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42% of Harvard Freshmen Admit to Cheating

Survey won't exactly help university's image issues

(Newser) - To get into Harvard, you have to be the best and the brightest—or at least copy off the best and brightest's paper. In a Harvard Crimson survey, 10% of incoming freshmen said they'd cheated on a test, 17% admitted cheating on a paper or take-home project, and...

Now They're Cheating in ... Rhythmic Gymnastics?

Judges caught cheating on tests

(Newser) - The athletes all look so innocent in those sequined neon unitards, but rhythmic gymnastics (that's the one with the ribbons and hoops) is the latest Olympic sport caught up in a cheating scandal. But it isn't the athletes under fire. This time, the judges are the ones in...

Ex-Atlanta Schools Chief Indicted in Cheating Scam

Beverly Hall, 34 underlings accused of massive testing fraud

(Newser) - The astonishing improvement in test scores made by students in Atlanta last decade earned schools chief Beverly Hall plaudits from around the nation and superintendent-of-the-year honors in 2009. Now, they might get her 45 years in prison. Hall and 34 underlings were indicted today and accused of orchestrating a massive...

Faculty Furious After Harvard Snoops in Email Accounts

Administrators sought source of leak on cheating

(Newser) - Harvard faculty members are fuming over word that the university quietly searched 16 resident deans' email accounts following a cheating scandal . Administrators were investigating how an internal memo responding to the scandal was leaked to the media, the New York Times reports. "People are just bewildered at this point,...

Soccer Infiltrated by Organized Crime


 Soccer Infiltrated by 
 Organized Crime 
Match-Fixing Probe
Feb 4, 2013 10:36 AM CST

Soccer Infiltrated by Organized Crime

Investigation casts doubt on 680 matches

(Newser) - Is soccer completely rigged? You'd be forgiven for thinking that, in light of a Europol investigation released today that identifies 680 matches authorities suspect were fixed for gambling purposes. The alleged culprit: an Asia-based organized crime syndicate. Authorities suspect at least 425 people, including players and both match and...

About 60 Harvard Students Withdraw in Cheating Inquiry

A lot athletes reportedly were caught

(Newser) - A school investigation into widespread cheating on a final exam last year at Harvard has forced about 60 students to withdraw from school, reports Reuters . Some, if not all, might be able to return at some point. The trouble began last year when a professor noticed that a lot of...

NFL Investigates Chargers for Cheating

Team allegedly spotted using 'Stickum'

(Newser) - A sports team has been accused of using a banned substance—and for once, it's not performance enhancing drugs. No, the NFL is investigating reports that the San Diego Chargers used "Stickum," which, as its name implies, is a sticky substance designed to help players grab and...

Married Pundit D'Souza Takes Heat for New Fiancée

Anti-Obama author brought her to Christian conference

(Newser) - Last month, anti-Obama author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza shared a room with his fiancee at a Christian conference; the event was to feature "high-profile Christians" who would "speak on defending the faith and applying a Christian worldview to their lives." Thing is, D'Souza already has...

Maria's Pals: Arnold Lied on 60 Minutes

Shriver didn't know about Schwarzenegger's affairs, they insist

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger 'fessed up to multiple affairs during his 60 Minutes interview last night , but he also claimed Maria Shriver knew about them all. But Shriver's friends are calling "bulls**t" on that, as one source delicately puts it to TMZ . Had she known, she never would have...

Site Helps Unemployed Profs Write Student Papers

Creators laugh off the ethical concerns

(Newser) - Attention all slackers: A website based in Canada is here to "make your papers go away" so you can keep partying. UnemployedProfessors.com works a little like eBay, except the bidders in this case are out-of-work professors, and the goods are student assignments, reports Canada's National Post . The...

Harvard Cheat Suspects Taking Leave to Dodge Penalty: Reports

Athletes ducking out now so they can play next year

(Newser) - It sounds a little like ... cheating. Some of the Harvard students being investigated in a cheating scandal plan to take a leave of absence—to duck the possibility of being suspended for a year, insiders are telling the New York Times . Harvard isn't saying how many students are taking...

Mass Cheating Scandal Erupts at Harvard

Half of 279 'Intro to Congress' students investigated

(Newser) - Dozens of Harvard students are being investigated for possible cheating after officials discovered they may have shared or plagiarized answers on a final take-home exam last spring. More than half of the 279 students in the university's Introduction to Congress class are being investigated, reports the Harvard Crimson . "...

Scrabble Cheat Busted at National Championship

Young player was spotted hiding blank tiles

(Newser) - A young Scrabble player has been ejected—or, for a higher word score, expelled—from the national championship tournament in Florida for cheating. Organizers say the player was busted after a player at another table watched him conceal a pair of blank "wild card" tiles, the AP reports. When...

Trouble in Paradise for Anderson Cooper, Partner?

Despite rumors of engagement, Ben Maisani caught kissing another guy

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper said he kept quiet about his sexuality for years because he didn't want his private life to overwhelm his journalism. Oops, too late. Because now the Daily Mail has plenty of steamy pics of Cooper's long-time boyfriend (and rumored fiance) Ben Maisani making out with another...

Kristen Stewart Admits Cheating

She and director Rupert Sanders apologize

(Newser) - Sorry, Twilight fans, those nasty rumors turned out to be true: Kristen Stewart did cheat on Robert Pattinson with her Snow White director Rupert Sanders. Both Stewart and Sanders issued mea culpas today after lovey-dovey photos surfaced, reports TMZ .
  • Stewart: "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment
...

Mystery Tacks Deflate Tour de France Tires

Champ Cadel Evans among the riders with spiked tires

(Newser) - Why doesn't this happen more often? The Tour de France was humming along happily yesterday when scattered tacks on the road punctured the tires of several riders—including defending champ Cadel Evans, Sky News reports. Tour leader Bradley Wiggins called for the pack to slow down, so they all...

Anti-Adultery Ring? It Imprints &#39;I&#39;m Married&#39;
 Anti-Adultery Ring?
 It Imprints 'I'm Married'
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Jun 30, 2012 7:56 AM CDT

Anti-Adultery Ring? It Imprints 'I'm Married'

Engraving on the inside leaves words on your finger

(Newser) - Worried about your spouse slipping off the wedding ring and cheating on you? Put this in the last-resort category: a ring that leaves the words 'I'M MARRIED' on the flesh. The band is engraved on the inside, so an imprint on the skin is made after it's...

STDs: Open Relationships Safer Than Cheating
STDs: Open Relationships Safer Than Cheating
study says
Jun 15, 2012 4:32 PM CDT

STDs: Open Relationships Safer Than Cheating

Sneaky hookups involve more booze and fewer condoms, says study

(Newser) - A cheating lover is more likely to pick up and spread an STD than a person in an open relationship, according to a new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. The reason may be connected to drugs and booze, which are used 64% more in unfaithful hookups. This correlates...

Tax Cheating, Easy? Experts Tell You How

Accountants and tax lawyers share tips for beating Uncle Sam

(Newser) - So the New York Times is offering tips for tax cheaters. Guess we know which newspaper will be audited next—but for now, let's take advantage of the paper's survey of 20 tax lawyers, accountants, and policy wonks:
  • The easiest way to cheat is ... running your own company—
...

SAT Tightens Security Against Cheaters

Students will have to send in photos in advance

(Newser) - The millions of students who take the SAT or ACT each year will have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the college entrance exams, under a host of new security measures announced today in the aftermath of a major cheating scandal on Long Island. The two...

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