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TCU Receives $500 000 in federal stimulus money

Funds to go to federal work study and chemistry

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Fort Worth, TX - The Federal Work-Study program, which funds part-time student employment at the university, received $148,446, while the Trans-National Science Foundation Recovery Act awarded the university an additional $345,000 for chemistry research.

The Purple Poll Answered - "Ground Zero" Mosque

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Do you think it’s offensive to build a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero?

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Restaurants around Cowboys Stadium to hold tailgates

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From free shuttles to reduced prices on food and drinks, hot spots around Cowboys Stadium offer both hospitality and discounts to fans on game days, including the Horned Frog football season opener this Saturday.

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Today In Pictures - Friday September 9

Honors College to host first-ever film competition

Residents of Milton Daniel Hall and students of the John V. Roach Honors College have the opportunity to win $1,000 in the college’s first-ever film competition.

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Governor Rick Perry refuses to appear at October gubernatorial debate

Gov. Rick Perry has nothing to gain and everything to lose by participating in an October debate with opponent Bill White, which was why he has declined to do so, according to one political science professor.

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New Nike Pro Combat Uniform unveiled in time for game at Cowboys Stadium

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The Horned Frogs will open the 2010 football season on Saturday with two firsts: the team will wear the recently unveiled Nike Pro Combat uniforms and will play in Cowboys Stadium for the first time.

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Volleyball player nominated for CLASS award

Senior volleyball player Christy Hudson had no idea she had been nominated for a national award until she checked her Facebook wall. Hudson said a friend in Minnesota was the first to tell her that she was a candidate for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, an achievement offered to volleyball players for the first time this year. Full story

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Future of MWC unsure

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Brigham Young University will leave the Mountain West Conference starting next season and Chancellor Victor Boschini said he is unsure of whether the conference will make further changes in the future.

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Tickets still available for Saturday's Oregon State game

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After two hours under the sweltering Texas sun, sophomore speech pathology major Lacey Gardell slowly moved forward in a line wrapping around the parking lot of TCU’s Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. She was hot, tired and frustrated but stayed in the line for another hour hoping to procure the best seats available for Saturday’s Cowboys Classic against the Oregon State University Beavers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

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Opinion

Embryonic stem cell research has the power to treat the world’s most destructive diseases and politics are preventing this vision from becoming a reality.

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