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School bus manufacturer to recall small buses (AP)
In Hawaii, school's out for recession (AP)
Obama spends time with students in Maryland (AP)

School bus manufacturer to recall small buses (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - A New York-based school bus manufacturer has agreed to recall nearly 6,000 small school buses after the government alleged that the company tried to shift responsibility for the recalls by changing its name.

In Hawaii, school's out for recession (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:29 PM PDT

AP - At a time when President Barack Obama is pushing for more time in the classroom, his home state has created the nation's shortest school year under a new union contract that closes schools on most Fridays for the remainder of the academic calendar.