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A New Yorker's Opinion: Yale's Nightlife Class Amusing, or 'Amusing Ourselves to Death?'

Dateline Yale--$40,000 a year, two-drink minimum. Yep, the prestigious gateway to the CIA, a career as a thespian and the U.S. Presidency for Both Bush, father and son, and Clinton, now offers a course on New York nightlife. College is a fine time to party, and I support a liberal amount of irrational exuberance mixed in with cramming for grades, but somehow, in these difficult economic times, I find a college course about the history of partying a bit...disconcerting.

Warren Buffett buys his hometown newspaper

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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett buys newspapers every day, the hometown daily included, but on Wednesday he dispensed with the single-issue price and bought the whole company instead.
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Analysis: AT&T may struggle to find asset buyers

AT&T Inc will struggle to find buyers for any asset sale big enough to salvage its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, with most likely buyers Leap Wireless International Inc and MetroPCS Communications lacking the cash.
2011 VS Fashion Show

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 Highlights [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

The 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion show featured some of the most stunning looks so far, as supermodel Angels like Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio strutted down the runway. Missed the show? Check out photos and video from the lingerie show, from Nicki Minaj's performance to beautiful creations on the runway.
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Private Sector Adds Most Jobs in Nearly a Year

Private sector job growth accelerated in November as employers created the most jobs in nearly a year, prompting economists to raise their forecasts for Friday's more comprehensive U.S. labor report.
Rangers close gap on Penguins in Atlantic

Rangers close gap on Penguins in Atlantic

Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby continued his potent point-scoring run since returning from injury but the Penguins fell 4-3 to New York on Tuesday, allowing the Rangers to close the gap in the Atlantic division.
One in five U.S. adult infected with HIV do not know it.

Few in US with HIV Have Virus Under Control

Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the infection under control, increasing the risk that they will spread the disease to others, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
There was a total of 3,000 gay and bisexual men who were diagnosed with HIV in 2010, the highest ever annual number, according to a new report.

Many Americans Unaware of Being HIV-Infected

One in every five HIV-positive Americans are unaware of their condition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. That's 240,000, out of 1.2 million Americans, of whom just an estimated 28 percent have the infection under control.
Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher

Has Demi Moore Gotten Over Ashton Kutcher? Star Spotted With Mystery Man

Could it be that newly single actress Demi Moore is already over her soon-to-be ex-husband Ashton Kutcher? New York Post Page Six reports that for the first time after announcing her divorce, Moore stepped out for a dinner date with a mystery man on Saturday night at the Tower Bar at Sunset Tower Hotel.
Pedestrians walk past a Lehman Brothers sign in New York

Lehman Says Voting Creditors Back Bankruptcy Plan

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said on Tuesday that 98.7 percent of creditors representing more than $405 billion in claims had voted to back its reorganization plan, an important step towards ending its bankruptcy.

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