An autopsy is being performed to see if the body belongs to Morgan Harrington, who vanished in October
As high school seniors across the country are hard at work polishing their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have asked.
On a recent afternoon along Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, young aspiring actors recited passages from Shakespeare's Henry V as jugglers, break-dancers, and blowers of didgeridoos displayed their skills nearby, creating a visual and aural cacophony. Just another day in a thriving college town -- this one happening to be home to the University of Vermont.
The mother of a Virginia Tech junior who disappeared Saturday night during a Metallica concert says she helped her daughter choose an outfit for the show that same morning.
The reminders are everywhere: Wash your hands. Use hand sanitizers. Stay away from class if you're sick.
Ancient man may have started global warming through massive deforestation and burning that could have permanently altered the Earth's climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
When Tiffany Wilson noticed a small growth on her left hip, she didn't think much of it.
Stephanie White is a skin cancer expert. At 41, she's had all three types of the condition: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
The U.S. economy is clearly in terrible shape. What is less clear is how we got here.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- I'm in Florida for spring training, doing a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Three days ago I picked up a newspaper and read about the tragic drowning accident down here involving the four football players. The following morning (Tuesday), I was driving when IT popped into my head -- a story idea.
An autopsy is being performed to see if the body belongs to Morgan Harrington, who vanished in October
As high school seniors across the country are hard at work polishing their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have asked.
On a recent afternoon along Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, young aspiring actors recited passages from Shakespeare's Henry V as jugglers, break-dancers, and blowers of didgeridoos displayed their skills nearby, creating a visual and aural cacophony. Just another day in a thriving college town -- this one happening to be home to the University of Vermont.
The mother of a Virginia Tech junior who disappeared Saturday night during a Metallica concert says she helped her daughter choose an outfit for the show that same morning.
The reminders are everywhere: Wash your hands. Use hand sanitizers. Stay away from class if you're sick.
Ancient man may have started global warming through massive deforestation and burning that could have permanently altered the Earth's climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
When Tiffany Wilson noticed a small growth on her left hip, she didn't think much of it.
Stephanie White is a skin cancer expert. At 41, she's had all three types of the condition: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
The U.S. economy is clearly in terrible shape. What is less clear is how we got here.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- I'm in Florida for spring training, doing a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Three days ago I picked up a newspaper and read about the tragic drowning accident down here involving the four football players. The following morning (Tuesday), I was driving when IT popped into my head -- a story idea.
Strutting in tight leather pants, she takes the stage for the first time since the flap over her figure
Sometimes it takes a near-death experience to change bad behavior. Think of your friend who quit Lucky Strikes after a coronary incident. Or look at how banks are reducing their dependency on debt after watching rivals go belly-up.
Call it reflexes in a crisis. Or instincts under pressure. The qualities that a President needs to succeed are both essential and elusive
Compared to pricey private colleges, state schools can be a bargain. But extra fees are adding to the financial burden
It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain."
Halsey Minor is amped up. Maybe it's the Red Bull on the rocks he's been downing for two hours in the living room of his Virginia farmhouse this summer night. Regardless, after playing cat and mouse with this reporter for weeks, the co-founder of CNET, who netted $200 million selling his stake in the Internet's first journalism venture of consequence, is running through a rapid-fire update on his life.
Log 4: Thoughtprints June-July 2008
If it's not bolted down, you can bet that troubled financial firms are thinking of putting a price tag on it.
Michelle Crawley says she's a "freak" about putting sunscreen on her two girls.
We've always associated the glorious, intoxicatingly warm and languorous days of summer with getting gorgeous. That's when we can let down our hair (or casually pin it up, exposing a glimpse of neck or shoulder and maybe, too, exuding a light, luscious burst of scent), strip off the layers of cotton or wool, and go barelegged and sometimes barefoot, savoring the delicious freedom of naked skin against the soft air.
With most Americans doing a lousy job saving for their Golden Years, Barack Obama says the government has to step in.
