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• House bill would boost Pell Grants (AP)
• Texas activists: Chavez, Marshall must be taught (AP)
• Texas 'fight club' defendant sentenced to 4 years (AP)
• House Roll Call: How they voted on college aid (AP)
• Student loan market overhaul approved by U.S. House (Reuters)
• Professors, researchers sought investment advice (AP)
• Man indicted in Conn. with abuse at Haiti school (AP)
• Mom defends Fla. teen charged in school stabbing (AP)

House bill would boost Pell Grants (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:13 PM PDT AP - The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s — a bill to oust private lenders from the student loan business and put the government in charge.

Texas activists: Chavez, Marshall must be taught (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - Minority activists urged Texas education officials on Thursday to not minimize the importance of civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall in public schools.

Texas 'fight club' defendant sentenced to 4 years (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - A Texas man who helped orchestrate fights among developmentally disabled residents at a state-run school has been sentenced to four years in prison.

House Roll Call: How they voted on college aid (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - The 253-171 roll call Thursday by which the House passed a bill to overhaul college aid programs.

Student loan market overhaul approved by U.S. House (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - The biggest change in U.S. higher education finance in 35 years was approved on Thursday by the House of Representatives, handing a defeat to major banks and student loan giant Sallie Mae.

Professors, researchers sought investment advice (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - A recent survey of retirement account investors at colleges and universities shows even professors and researchers sought out investment advice as the stock market downturn began draining retirement accounts.

Man indicted in Conn. with abuse at Haiti school (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:58 PM PDT AP - A former Connecticut resident has been indicted with sexually abusing nine boys at a school for poor children he founded in Haiti, allegedly threatening them with expulsion or withholding benefits if they did not comply with his demands.

Mom defends Fla. teen charged in school stabbing (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:04 AM PDT AP - The family of a 17-year-old charged in the fatal stabbing of another student at a South Florida high school says he was acting in self-defense.

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