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The university's new stadium will be named after a private prison company. The GEO Group gave FAU a $6 million gift that "delighted" the administration but prompted protests from students. Friday, university President Mary Jane Saunders said the deal was a "closed book," despite allegations of abuse at the company's institutions.

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One photographer's view from the road

Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - people in the past month.

Richard Gere talks about playing the bad guy

A star honouring actor Richard Burton has been unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on St David's Day, next to that of Elizabeth Taylor, who he married twice.

Measures to prevent illegal timber, which is estimated to account for 30% of the global trade, from entering the EU come into force on Sunday.

A deadly form of skin cancer is able to avoid attack from the body's immune system, UK researchers have found.

Airline Ryanair says it plans to cut the number of flights from Stansted Airport by nine per cent.

The patients getting fit for cancer surgery

A charity which supports victims of honour-based crimes calls for a serious case review of Shafilea Ahmed's murder.

A convicted fraudster is sentenced to an additional 10 years in jail after failing to repay £14m in taxes.

Comedian Tim Vine on one-liners, pirates and talking to himself

In the end, President Obama and other Democrats had less leverage than Republicans because of a fundamental asymmetry: Large federal spending cuts alarmed Democrats; Republicans, not so much.

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Israeli army grapples with spate of damaging social media posts

The Pope's resignation was met with a lightning strike: Is this odd?

Last-ditch talks between US political leaders end without a budget deal, bringing on cuts which President Obama calls "inexcusable".

A US government report on controversial plans to build an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas says it raises no major environmental concerns.

Cricket faces its own post-Maynard inquest

The U.S. Air Force will pay Gulfstream nearly $50 million to maintain its C-37 executive jets, in a contract announced the day before the federal budget was set to absorb $85 billion in automatic spending cuts.

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Safety experts call for better traceability when consumers buy household appliances like fridges, cookers and tumble driers