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Gunman arrested after Maine students held hostage (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 04:54 PM CDT AP - A gunman who had been on the lam for a week held 11 fifth-graders hostage at a school Friday but was tackled outside a classroom without any harm to the children, police said.

Lockdown over at Iowa campus after gunshot report (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:33 PM CDT AP - A lockdown has been lifted on the campus of Upper Iowa University after officials determined a report of a gunshot was actually a firecracker.

South Fla. school district buses students to vote (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:30 PM CDT AP - Youth voters are traditionally some of the hardest to get to the polls, but one of the country's largest school districts hopes to teach a civics lesson by offering voluntary busing to the polls for first-time voters during school hours.

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