The newlywed and husband Henry Hager catch some rays in Lanai
The newlyweds celebrate his degree from business school a week after their wedding
Your mortgage is prime. Your credit-card balance is reasonable. You've set aside some money for retirement. Feeling like you've done all you should? Didn't think so.
Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
Dear FSB: I have a small interior design firm. Is there a formula I can use to calculate overall client charges to determine how competitive my business is?
Learn how to prevent and combat the worst winter skin symptoms and you'll feel as if spring had already arrived.
If you graze the Web, it certainly seems like America's 20-somethings have a loud and powerful voice when it comes to pushing presidential candidates.
As a species, we've hit the bedtime barrier. You can eat at your desk, socialize in the break room, and answer text messages on a date, but sooner or later, you're going to have to sleep.
Life is full of reasons to smile, but expressing joy can cause lines to form around your eyes and mouth. Luckily, you don't have to grin and bear it. Read on for tips to keep creases at bay and make skin look smoother and younger
It may be the summer of '09 or later before beachgoers can count on finding sunscreens to protect against the deeper, penetrating rays linked to wrinkles and cancer.
U.S. regulators on Thursday proposed new regulations on the development, testing and labeling of sunscreens, including a new warning about the link between sun exposure and skin cancer.
Skin 101: How to treat and protect against sun damage.
Myth No. 1: A suntan's fine, as long as you don't burn.
Next time you're scanning the aisles for your summer sun protection, consider that producers of five well-known sunscreen brands are facing a class action lawsuit alleging that their claims mislead consumers about their products' ability to ward off UV rays and prevent skin damage and cancer.
The official mascot of the University of Virginia is the musketeer-like Cavalier, but unofficially it's the wahoo, a fish that, according to student legend, can drink twice its weight in a day. That's probably not what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he designed U.Va.'s elegant neoclassical brick buildings and colonnades.
Have you ever been snoozing on an airplane and been jolted awake by a crunch of turbulence? Your heart pounds, you clutch the arms of your seat, and you jump when the captain comes on the p.a.
Our country is in shock at the slaughter of 32 Virginia Tech students and teachers. Our national consciousness will be dominated for days by the senseless deaths and the wounding of dozens more on Virginia Tech's campus.
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In order to meet the demands of companies outsourcing their call centers to El Salvador, the Central American country is beginning a program to recruit its employees from an unlikely location: the United States.
Two supermassive black holes have been found to be spiraling toward a merger, astronomers said today.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - For the first time, compensation for private college presidents has broken through the million-dollar barrier.
Want to find a great mutual fund? No problem--just buy a mediocre one and hang on. That's the startling conclusion of a new study. While this may sound like an update of Aesop's fable about the tor...
The New Year is a great time to make changes.
Although researchers are busily working on a cure for the common cold, you won't find it at the drugstore anytime soon.
An astronomer has turned observations of the early universe into a sound clip that represents a primal scream from the first million years after the Big Bang.
Thomas Jefferson considered himself the father of the University of Virginia, and like any father he left a complicated legacy. "Our university is the last of my mortal cares and the last service I...
People often ask me how we decide what we're going to write about in the magazine. The answer I usually give is casual: "We write about what we're interested in."
Wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with the word FOOL, stock market wag and watchdog Tom Gardner tosses a question to a roomful of tech entrepreneurs and MBAs at the University of Virginia's Darden ...
If your mother didn't tell you, pop radio will: You should use sunscreen. The surprise is that most of us don't. In a 1998 survey by the American Academy of Dermatology, only 15% of respondents use...
In an age when the average employee has been with his current employer for only 3 1/2 years, how to go about getting a new job has become almost a science. So it's surprising that employees are lar...
If you had to single out a villain for Japan's economic troubles, you couldn't go far wrong blaming the country's banks. First they created a financial bubble by making stupid real estate loans. No...
For our 12th annual ranking of the best places to live in America, we interviewed people in 500 households across the country about the factors that are most important in choosing a place to live. ...
