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College says it submitted false SAT scores

NEW YORK – (AP) — A senior administrator at California’s Claremont McKenna College has confessed to submitting false SAT scores to publications such as U.S. News & World Report since 2005 to inflate the small, prestigious school’s ranking among the nation’s colleges and universities. President Pamela Gann told college staff members and students about the

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Obama: Iraq war will be over by year’s end; troops coming home

President Barack Obama on Friday announced that virtually all U.S. troops will come home from Iraq by the end of the year — at which point he can declare an end to America’s long and costly war in that Middle Eastern nation. “After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” Obama said.

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GOP retains Wisconsin Senate control in recall battle

Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) – Republicans retained four of the six state Senate seats that were in jeopardy in Tuesday’s recall elections in Wisconsin, news media in the state reported. Democrats won two seats but needed three to take control. The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which certifies election results, said official results will begin to come in