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WASHINGTON — In the decade after World War II, 2 million veterans went to college on the new GI Bill, and almost all of them graduated and went on to power the post-war economic boom.

This fall, tens of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans are enrolled in colleges and universities across the country, courtesy of the GI Bill. But almost all of them — 88 percent — will drop out by next summer, feeling isolated and frustrated in an alien culture.

Before they disappear from campus, they will contribute to another dismaying statistic: student veterans are seven times more likely to attempt suicide than their civilian counterparts.

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Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Then maybe don’t try to plagiarize one.

That’s what one University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill football player is accused of doing. The News & Observer reports a review found class assignments submitted by Erik Highsmith, a senior wide receiver, appeared too close for comfort to certain essays posted on the Internet:

The first entry was virtually identical to a passage on an education website written by four 11-year-olds for their peers. The second mirrored much of an essay someone posted on Urch.com, a website that helps people prepare for the SAT, GRE and other college entry exams.

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Many consider the Roller Coaster Tycoon series to be a classic game that satisfies your SimCity-like urges to build stuff, but without stuff like earthquakes. Roller Coaster Tycoon is simple, but can also be a deep experience. You can also use it to build some really cool things – like Mario Kart tracks for instance.

It’s always fun to use one game to build things from other games. It’s not all about Minecraft, people. Although yes, that is a fun and awesome game. Hopefully next we will see someone make a Minecraft version of Roller Coaster Tycoon that has Mario Kart tracks.

So now I’m curious, who out there still plays Roller Coaster Tycoon? If you don’t, what is your favorite sim/building game?

[via Geekosystem]

BERLIN — German authorities have ordered a recall of some shipments of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.

The Paul Ehrlich Institute said in a statement Thursday that the measure is a precaution after Novartis reported some instances of small particles appearing in the vaccines that could potentially cause adverse reactions.

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Today Microsoft is hosting their official Windows 8 launch party. We’ll be learning all about the new and improved Windows 8 experience. That isn’t all though. Another main feature of the Windows 8 experience is the new Windows Store — the download center of Windows 8-based PCs, notebooks tablets and more. While we didn’t get anything too new or specific today, here’s what Microsoft’s Steve Sinofsky had to say:

The new Windows Store will be the heart and download center of Windows 8, and even more importantly Windows RT — since Store apps are the only ones that will work properly in Windows RT. Then again we already knew that. Sadly we were hoping to report at least a few numbers regarding the brand new Windows Store and how many apps will be available today, but that didn’t happen.

However, Sinofsky did share a few tips that hints at Windows Store being one of the biggest and best App stores in the world. Between PC’s, Laptops, Ultrabooks, and tablets the Windows Store has the biggest audience and the most potential of any “App Store” today. Clearly aiming at Android and Apple in that regard. The sheer number of devices that developers can target is the largest of any platform. While we didn’t get any actual numbers to brag about (they didn’t have any bragging rights apparently) Microsoft was quick to point out that their Windows Store will have more apps “at launch” than any other app store in history. Clearly meaning they have a great start, but that’s basically it.

The all new Windows Store in Windows 8 is enjoying the grand opening starting today worldwide. The Windows Store is open for business as of today in 231 markets worldwide, and available in 109 languages out of the gate. More will be added daily and throughout the next few weeks. For any and all details on Windows you’ll surely want to take a peek at our Windows 8 Review, as well as our Microsoft Surface RT Review. Stay tuned for plenty of Windows 8 news all day long.

Microsoft Windows Store opens today in 231 markets is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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