By Emily McConville and Zach Klonsinski The University of Notre Dame reported $3.8 billion in “investments” in “Central America and the Caribbean” — more than a third of its total endowment pool — in its 2015 tax filings. Those billions may not, however, be in that region at all. Instead, University officials said, the money …
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MAP: All the Summer Olympics host and bid countries
The modern-day Summer Olympics started off small and became an international juggernaut, intertwined with world history and politics. Cities compete fiercely for the chance to host the Games. Some, like London, have gotten the Games every time they ask for them. Others, like Detroit, have bid five times or more without success. This map shows …
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TIMELINE: The History of the FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup has a long, strange history, involving world wars, stolen trophies, barefoot players, corruption scandals and, of course, Pele. Take a look at this timeline by Timeline JS to see all the ups, downs, kicks and goals.
Map: Coworking spaces flourish in South Bend
Coworking is the startup's testing ground. Less expensive than leasing a whole office and more focused than working from home, coworking offers space for individual workers and small companies to get the job done. Coworking spaces started in larger cities but have started to flourish in smaller places such as South Bend. On the map …
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GRAPHIC: More MLB pitches are hitting three digits — a lot more
In 2008, 69 pitches thrown in Major League Baseball topped 100 mph. In 2016, that number was 1,419. That's an increase of more than 1,900 percent. The graph below (you can click to enlarge) shows the steady increase of 100+ mph pitches in Major League Baseball over the past eight years. A peak in 2010 of …
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Google Trends: two stories
By Emily McConville These two Google Trends graphics represent search terms related to recent Trump executive actions and searches for Italian and American leaders in the past 90 days. Click on the gallery to read more.
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Editor’s note: This story was originally posted on Dec. 12, 2012 and is housed at RedLineProject.org By Bob Smith Gov. Pat Quinn visited DePaul University’s Loop campus on Wednesday to discuss how pension reform is harming the Monetary Award Program (MAP) college scholarships and access to higher education in Illinois. “This is so important to …