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• Antiwar protester pleads guilty to violent act

  Lindsey Anderson - AU Eagle •August 18, 2010

  American U. student gets community service for throwing a glass Snapple bottle filled with paint at a military recruitment center. Pacifism, he says, hurts the antiwar movement.

• Republican attacks professor's pot study

  Jim Brunner - Seattle Times •August 14, 2010

  A Washington State professor received a $148,000 stimulus-funded grant to study pot. He created less than 10 jobs. Republican senate candidate Dino Rossi isn't so high on it.

• Gambling on grades could pay out in more than cash

  Paige Hale - Daily Texan •August 14, 2010

  Gambling on your GPA isn't really a game of chance. That's why Ultrinsic.com's gambling-for-GPA business could be a positive bet.

• Q&A with 'Scott Pilgrim' stars on fanboys, video game influences

  Tony Libera - Minnesota Daily •August 13, 2010

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Brandon Routh on working with Edgar Winter, "Scott Pilgrim" fanboys and video game culture.

• North Carolina students can now reject abortion coverage

  Eric Ferreri - News and Observer •August 13, 2010

  UNC system students were required to pay for abortion coverage. After an email campaign by Students of Life, the policy's changed.

• Univ. of Arizona hands out $146,000 in iPads to transfers

  Vishal Ganesan - Arizona Desert Lamp •August 13, 2010

  Two hundred transfer students from a community college received free iPads. The App Store might be happy, but where's the money coming from?