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Northwestern University began sending letters and e-mails Friday to about 17,000 student applicants whose personal information may have been stolen from the university's computer system.
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By Liu Enming, VOA News
Hillsdale, a town in southern Michigan with 9,000 residents, has lost many jobs to outsourcing. And that is what prompted teenager Michael Sessions to seek a new job -- as mayor. Going door-to-door and financing his campaign with $700 from his summer job, Sessions won the election last November by a margin of two votes.
Michael Sessions
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Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was a prolific writer and Nobel Prize winner.
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Pearl S. Buck
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