According to History of Lottery researchers, after the first English lottery approved by King James I in 1612 that granted the Virginia Company of London the right to raise money and therefore found the original settlement, lotteries in the colonies continued to be popular. In fact lotteries played Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia University, one of the nation's Ivy League schools, has joined an effort to have restrictions removed from a decades-old scholarship offered only to white students. Full story
CNBC's Steve Liesman takes a look at the results from CNBC's survey in regards to home value expectations. Discussing whether it's time to take on a mortgage, with David Lykken, Mortgage Banking Solutions and Christopher Mayer, Columbia University.
Joy Reid, managing editor at The Grio; Tara McGuinness, director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund; John McWhorter, professor at Columbia University; and Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!; join Up host Chris Hayes to discuss.
Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year's commencement ceremony in New York in this May 18, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Chip East/Files
A student reads on the campus of Columbia University in New York, October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTXPCFN
A student walks across the campus of Columbia University in New York, October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year's commencement ceremony in New York, May 18, 2005. REUTERS/Chip East
