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US schools chief wants DC kids to keep vouchers (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:41 PM PST

AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that poor children getting vouchers to attend private schools in the District of Columbia should be allowed to stay there, putting the Obama administration at odds with Democrats trying to end the program.

Playground One: Obama daughters get new swing set (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:33 PM PST

AFP - President Barack Obama's young daughters Malia and Sasha got a huge surprise when they got home from school on Wednesday -- a brand new swing set, climbing frame and slide outside the Oval Office.

Offer more U.S. school meals for free, group urges (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:30 PM PST

Reuters - More poor children should be allowed to eat for free at school and the government should pay higher reimbursement rates for school meals, a school food service group said at a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday.

UK university launches MA on the Beatles (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 08:27 PM PST

AP - The city of Liverpool already has a Beatles museum and its airport is named after John Lennon. Now a local university says it rolling out a graduate program entirely devoted to the Fab Four.