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At Long Last, Signs That College Tuition Might Come Down

The costs of higher education are softening in some places, but experts aren't too excited yet.

Bill Vogt, the last remaining San Diego State University student known to have attended classes at the old campus in University Heights, shows off his graduate diploma, Aug. 16, 2018.

Oldest Known SDSU Alum Receives Diploma At 105

Almost nine decades after San Diego State opened its current campus, one of the first students to set foot there finally got his diploma Thursday. Bill Vogt is 105 years old. He graduated in 1935.

Ten years ago today Chris Messina posted the first hashtag on Twitter: How do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?

#HappyBirthday: Quintessential Twitter Feature Turns 10

Originally envisioned as a method of organization, the hashtag has gone from an obscure idea to an indelible part of our communication landscape.

Nico Walker wrote his semi-autobiographical novel Cherry while in federal prison for armed bank robbery.

An Iraq Veteran, Heroin Addict, Bank Robber And Debut Novelist

Nico Walker is currently in federal prison for bank robbery. That's given him plenty of time to write his semi-autobiographical novel Cherry, which has received glowing advance reviews.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is considering taking the company private, saying it would be less distracting that the "enormous pressure" of meeting quarterly financial targets.

8 Years After Going Public, Elon Musk Wants To Take Tesla Private

Tesla's CEO said that as a public company, the automaker is distracted by wild swings in stock price and is under "enormous pressure" to make decisions that might hurt the company in the long term.

Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in a 2007 photo, issued a ruling last week striking down a FEC regulation on anonymous gifts to "dark money" groups.

Judge Shuts Down Multimillion-Dollar Loophole In Election Law

Noah Bookbinder, of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said the case "closes one of the loopholes that has allowed the system to get out of control."

The author of Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, walks with her mother Chrisann Brennan in Palo Alto, Calif. in the early 1990s.

A Memoir Of An '80s California Childhood — And Being Steve Jobs' Daughter

In Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs insists that hers is a universal story about growing up with an artistic, itinerant single mom — and the founder of Apple, before he was ready to be her father.

The San Diego County Supervisors pose for a photo after the swearing in new supervisors Jim Desmond and Nathan Fletcher, Jan. 7,2019.

Nathan Fletcher Proposes Assistance To Asylum Seekers As First Act On Board Of Supervisors

Fletcher represents District 4 on the board of supervisors. The district includes most of the central city of San Diego from La Jolla to downtown, from Ocean Beach to Encanto.

Peter Cvjetanovic (right) chants while holding torches at a march organized by neo-Nazi, white supremacist and white nationalist organizations in Charlottesville, Va., on Friday night.

On The Internet, Everyone Knows 'You're A Racist': Twitter Account IDs Marchers

They weren't hiding their faces as they waved swastikas and shouted white supremacist and Nazi slogans. Now Internet sleuths are identifying (and misidentifying) the Charlottesville marchers.

The author's grandfather, Vicente Guerra, is pictured in a mugshot from San Quentin State Prison. He was sentenced to five years to life for the 1931 murder of Joseph Retotar.

My Grandfather, A Killer

Denise Guerra, a second-generation Filipino American, never met her grandfather. When she finally learned a long-held family secret, it shattered her view of the quintessential immigrant narrative.

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