Busted!
What do you do if you work at a bank and need to borrow some money? Steal it from a dead guy's account, of course.

Angelo Cappelli, a graduate of Yale University, was recently arrested for stealing $114,989.00 from the estate of a recently deceased man. The estate totaled nearly $160,000 and was supposed to go to a local charity.

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The New York Times recently posted a video about applied physics professor Robert Grober's extracurricular pastime - golf. During his time at at Bell Labs and Yale, Grober has been developing a device to help golfers with their swing by providing real time audio feedback that tracks the speed of their clubs.

This is a pretty cool invention. Hop

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Yale Alum Harry Potter may think that broomsticks are only useful for Quidditch matches, fighting dragons, and the occasional duel with Lord Voldemort, but some teenage fans may have discovered the best use of all:

A Harry Potter toy broomstick that vibrates is proving a little too popular with teenage girls. Called the Nimbus 2000, the toy is ...

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According to the YDN,

Social Security numbers for over 10,000 current and former students, faculty and staff were compromised last month following the theft of two University computers, officials said Tuesday.

The computers were stolen from the Yale College Dean’s Office on July 17, in only the latest in a series of data security breaches that ...

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Remember good old Creed Bratton from The Office ? You probably do, since The Office is the 2nd most popular TV show at Yale according to Facebook. Well, Creed has a blog. And it's a great one at that. Here are some highlights:

They should rename the Virgin Islands. That was an expensive mistake.

I got into a car accident yesterday and I just t...

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Why is Barack Obama the only candidate whose campaign has a Facebook application?

Facebook has come under scrutiny for its alleged favoritism toward Obama, and some have charged that "Barack Obama's campaign has received an unfair upper hand from the online social networking site" in the form of insider pre-launch access to the Facebook Platfor

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The New York Times reports that because of the Democratic primary, Hillary and Obama won't speak to each other.

Many Senate observers, even those close to Mrs. Clinton, say they believe she set the less-than-collegial tone. But Mr. Obama offered a glimpse into his own competitiveness two years ago when a Chicago television reporter who had come...

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