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  Colleges Get Career-Minded

  Some liberal-arts schools are beginning to make career development a mission-critical aspect of the college experience, with everything from ramped-up career services to academic programs emphasizing real-world applications.

  • CEOs Debate: Do the Liberal Arts Pay Off?

• Seven Reasons Why 'The Avengers' Smashed Box Office Records

  Why did "The Avengers" shatter the record for the biggest opening in movie history? Seven secrets of the blockbuster movie's success.

• Under Attack

  When a suicide bomber struck a convoy in Afghanistan, a routine Marine patrol turned into a harrowing firefight. Michael M. Phillips with an eyewitness account of bravery and tragedy in the confusion of war.

  • Video: Under Attack: A Reporter's Story
  • Photos: Eyewitness Account of Attack

• The Big Doubt Over Facebook

  As Facebook prepares for an IPO on May 18, some advertisers are doubting whether they're getting their money's worth buying new forms of ads on the social network.

• The ABCs of Beating Obesity

  Obesity is so entrenched in the U.S. that it will take an intense push by schools, employers, doctors and others to reverse an epidemic that accounts for billions of dollars in annual health-care costs.

  • Boat Operators Struggle With Heavier Load

• To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children

• Hazing Charges in Drum Major's Death

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  Education Slowdown Threatens U.S.

• Rethinking the Value of Business Majors

• Facebook's Growth Slows as IPO Nears

• Grappling With a Garbage Glut

• College Waitlists Offer Little Hope