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Farmer Kevin Sullivan put solar panels on a portion of his property in Suffield, Conn.

For New England Farmers Looking To Make Ends Meet, The Sun Provides A Harvest

3:42pm August 24, 2017

by Patrick Skahill

Farmers in New England are renting parts of their land to solar energy developers, allowing the farmers to earn some much-needed extra money. But not everyone is happy about the trend.

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On Jan. 13, 2016, a cashier sells Powerball tickets in San Lorenzo, Calif. Later that day, three winning tickets split the record $1.6 billion jackpot. Wednesday's $758 million jackpot is the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. hist

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Convenience Store In Massachusetts Sells Winning Powerball Ticket

2:04pm August 24, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Mavis Wanczyk, 53, says she's leaving her job at a medical center after racking up the largest prize won by a lottery ticket in U.S. history: $758.7 million. She called the lottery "a pipe dream."

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and other campuses across the country are starting to fill up with students for the new academic semester.

Celebrating Intellectual Engagement On College Campuses

12:47pm August 24, 2017

by Barbara J. King

Sending your child off to college? It's important to appreciate what happens after move-in day — especially now, as there is a growing hostility to higher ed, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

What You Should Know About The New Summer SAT

11:33am August 24, 2017

by Elissa Nadworny

For the first time since the 1970s, the SAT will be offered in the summer. As students get ready to sit for the test this Saturday, we ask: What does this new date mean for students?

Energy Secretary Rick Perry had called for the study that says that a grid reliability problem could develop if more coal and nuclear power plants shut down.

Coal, Nuclear Power Would Benefit From Energy Department's Power Grid Study

11:10am August 24, 2017

by Jeff Brady

A controversial Energy Department report says the U.S. power grid could become less reliable if too much electricity comes from renewable energy and natural gas. Environmentalists doubt the report.

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Guidelines Expected Soon On Transgender People In The Military

8:42am August 24, 2017

President Trump announced a transgender ban in July with a tweet. David Greene talks to Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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In the U.S., the average age for initiating sexual activity has remained around 17 or 18 since the early 1990s, even as people have begun marrying later in life.

Abstinence Education Is Ineffective And Unethical, Report Argues

8:41pm August 23, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Researchers say that programs advocating abstinence until marriage fail to get teens to delay sexual activity and also prevent them from getting important information about pregnancy and STDs.

The Department of Justice has narrowed the scope of a warrant it served to web hosting company DreamHost. The government has demanded information about DisruptJ20.org, a website used to organize protests in Washington, D.C., during the Inauguration in Jan

Justice Department Narrows Request For Visitor Logs To Inauguration Protest Website

7:51pm August 23, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Dropping a request for some 1.3 million IP addresses, the Trump Administration says its will instead focus "on evidence of the planning coordination and participation in a criminal act."

Ten years ago today Chris Messina posted the first hashtag on Twitter: How do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?

#HappyBirthday: Quintessential Twitter Feature Turns 10

7:04pm August 23, 2017

by Leslie Cook

Originally envisioned as a method of organization, the hashtag has gone from an obscure idea to an indelible part of our communication landscape.

City workers drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday. The city council voted to cover the statues to symbolize the city's mourning of Heather Heyer, who was killed while

Charlottesville Shrouds Its Robert E. Lee And Stonewall Jackson Statues

7:04pm August 23, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The black tarps are a gesture of the city's mourning for Heather Heyer, who was struck and killed by a driver while she was protesting against a white supremacist rally on Aug. 12.