 1% fewer international offers.

The upward trend is attributed mostly to the increase in admissions offers made to China, which alone experienced a 16% increase in offers. Top graduate programs reportedly admitted 30% more Chinese grad students this year compared to last.

More findings (all of which come from the

AFP - First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush are to jointly mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the site where the fourth hijacked pl...

Authorities say the man who led police on an hour-long car chase that ended beside a Dallas airport runway is facing charges including evading arrest, criminal mischief and aggravated robbery.

The Food and Drug Administration has filed an injunction to stop a Broomfield clinic from using a person's own stem cells to alleviate pain.

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During the First Family's visit to Panama City Beach to meet with local business owners and officials and to encourage Americans to enjoy the Gulf Coast beaches, the President and Sasha go for a swim at Alligator Point:

President Barack Obama and daughter Sasha swim at Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Fla. The President traveled to ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. -- The state attorney general's office says a Columbus nurse has been charged with the felony abuse of a vulnerable person for allegedly burning someone in her care with an iron The Commercial Dispatch reports that 53-year-old Sherrill Culpepper was arraigned Friday in Lowndes County Circuit Court.

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Uninsured West Virginians with pre-existing conditions face higher costs after the Legislature failed to let the state run a coverage program for them, some health care advocates warn.

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• Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be joining the Stanford GSB faculty next month as co-director of the school's Center for Global Business and the Economy, reports a Businessweek blog post last week. The center "aims to be the leader in developing and disseminating curriculum materials, research, and conceptual frameworks on global issues." This will not be Rice's first time on the Stanford staff; from 1993 to 1999 Rice served as provost for the university.

• Can w...

With a string of high-profile prosecutions under his belt, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald exuded confidence when he first presented corruption charges against former Illinois Gov.

Reuters - Americans are almost equally divided on whether the Obama administration should lift the moratorium on offshore oil drilling and on the possibility of BP returning to explore in the area of its massive spill, according to a new Gallup poll.

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A federal judge Friday dismissed all charges against two former Westar Energy executives who were accused of looting the Kansas utility, granting a request by prosecutors that came just hours after the state's new U.S. attorney was sworn in.

Court records released this week say that an Elkhart Lake man arrested for drunken driving last month had a blood-alcohol level nearly five times the legal limit.

AP - Michelle Obama will join former first lady Laura Bush in ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the United Flight 93 crash in Pennsy...

GPA and MCAT scores are usually the first items that an admissions committee looks at when evaluating a student’s application. Grades and MCATs combined may carry 65% to 70% of the weight in the admissions decision. Admissions committees want be sure that, if you are accepted, you will be successful academically in medical school and ultimately on your National Boards. The National Board exams are taken at the conclusion of the second and during the fourth year of medical school. MCATs play a bigger role in the admissions decision now that students are required to take shelf exams during their clerkship years. MCATs have proved to be a positive predictor of a student’...

Shawn Mattiuz, manager of the Hapuku Fish Shop in Market Hall, a collection of upscale food purveyors in Oakland's bustling Rockridge district, has been watching the Gulf seafood saga play out in the ice-cooled trays of his display cases.

Yesterday, the New York Times reported on a Joint Committee on Taxation study of “President Obama’s proposal to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy but to extend them for everyone else.” 

The study found that “taxpayers with income of more than $1 million for 2011 would still receive on average a tax cut of about $6,300” from those in effect during the Clinton Administration, while those “with taxable income of $500,000 to $1 million would still get on average a tax cut of $6,700.”  

You would think that rolling the Bush ta...

Boston's newest battery developer, 24M Technologies, is launching with a leg up on your typical start-up: two founders from MIT, a seasoned entrepreneur as CEO, $10 million in funding from North Bridge and Charles River Ventures, and a slice of a $6 million grant from the Department of Energy. Oh, and they've got access to some nascent technology originally developed at A123 Systems.

A123 felt the technology, a hybrid of lithium ion batteries and what are known as "flow" batteries, was too far out to be ...

Share + Comments Aug 17, 2010 2:50 pm US/Pacific CHICAGO 1 of 1 Former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves the Dirksen Federal Building while the jury deliberates in his corruption trial on Aug.

The state's next economic and revenue forecast, scheduled for Thursday, will contain more bad news for the state budget.

The Atlantic Wire - Last week, China overtook Japan to becom...

Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they would work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene." Paladino, a wealthy Buffalo real estate developer popular with many tea party activists, is competing ...