The presidency isn't the all-powerful institution most people think it is, and given what's happening these days, that's a good thing. A President, for instance, doesn't govern anything. The Framer...
Next time you're killing time in the doctor's waiting room, ponder this paradox: Congress has concluded that there are too many, not too few, physicians in this country. Washington's remedy for thi...
Take a walk down any sunny city street these days, or a ride on your local bike path, and you'll likely see more varieties of sunglasses than there are of Beanie Babies. What's up with that? "Sungl...
It's a familiar tale: the hardworking CEO splits from his stay-at-home spouse and falls for a young business associate. So it is with Morgan Stanley chairman Richard Fisher, who separated 18 months...
With sun worshippers ever more aware of the dangers of el sol -- skin cancers are up 500% since 1984 -- Americans slathered on a record $525 million of sunscreen last year. That translates into bri...
One regrets the recurrent temptation, thus far irresistible around our house, to argue with E.D. Hirsch Jr., professor of English at the University of Virginia. His basic proposition is sound. One ...
Would you put your house on the line for a new pair of shoes or even two weeks skiing in Utah? Believe it or not, a growing number of banks are encouraging their customers to do just that. Accordin...
Almost every parent of a college-bound child asks: Which colleges will deliver an education that's worth every penny that I'll have to pay? To help answer that question, MONEY's college ranking tea...
Home-equity loans are one of the best ways to borrow for major expenses, thanks to their low (recently 6% to 8 1/2%), tax-deductible interest rates. But what if you don't have much equity in your h...
If you've noticed added warmth in your banker's smile lately, there's a reason. With loan demand soft and default rates up, banks are particularly eager to hang on to good customers -- especially t...
In your October article ''How You Can Live Better,'' you say a good education is very important in achieving success. However, I have learned the hard way that there is a downside to simply increas...
Low price alone doesn't qualify a college as a bargain. To make MONEY's list of America's best buys in higher education, a school must also possess outstanding students, faculty and facilities. On ...
SMART VCR REMOTE Admit it: You still haven't figured out how to program your VCR. Now you don't have to. Gemstar Development Corp.'s VCR Plus+ is a remote device that reduces the chore of taping te...
| Behind-the-scenes winners in this fall's election: the media consultants. Increasingly considered political necessities, such imagemakers typically work by exhaustively interviewing a candidate, ...
GRADUATION DAY The warm air echoes with cries of ''I did it!'' Here and on the next four pages are scenes from a celebration: the University of Virginia's commencement last May. In the remainder of...
The marketplace for higher education, like securities markets, has pockets of opportunity: schools that, like undervalued stocks, are worth more than you have to pay for them. This fact was verifie...
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The top U.S. business schools are starting to focus on an inefficient management system that's uncomfortably close to home: the traditional tenure process for professors. Like their counterparts at...
On the wall of the ladies' room of a bar in upstate New York, a plaintive graffito recites a loser's litany for our times: ''No BMW, no condo, no MBA.'' As an antidote to hopelessness, the car or t...
1. Which colleges sport the highest price tags?
It is again time to argue with E. D. Hirsch Jr., professor of English at the University of Virginia. You will possibly recall him as the author of a readable 1987 best-seller about ''cultural liter...
Evita Peron, if one believes the stories, used to carry out a rousingly popular form of case-by-case wealth redistribution. On her radio program she would field pathetic calls from destitute widows...
Let's be frank: Most managers hate conducting performance appraisals. If they think they can get away with it, they will skip such potential unpleasantness entirely. If compelled to go through the ...
Run your own show. Be top dog. Win out. You'd have to be almost un-American to resist these rallying cries of late-20th-century what's-in-it-for-me capitalism. Bulletin from the front, biznewsniks:...
While interest rates on credit-card purchases have finally dropped at some banks, the finance charges you pay on any given set of transactions could well be going up sharply. Depending on the mathe...
It took a while for management to catch the tune. Birds in the secretarial pool knew it, bees on the shop floor knew it, even monkeys in the lower branches of managerial trees -- supervisors, forem...
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