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Paulson to unveil facility to boost consumer loans: report (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 12:53 AM CST Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson plans to announce on Tuesday the formation of a program to increase the availability of auto loans, student loans and credit cards, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

3 Ark. school buses crash; dozens of kids hurt (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 06:52 PM CST AP - Three school buses collided in a chain-reaction crash Monday in southwestern Arkansas, sending dozens of youngsters to a hospital but few with serious injuries, authorities said.

New Study Might Spell the End for Federal Reading Program (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:51 PM CST U.S. News & World Report - For the past six years, the federal government has made a $6 billion investment to boost the reading skills of the nation's low-income children. But a new, federally mandated study reveals that students attending elementary schools that receive the funding have not made significant gains. The three-year study monitored the achievement of tens of thousands of students in nearly 250 elementary schools using the reading curriculum Reading First. The curriculum is a major component of the No Child Left Behind law. ...

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