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  Statistics and data science degrees: Overhyped or the real deal?

  October 11, 2018 3:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) P. Richard Hahn, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) “Data science” is hot right now. The number of undergraduate degrees in statistics has tripled in the past decade, and as a statistics professor, I can tell you that it isn’t because freshmen love statistics. Way back in 2009, economist Hal Varian of Google dubbed statistician the “next sexy job.” Since then, statistician,

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  Italy held 1-1 by Ukraine as winless streak reaches 5

  October 11, 2018 3:00 IST

  Italy's winless streak reached five matches following a 1-1 draw at home with Ukraine in a friendly on Wednesday _ extending the Azzurri's poor run of form following their failure to qualify for the World Cup

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  Newark airport getting new $2.7 billion terminal

  October 11, 2018 3:00 IST

  Newark Liberty International Airport's smallest and most antiquated terminal is getting a major upgrade

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  Arizona shelter shut in latest case of migrant child abuse

  October 11, 2018 2:45 IST

  Federal officials say staff members at a Phoenix-area shelter for unaccompanied migrant children physically abused three children, leading to the closure of the shelter

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  California judge says she will order a new trial for cancer-stricken man awarded $289 million in Roundup case

  October 11, 2018 2:45 IST

  California judge says she will order a new trial for cancer-stricken man awarded $289 million in Roundup case

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  All 15 Texas Catholic dioceses to name accused priests

  October 11, 2018 2:45 IST

  The 15 Catholic dioceses in Texas early next year will release the names of clergy who have served in a parish since 1950 who have been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse of a minor

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  Review: Chazelle's 'First Man' is at once intimate and grand

  October 11, 2018 2:45 IST

  Film Review: Damien Chazelle's 'First Man' is an intimate portrait of a man and his very grand achievement

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  Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania as hurricane hits Florida

  October 11, 2018 2:30 IST

  President Donald Trump is taking his campaign blitz to Pennsylvania, rallying Republicans as Hurricane Michael pounds Florida's Panhandle

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  Sierra Leone suspended as 7 days of African qualifiers start

  October 11, 2018 2:30 IST

  Sierra Leone's matches with Ghana in African Cup of Nations qualifying canceled, unclear if will be re-scheduled

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  Minnesota lawmaker apologizes for yanking mic from opponent

  October 11, 2018 2:15 IST

  A Minnesota state lawmaker is apologizing after he yanked a microphone from the hand of his Democratic challenger during a forum that was livestreamed over the internet

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  Planned Parenthood unveils plan to protect abortion access

  October 11, 2018 2:15 IST

  Planned Parenthood has launched a campaign to protect access to abortion as much as possible even if the Supreme Court, now joined by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, moves to curtail a woman's right to undergo the procedure

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  Man pleads guilty to 3 counts of murder in Walmart shooting

  October 11, 2018 2:15 IST

  A man charged with opening fire and killing three people at a crowded Walmart in suburban Denver has pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in a plea agreement that calls for him to serve a life sentence

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  Canada pipeline blast risks Washington natural gas shortage

  October 11, 2018 2:15 IST

  A massive pipeline explosion in British Columbia risks cutting off the flow of Canadian natural gas to Washington State and companies are urging customers to conserve

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  Coroner: Verne Troyer death suicide by alcohol intoxication

  October 11, 2018 2:15 IST

  The Los Angeles County coroner says diminutive actor Verne Troyer died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication

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  How meteorologists predict the next big hurricane

  October 11, 2018 2:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Bourassa, Florida State University and Vasu Misra, Florida State University(THE CONVERSATION) Hurricane Michael, an unprecedented Category 4 hurricane, has made landfall in the panhandle region of Florida. Hurricanes can cause immense damage due to the winds, waves and rain, not to mention the chaos as the general population prepares for severe weather. The latter is getting

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  Marine, businessman battle in unusual congressional district

  October 11, 2018 1:45 IST

  A contest that could determine the balance of power in the U.S. House is being fought in a vast, rural district in Maine.

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  Louisiana hospice company buys New Jersey-based chain

  October 11, 2018 1:30 IST

  A Louisiana-based home health and hospice company says it is buying a nationwide hospice company based in New Jersey, and will become the nation's third-largest hospice provider

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  Florida Panhandle reporters in the dark as Michael hits land

  October 11, 2018 1:30 IST

  Local news reporters are working in the dark as Hurricane Michael comes ashore in Florida's Panhandle

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  Colombia urges rebels who left reintegration area to return

  October 11, 2018 1:00 IST

  Colombia's foreign minister is urging leaders of the leftist rebel group that signed a peace deal with the government to return to camps for ex-guerrillas "and not get lost, once again, on the path of violence and illegality."

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  Former MLB star Lenny Dykstra indicted for drugs, threats

  October 11, 2018 1:00 IST

  A grand jury in New Jersey has indicted former baseball star Lenny Dykstra on drug and other charges

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  Ronald Reagan is waving to crowds again - as a hologram

  October 11, 2018 1:00 IST

  Ronald Reagan waves to a crowd from aboard a rail car during a 1984 campaign stop in a new hologram revealed at the late president's namesake library in California

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  College Football Picks: Why Pac-12 needs Washington to win

  October 11, 2018 1:00 IST

  College Football Picks: Why Pac-12 needs No. 7 Washington to beat No. 17 Oregon

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  Former reality TV star gets 16 years after fatal DUI crash

  October 11, 2018 1:00 IST

  A former reality TV star will serve 16 years in prison for killing a U.S. Coast Guard technician in a drunken wrong-way collision on a Virginia highway

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  Rain wipes out play in 1st ODI between Sri Lanka and England

  October 11, 2018 1:00 IST

  Rain wiped out play after just 15 overs of the first one-day international between Sri Lanka and England on Wednesday

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  AT&T, WarnerMedia to offer their own streaming service

  October 11, 2018 0:45 IST

  AT&T and WarnerMedia are joining the ever-expanding list of streaming video services with their own product due to launch late next year

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  No live Barb, many Demogorgons at Universal haunted house

  October 11, 2018 0:45 IST

  There may be no "Justice for Barb" at Universal Orlando Resort's "Stranger Things" haunted house, but the beloved, ill-fated character does reappear in grand, gory style

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  Knicks intent on rebuilding and not afraid to say it

  October 11, 2018 0:45 IST

  The New York Knicks are focused on rebuilding and not being shy about it

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  Refinery near national park avoids potential big roadblock

  October 11, 2018 0:30 IST

  North Dakota regulators won't order a company to stop work on an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park so they can study the appropriateness of the site