I can’t believe my 10-year college reunion is coming up at the end of the month, given how closely I’ve stuck to student life. I visit about 15 campuses a year as an education journalist, and have developed an expertise on student-loan debt and the changing contours of higher ed. And yet being an “expert” doesn’t shield me from my share of mistakes. Read full article > >

Follow this link:
The five worst mistakes I made as a new grad

France has confirmed it plans to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years ahead of the agreed Nato schedule.

Read the original:
VIDEO: France confirms early Afghan exit

At the end of his career, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer has reached a painful conclusion: “I believe,” he wrote in a letter, “I owe the gay community an apology.”

Here is the original post:
Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ‘Cure’

Seventeen years after the end of the war, Ratko Mladic gives the impression he is still on the battlefield in what was once Yugoslavia, staring down his enemy, glowering across the courtroom. Even gesticulating death threats.

Go here to read the rest:
Mladic gestures death threats in court

The State Department could jettison a multibillion-dollar training effort by the end of 2012 that has emerged as the latest high-profile example of America’s waning influence in the country.

View original post here:
U.S. May Scrap Costly Effort to Train Iraqi Police

From the end of WWII until the end of the Cold War, a British military train ran daily from West Germany through East Germany to West Berlin.

See the rest here:
VIDEO: The train that connected the West to Berlin

Pep Guardiola will stand down as Barcelona coach at the end of the season and will be replaced by assistant Tito Vilanova.

Read this article:
Guardiola to leave Barcelona post

Robert J. Stevens will retire as chief executive of defense giant Lockheed Martin at the end of the year, and Chris Kubasik, president and chief operating officer, will replace him, the company announced today. Read full article > >

See the article here:
Lockheed Martin’s Stevens to retire as CEO

Police are investigating an allegation that a steward at Reading FC’s ground was pushed over by a Nottingham Forest player at the end of a game.

Read the original post:
Footballer in steward shove probe

The Royal Mail is limiting the number of stamps retailers can buy to make sure it benefits fully from the price rise due at the end of the month.

View post:
Royal Mail limits shops’ stamps

Since the death of her daughter on a level crossing at the end of 2005, Tina Hughes has been working to improve their safety.

Originally posted here:
VIDEO: Mother’s level crossing safety fight

The mechanism by which stars spew out the raw ingredients for planets at the end of their lives is elucidated in a pioneering experiment.

See the original post:
Stardust recycling mystery solved

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli says in a statement that he will discuss his future with the club at the end of the season.

See original here:
Sorry Balotelli wants City talks

QPR sign Djibril Cisse from Lazio and agree a £4m fee with Fulham for Bobby Zamora, with the Cottagers signing Pavel Pogrebnyak from Stuttgart, as the clock ticks down to the end of the January transfer window at 2300 GMT.

Here is the original post:
Sportsday Live – Transfer Deadline Day

By the end of the year.

See the article here:
Starbucks India to Open 50 Cafes