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Harvard President Drew Faust, left, and Congressman John Lewis unveil a plaque at Harvard's Wadsworth House honoring four slaves that had been owned by and worked for Harvard's past presidents in the university's Wadsworth House house in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, April 6, 2016. (Keith Bedford /The Boston Globe via AP)

Harvard installs plaque to honor slaves who worked there in 1700s

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 1, 2005, file photo, a bicyclist walks by Harvard University's Langdell Hall, which includes Harvard Law School's library, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard University drops ‘House master’ over slavery association

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in this Aug. 30, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Harvard debate team loses to inmates from maximum-security prison

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Singer Taylor Swift is among the thousands of celebrities who, in a pre-emptive move to protect their reputations, reportedly have purchased URLs that follow their names with new extensions such as .sucks, .xxx and .porn. (AP)

Taylor Swift, Microsoft among those buying up .porn suffixes

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Scarlett Johansson uses SodaStream products in a 2014 Super Bowl commercial. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Harvard’s SodaStream products pulled by dining hall after ‘microaggression’ worries

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

The White House offered praise of Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter Monday, but would not confirm rumors that he is the front-runner to replace his boss, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. The Senate confirmed him for his previous Pentagon post by unanimous consent. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter rumored front-runner for Defense Secretary

By Jim McElhatton and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ashton Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Feb. 12, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ashton Carter required ethics waiver to join Obama administration

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Edward Blum, director of the Project on Fair Representation, speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, announcing the filing of two lawsuits challenging the alleged racial preference admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Harvard, UNC sued over race-based admissions policies

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

GOLDEN HAMMER: Institute of Museum and Library Services uses taxes to subsidize rich museums

By Drew Johnson - The Washington Times

An image on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass. (credit:topscreenwriters.com) ** FILE **

Harvard police: Emailed threat may have come from overseas

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, workers, left, inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va. The powerful chemical industry is putting its lobbying muscle behind legislation that would establish standards for chemicals used in products from household goods to cellphones and plastic water bottles _ but also make it tougher for states to regulate them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

G’town, Harvard team to talk W.Va. chemical spill

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Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, speaks at the commencement ceremony at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem,N.C., Monday, May 19, 2014. &quot;What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you,&quot; Abramson told the Class of 2014 Monday morning. The Times announced last week that Abramson was being replaced by managing editor Dean Baquet. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Fired NYT executive Jill Abramson to teach at Harvard

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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Harvard Library confirms book among stacks is bound in human skin

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This May 13, 2014 photo provided by Kerstye Kau shows Waianae High School student Kahunui Foster posing for a photo in Honolulu, Hawaii. Foster, 18, will be the first from Waianae High to attend Harvard since 1980, according to the college’s registrar’s office.Foster is happy to inspire students to pursue college. Now that she’s acquired the nickname of “Harvard” around Waianae, underclassmen have been asking for advice on the college application process. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Kerstye Kau)

Waianae HS student Harvard-bound; 1st since 1980

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

An image on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass. (credit:topscreenwriters.com) ** FILE **

Catholics can declare victory in holy war over satanists at Harvard

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Harvard club drops much-criticized satanic Mass

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