Interesting facts

Obama warned Friday that rising tuition costs are now threatening to surpass the ability of government to help pay for them. Between 1999 and 2010, inflation adjusted prices for undergraduate tuition, room and board rose 37% at public schools and 25% at private colleges, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, part of the Education Department.

“We’re going to see an absolute explosion of data … we’re either going to drown in data or we’re going to be able to manage it in a way that gives better quality decisions,” said Spelman.

But minutes later, someone posted a document on the site Pastebin showing what appears to be White’s Social Security number, cellphone number, address, legal cases and other information including his wife’s name. (A later, edited version removed family information).

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby and Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, will be in New York for talks Monday with the United Nations, an Arab League official said. They will meet with the Security Council during the visit, said the official, who cannot be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

The kidnappers were demanding the release of Ali Nasser Hareekdan, whom a local council official in Mareb province said was the prime suspect behind the killing of four Yemeni troops. The soldiers were responsible for securing a business route for oil tankers.