But after its sale in 1999, enrollment began to decline as borrowers accused Brooks of high-pressure sales tactics, lying about graduation and job placement rates and misleading students about the school's high cost.
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Cory Turner,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2026
Many of those daycare centers were allowed to keep operating with high quality ratings, leaving parents with misleading information about lapses in care.
The first rule of thumb—and a solid piece of advice to live by—is that looks can be deceiving.
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Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
1 Nov. 2026
But looks are deceiving in this case – just like the 3X Plus and 3X before it, the trailer stretches out via three individual telescopic segments that emerge at the push of a button.
But attorneys for the group Defenders of Wildlife said the government was distorting the environmental law’s definition of a species by focusing only on the populations in Minnesota and the Northern Rockies.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2026
The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.
Realtor Monica Castelli is accused of kidnapping and elderly exploitation, while notary Derek Enrique is charged with falsifying a document.
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Joan Murray,
CBS News,
27 Oct. 2026
Earlier this year, a grand jury handed down a 30-count indictment against then-Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, for malfeasance, obstruction of justice and falsifying public records.
Rice takes curious young readers on a tour of the natural world that’s hiding in plain sight, focusing on the ways that plants and animals communicate and connect.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Nov. 2026
February 19 – March 20 An annoying little problem could be hiding a surprisingly easy fix.
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