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Complaint accuses UNC of downplaying sexual assault despite federal rebuke

A complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education accuses administrators at the University of North Carolina of downplaying sexual assault cases at the school, and pressuring the assistant dean of students to under-report such cases. The accusations indicate that the school could be ignoring concerns that the U.S. Department…

Oops: Perry adds new agency to cut, forgets another

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry may have had another “oops” moments on Friday. The Texas governor managed to recite three federal agencies he would abolish as president — but one of them was the wrong one. “Three right off the bat, you know, commerce, interior and energy are three that…