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• Ivy League's Cornell responds to 3 gorge deaths (AP)
• PepsiCo cuts sugary drinks from schools worldwide (AP)
• Schools accused in Google hacking case ask "why us?" (Reuters)
• Pa. school bus driver charged in 2nd fatal crash (AP)
• Obama's No Child Left Behind revise: a little more flexibility (The Christian Science Monitor)

Ivy League's Cornell responds to 3 gorge deaths (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:51 PM PDT AP - Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month.

PepsiCo cuts sugary drinks from schools worldwide (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:16 PM PDT AP - PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity.

Schools accused in Google hacking case ask "why us?" (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:50 AM PDT Reuters - With Google expected to decide soon whether to close its Chinese search engine, students at one of the schools cited by some reports for being behind hacking attacks on the Internet giant are decidedly ambivalent.

Pa. school bus driver charged in 2nd fatal crash (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:27 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors say surveillance video shows a sleep-deprived school bus driver running stop signs before causing a fatal crash last month outside a suburban Philadelphia middle school.

Obama's No Child Left Behind revise: a little more flexibility (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The education blueprint that President Obama sent to Congress Monday retains the structure and spirit of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind Law â€" annual testing and data-driven accountability â€" but adds resources and flexibility to meet new goals.

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