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• "Education" earns good grades as Oscar race begins (Reuters)
• Swine Flu Frustrations: Too Little Vaccine, Too Many Scare Tactics (U.S. News & World Report)
• Fla. town, family say goodbyes to slain girl (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bill Gates' sway on ed policy (AP)

"Education" earns good grades as Oscar race begins (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:48 PM PDT Reuters - A mere three months before Oscar nominations are unveiled, the British coming-of-age drama "An Education" is one of the first of this year's crop of contenders to garner serious buzz.

Swine Flu Frustrations: Too Little Vaccine, Too Many Scare Tactics (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:55 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - My daughter has swine flu--I think. She came home from school Monday with chills, headache, nausea, and, in her words, "feeling worse that I ever have in my life." By the next day, she had a fever of 102, a raging cough and a sore throat. A phone call to her doctor confirmed what I suspected. She probably has H1N1, but they're not going to test her or treat her with antiviral drugs and don't need to see her unless she develops breathing problems. Oh, but I should eventually still have her vaccinated against swine flu--just in case she doesn't have it now.

Fla. town, family say goodbyes to slain girl (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:25 AM PDT AP - The family of slain 7-year-old Somer Thompson is preparing to lay the child to rest, a week after she vanished in north Florida on her way home from school.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bill Gates' sway on ed policy (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 01:23 AM PDT AP - Not content with shaping education directly through schools, the biggest player in the school reform movement has an eye on moving education policy.

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