Not long ago, moving students and staff between Europe’s largely state-controlled universities was next to impossible; U.K. admissions officers, for example, were baffled when confronted by Portuguese transcripts, which graded students on a 20-point scale. And the Portuguese were equally confused by what exactly differentiated a British first-class degree from an upper second. National funding systems across Europe discouraged mobility, rewarding institutions that retained students and providing no incentives to study away from home....

The shocking scene was witnessed on Thursday morning between 9 and 10 a.m. in Estes Park, which is the base camp for the wildlife-filled Rocky Mountain National Park. Local park officials said the elk are currently entering into their annual breeding season, known as a “rut.” Videos were uploaded to social media Thursday by park worker Brian Berg, who was able to halt an attack by driving his truck between the bull elk and a woman who was trying to defend herself from the ground....

Rose, who admittedly remained in bed for five days after the injury, walked up on crutches and sat down with the same stoicism he has showed in the past. MORE: Doctor projects Rose’s success rate | Bulls have trade options | DraftStreet: Play fantasy But, as reporters started to fire questions, Rose flashed emotion and expressed a determination to return. Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau spoke about Rose's resolve in the immediate aftermath of his injury, and it was on display Thursday....

Thibodeau is so basketball-first that he can’t stand being too far away from the practice facility, which moved from Deerfield, Ill. , to Chicago this year. Thibodeau hasn’t found his ideal home yet in Chicago and preferred a hotel to an apartment lease because he makes enough money to afford it. Thibodeau knew entering the year that he might not be long for the Bulls. MORE: GM downplays issues with Thibodeau | Impressive Game 1 win...

They’re currently holding on to the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot at 22-23, heading into a matchup on the road against the Magic Tuesday night. However, that doesn’t mean the team, whose United Center flies six championship banners accumulated during the Michael Jordan era, can’t provide fans with one of the most interactive and engaging social media experiences in the league. That’s just what it did when it produced its very own murder mystery, starrting the Bulls’ mascot and cheerleaders known as the ‘Luvabulls’, on Snapchat....

The four-time winners were tipped to be on a mission to erase the memories of their 2018 group stage exit with a positive start in Qatar, but their clash at the Khalifa International Stadium ended in disaster. Ilaky Gundogan’s first-half penalty calmed German nerves in Doha, but Japan turned the tide in the second half to seal a deserved win. The inquest into Germany’s defeat will begin immediately, but the biggest question may be this: How were Germany so unprepared for a Japan side packed with Bundesliga-based talent?...

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No way, according to a provocative new show at The Museum of Modern Art in New York called “The Un-Private House.” Not that any of the 26 avant-garde designs at MoMA–some built, some not–are likely to become a suburban developer’s blueprint. What’s significant, says curator Terence Riley, is that they challenge the most sacred tenet of the single-family house: that a dwelling is a private refuge. With more people working at home, the line between public and private arenas has blurred....

So far, however, Democrat Ben Cardin has held Steele off—he’s leading by 7 points in the latest Rasmussen poll. The 10-term congressman from Baltimore has formed strong alliances in the state, including one with his primary opponent, Kweisi Mfume, the former president of the NAACP. In addition, Cardin, who voted against the Iraq-war resolution, has brought in Sen. Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton to help shore up support among the base....

How to pacify The Beast? Bill Clinton had done it in 1992 with endless games of hearts and late-night policy gabfests that mesmerized writers with the manic reach of his mind. Bush, true to his own heritage, did it by becoming the clownish but calculating social chairman of a fraternity he had never wanted to join. He charmed people he didn’t trust, played the fool for laughs and lowered expectations, and mastered the dynamics of a foreign culture: fuselage journalism....

Last week Bush was at his unscripted worst on his first campaign swum of the 1992 season, a six-stop tour through New Hampshire, site of next month’s crucial primary. His sentences piled up; he blurted out handlers’ notes verbatim: “Message: I care,” he said. He was local, he said, because he’d gone to high school nearby-meaning he’d prepped at Andover. He grew unconvincingly angry at cardboard bogeymen. He issued mock orders....

