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LOCAL HEADLINES
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Tucson doctor a
crusader for CPR
change
By Anne Ryman.
Dr. Gordon Ewy,
director of the
University of
Arizona's Sarver
Heart Center in
Tucson, has
conducted
numerous studies
that support his
theory that
compression-only
CPR increases
the chances of
survival after
sudden cardiac
arrest.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1362807)
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Ariz. sees
increase in
student aid
applications
Arizona has seen
the
third-highest
increase among
the states in
what's known as
the Free
Application for
Federal Student
Aid, or FAFSA.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11839113)
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Grant seeks to
find border
health answers
By Tyler Wing.
The C.D.C.
awarded the
Prevention
Research Center
at the
University of
Arizona a $3.9
million dollar
grant to come up
with a plan
bringing border
towns a
healthier way of
life.
(KVOA-TV (NBC)
Ch. 4:
http://www.kvoa.com/news/grant-seeks-to-find-border-health-answers)
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Credit CARD Act
intended to ease
student debt
By Dana Sheaff.
When the Credit
CARD Act goes
into effect in
February,
students should
expect to see
changes in their
ability to
obtain credit
cards and in
their day-to-day
banking. The
biggest change
students will
see, said
economist
Matthew Croucher
from the W.P.
Carey School of
Business, will
be that students
will have more
difficulty
obtaining credit
cards.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/9932)
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New grant funds
social
networking study
By Jazmine
Woodberry. Two
UA professors
are part of a
new $1.1 million
federal grant
project to
research
practical and
defense
applications of
social
networking.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/new-grant-funds-social-networking-study-1.1076781)
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Mesa inches
forward on
luring higher
education
By Gary Nelson.
Using federal
money, Mesa will
spend $25,000 to
look at whether
the southwest
corner of Mesa
and University
Drives could
become the home
of a medical
campus.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1362547)
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Earth calling
Mars, come in
Mars
By Dan Marries.
It's a shot in
the dark, but
scientists from
NASA and the
University of
Arizona are
holding out hope
they can
reconnect with
the Phoenix mars
lander.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11842205)
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ASU student
injured in Haiti
earthquake
By Scarlett
Heydt. When an
earthquake
struck the
Republic of
Haiti on Jan.
12, the house
that ASU
graduate student
Christa
Brelsford was
staying in began
to collapse,
causing injuries
that required
her right leg to
be amputated
from the shin
down.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/9928)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Freezer Burn
By Jack
Stripling.
Tuition freezes
have long had
political
appeal, and a
plan to halt
hikes for a
second
consecutive year
in Missouri has
been met with
predictable
applause from
students and
their families.
(Inside Higher
Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/19/tuition)
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