Venus transit across the sun captivates global audience
In 1882 crowds watched Venus cross the sun as astronomers sought the Sun-Earth distance. The 1900s event returns June 8, with schools, museums, and a Greece webcast. scientists deem it historically significant for early astronomical measurements and international collaboration.
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Growing share of high income students take college loans
A federal study shows the share of full time, financially dependent students borrowing for college rose from 30 percent in 1990 to 45 percent in 2000. Grants grew but did not keep pace with tuition hikes, pushing more families to rely on loans with average amounts ranging from 5,200 to 7,400 depending on income.
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More families opt for school loans in college funding
A National Center for Education Statistics report shows that by 2000 about half of middle income undergrads had borrowed, with 35 percent of students from the highest income tier ($124,600) taking loans up from 13 percent in 1990. Loans surpassed grants in shaping the net cost to students at public four year colleges, while after college debt grows as a concern.
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Expanded mad cow testing begins in U S
The Agriculture Department launched expanded national testing for mad cow disease aiming to examine about 220,000 cattle over the next year to 18 months. Officials said one day's samples were handled despite regional labs not yet ready for the initial tests.
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Woman recognized as world's oldest person dies
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan died at 114 in a Rio Piedras nursing home after pneumonia. Guinness had named her the world’s oldest living woman in April, while her birth years reflect 1889 with conflicting Aug 31 and Sept 1 dates.
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