Obama backs book bailout

07/18/11 Payne: President Obama on Monday announced a $500 million federal bailout for Borders, the Ann Arbor-based national superstore book chain, on fears that bankruptcy could destroy American reading and leave millions of children illiterate. 'If Republicans allow this American icon to die,' warned Obama, 'American literacy will plummet and our children will not be able to compete internationally for ...

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Big Ten mailblog

07/19/11 Mail time. No mailblog Friday as I'll be off, but get those emails in for next week as we approach Big Ten media days. Keygan from Lincoln, Neb., writes: Hey Adam. I feel like the only one who thinks this whole "pay-for-play" idea is utterly ridiculous, so it'd be nice to hear your thoughts on it. I'm a music education major AND in the marching band at Nebraska. I support the school. I spend ...

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Nebraska Football: 11 Things We Need to See in the First Game

07/18/11 College football is a strange passion. It drives otherwise rational adults to obsess over Twitter feeds of high school athletes, purchase and wear face paint and funny clothes and spend thousands of dollars to visit less-than-ideal vacation sites like Happy Valley, PA, Ann Arbor, MI and Laramie, WY. And only a college football fan would understand spending months anxiously awaiting the ability ...

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