Digital divide widens as Internet non-users persist
A Pew-Internet study shows 9 percent use Internet only outside the home and 49 percent of non-users are over 65. Education, income, race affect access while 34 percent say Internet is not relevant, 32 percent find it difficult, and 19 percent cite cost as barriers. Urban and suburban users are more online than rural residents.
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Pew
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Democrats split on health care vote create political peril
The vote saw about 30 Democrats align with Republicans, while others defended the law. Rep. James Clyburn said many backed the GOP bill to shield themselves politically. Republicans blasted the move as a mess and called for scrapping the law as Obama allowed insurers to renew noncompliant policies with state regulator approval.
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Childhood cancer survivors face premature artery decline after therapy
A study of 319 Americans ages 9 to 18 who survived leukemia or other cancers shows signs of premature heart disease after completing treatment. Compared with 208 siblings without cancer, survivors have reduced arterial health, suggesting the need for heart healthy lifestyle changes and further research on reversing vessel damage.
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University of Minnesota
National Institutes of Health
University wait-list system eyed to streamline course signups
A campus plan proposes a centralized wait-list for full courses with 24 hour and 12 hour reminders and a final alert. It will verify basic eligibility, ignore prerequisites initially, and run only during self enrollment periods as part of a broader student record system update. Departments may opt in or out.
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