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• Boxer plans hearing on toxic school drinking water (AP)
• House approves $82.8 billion for nutrition programs (Reuters)
• Holder, Duncan plan to fight Chicago teen violence (AP)
• Ex-prep school dean charged with 4th sex assault (AP)

Boxer plans hearing on toxic school drinking water (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:37 PM PDT AP - The head of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee said Wednesday that legislators will hold hearings to address toxic drinking water in the nation's schools following an Associated Press probe into the widespread problem.

House approves $82.8 billion for nutrition programs (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. House approved $82.8 billion for federal nutrition programs ranging from food stamps to school lunch on Wednesday, including a plan to compensate poor families for lunches missed during flu epidemics.

Holder, Duncan plan to fight Chicago teen violence (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:44 PM PDT AP - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth violence in Chicago and other cities, calling the brutal beating death of a teenager on the city's South Side a wake-up call for the country.

Ex-prep school dean charged with 4th sex assault (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 10:01 AM PDT AP - The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student.

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