Lieberman’s reversal underscores the new role that he is seeking to play in the Senate as the leading apostle of bipartisanship, especially on national-security issues. On Wednesday night, Bush conspicuously cited Lieberman’s advice as being the inspiration for creating a new “bipartisan working group” on Capitol Hill that he said will “help us come together across party lines to win the war on terror.” But the decision by Lieberman, the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to back away from the committee’s Katrina probe is already dismaying public-interest groups and others who hoped the Democratic victory in November would lead to more aggressive investigations of one of the White House’s most spectacular foul-ups....

The Oval Office is usually a vortex. Politicians and favor seekers troop through, demanding and wheedling. Cabinet officers squabble, the press snipes and the public watches skeptically. Yet since the gulf war began, Bush has been blessed with an unusual absence of discord and second-guessing. His 86 percent approval rating is the highest since Harry Truman’s on the eve of VJ Day in 1945, thanks in part to an adversary who accommodates Bush with fresh outrages every day....

In part, he does it by being comfortable with himself. Bush may appear goofy and inarticulate at times, but he seems genuine, at least in informal settings. Before he gained the White House, Bush seemed to have the tense, strained air of a polite, wellbred man trying, rather unsuccessfully, to disguise his ambition. Having attained his life’s goal, he seems more relaxed. Bush has even developed a knack for letting voters in on the charade....

The letter was signed by about 70 business leaders and corporate executives. Executives from BlackRock, Coca-Cola Co., Delta Air Lines, Home Depot, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Power and UPS were among those who signed the letter, along with executives from the Metro Atlanta Chamber and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. It was posted online to a new website created to support the passage of hate crimes legislation. “Georgia is annually hailed as one of the ‘Best places to do business,’ and in order to maintain that reputation, and encourage prospective companies to locate here and workers to live here, we must also be in the business of advancing policies that support the positive change and social impact our communities need in order to build a more just and inclusive world,” the letter said....

That’s because the competition has really heated up. Once the province of every amateur accordion player and karaoke crooner, busking in many places now requires a permit. In Paris, where there are 360 licensed subway musicians, only one in three makes the cut. Rotterdam started giving out busking licenses in 2000. And just last month London, where illegal buskers have long waged a guerrilla war with police, acceded to the demands of the public (eight in 10 say they want music in the Tube) and made the practice legal....

On Thursday night, just prior to Butler’s quarterfinal game against Xavier, the school’s live mascot, “Blue III,” got a case of the butterflies and vomited on the court at Madison Square Garden. MORE: Championship Week scoreboard | March Madness confidence index MSG also plays host to the Westminster Dog Show, so dog vomit isn’t anything new to the “World’s Most Famous Arena.” That beign said, this is likely the first time a dog has ever vommited on the court at Madison Square Garden....

“Barcelona” comes replete with explosions and assassination attempts, but its pleasures, like those of “Metropolitan,” have little to do with plot and everything to do with its highly chatty and trickily ironic tone. Though the director remains at wry arm’s length from Ted and Fred, it’s clear that he subscribes both to their America-centric world view and their beauty-fixated view of women. Just why all these gorgeous senoritas fall for these two puritanical gringos remains an unsolved mystery....

The mystery surrounding Bre-X may end this week, when new tests will show whether there’s any gold in those hills. Even if the find is legit, as Bre-X execs insist, the stock’s implosion has given investors a reminder that financial markets operate differently north of the U.S. border. Canada’s markets are small, but they produce more than their share of shady investments. Even most market neophytes have heard of the treacherous Vancouver exchange, home of historically dubious investments like MTC Electronic Technologies, which promised profits by running a cell-phone network in China (which was illegal), and Cam-Net Communications, whose chairman landed in court on FBI charges that he offered bribes to boost its stock last fall....

Bylsma on Thursday noted that Canada's gold medals have come while playing two goalies. "(Babcock) might have known that and decided to play two just to make sure that was the case this time around," the Pittsburgh Penguins coach said. "I don't know." Bylsma's full answer to the goalie question, though, is a little more in-depth. Here it is: "We have a plan going in. We have a set going in for Game 1 for our team....