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• Teen accused in threat on western Colorado school (AP)
• Sharpton, Gingrich launch school tour in Philly (AP)
• Ex-Penn prof gets 25 years for child porn, lies (AP)
• Benefit raises $8M for Agassi school in Vegas (AP)
• Tehran students protest minister's visit: website (Reuters)
• School Boards Hit With Cash-stealing Trojan (PC World)
• Family says Chicago beating victim was `good kid' (AP)

Teen accused in threat on western Colorado school (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors say an 18-year-old man was plotting a "profoundly disturbing" attack on his western Colorado high school with weapons and explosives.

Sharpton, Gingrich launch school tour in Philly (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:40 PM PDT AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich don't agree on much, but a meeting with a group of inner-city charter school students on Tuesday left them with the same impression: There is hope for improving the U.S. education system.

Ex-Penn prof gets 25 years for child porn, lies (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:42 PM PDT AP - A longtime Ivy League professor preyed on vulnerable teenage boys at home and abroad as he pursued them for sexual encounters and pornographic videos, prosecutors argued at his sentencing Tuesday.

Benefit raises $8M for Agassi school in Vegas (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:41 AM PDT AP - A weekend benefit concert raised nearly $8 million to support retired tennis star Andre Agassi's public charter school in Las Vegas.

Tehran students protest minister's visit: website (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:56 AM PDT Reuters - Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans to protest a minister's visit to their university in Tehran Tuesday, a reformist website reported.

School Boards Hit With Cash-stealing Trojan (PC World) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:50 PM PDT PC World - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a rash of reported online computer intrusions that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being stolen from school districts in Illinois.

Family says Chicago beating victim was `good kid' (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:39 AM PDT AP - A fourth teenager is due in court after being charged in the fatal beating of a 16-year-old Chicago honors student, who's described by family as a "great kid" who loved school.

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