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Regulators investigating MF Global for missing funds

Federal regulators have discovered that $950 million in customer money has gone missing from MF Global, which is run by former NJ governor Jon S. Corzine.

The recognition that money was missing scuttled at the 11th hour an agreement to sell a major part of MF Global to a rival brokerage firm.

read The originaL sTory on nyTimes com | ocT. 31, 2011

7 Billion people now share the world read The originaL sTory on nyTimes com | nov. 1, 2011

According to United Nations demographers, the world’s population topped seven billion people.

As for the United States Census Bureau’s projections, they estimate that even with the world’s population increasing by 215,120 a day, it won’t reach seven billion for about four months.

Their population clock projects that about 255 people are born every minute while about 106 die.

U.S. report accuses China and Russia of internet spying read The originaL sTory on nyTimes com | nov. 3, 2011

American intelligence agencies reported to Congress that China and Russia’s foreign governments steal valuable American technology over the internet as a matter of national policy.

American officials have for years hinted that China and Russia were leading suspects in the internet theft to steal proprietary corporate information to accelerate their own economic development.

This Week At Cabrini

Thursday, Nov. 10

Junior Registration Begins

Junior-priority student registration for Spring Semester 2012 starts.

Cabrini Theatre presents “And Then They Came For Me”

“And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank” is presented in the Grace Hall theatre from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 13

Mass Celebrate mass in the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Pianist Sylvia Toran

Pianist Sylvia Torán will give a free performance in the Mansion from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

All are welcome to attend this free event.

Penn State officials charged in sex-abuse investigation

Pennsylvania State University athletic director Tim Curley and another university official were charged Saturday with perjury related to a child sexual abuse investigation of longtime Nittany Lions assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Curley, a 1976 Penn State graduate, has been athletic director since December 1993 and worked for Paterno as a graduate assistant and recuriting coordinator before he was named assistant to the athletic director in 1981.

Pakistan indicts 7 in Bhutto Assassination read The originaL sTory on nyTimes com | nov. 5, 2011

Officials have been slow to address air pollution in Beijing, where a heavy fog hung over Tiananmen Square for the last few days in October.

A spokesman for the city’s environmental protection bureau, Du Shaozhong, assured the public that they should feel secure in the government’s own readings, which termed the city’s air “slightly polluted” even as the embassy monitor found it so hazardous that it exceeded measurable levels.

Friday, Nov. 11

Discussion about the Federal Government and Public Education Students and faculty are invited to a discussion about “The Role of the Federal Government in Public Education” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Widener Center Lecture Hall. This discusion is organized by the League of Women Voters in Philadelphia, Radnor, Haverford, Lower Merion, and Narberth. There will be a pizza break for attendees.

Monday, Nov. 14

Sophomore Registration Begins read The originaL sTory on nyTimes com | nov. 5, 2011

Sophomore-priority student registration for Spring Semester 2012 starts.

Green Team Meeting Stop by the Wolfington Center on the third floor of Founder’s Hall from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and be part of the green team. Be part of planning events for the Garden Club, Earth Week, Recycling Initiatives, and much more.

A Pakistani antiterrorism court indicted five militants and two police officers in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Seven people, including the former police chief of Rawalpindi, were charged with being part of a conspiracy.

The government had blamed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, for masterminding the attack before he who was killed by C.I.A drone strike in 2009.

Saturday, Nov. 12

Fall Open House

Explore your intended major with faculty and current students, tour our campus, enjoy lunch while chatting with alumni and current students, attend a student or parent panel, explore the “Spotlights of Cabrini,” and learn about the Cabrini Experience. From noon until 5 p.m., come experience our college. Registration is required.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Cabrini Day

All classes are cancelled until 4:30 p.m. so that students, faculty, and staff can participate in this annual celebration of Cabrini’s heritage and mission, honoring the College’s namesake, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, and is the centerpiece of Cabrini Spirit Week. This year’s theme is “Orphans & Vulnerable Children: Children Who Hurt”

Marvine Street takes beautification prize read The originaL sTory on PhiLLy com | nov. 6, 2011 Citizens were ready to sweep, paint, decorate, plant, repair, and redo the neat two-story row houses with the bowed fronts and porches that dominate the block. read The originaL sTory on PhiLLy com | nov. 7, 2011

Cabrini

Theatre

presents “And Then They Came For Me”

Cabrini students involved in theatre, drama and comedy throughout the year, work on-stage and behind the scenes to produce entertainment while learning about the arts.

“And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank” will take place in the Grace Hall theatre select weekends in November.

read The originaL sTory on cabrini edu | nov. 8, 2011

by maryKaTe mccann sTaff wriTer mm3585@cabrini edu