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Correction: School Bullying story (AP)
Ag. officials pitch nutrition bill at schools (AP)
3 plead not guilty in Mass. school bullying case (AP)
US Education Department to give $350M to states (AP)
Philly nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk (AP)
Temple nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk (AP)
Polaris Industries wins education group contract (AP)
Better food in schools aim of Colo. senator (AP)
Bringing vampires back home -- to Britain (Reuters)
Trial in Mass. fatal school stabbing to begin (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:41 PM PDT

AP - In stories April 6, April 1, March 31, March 30 and March 29 about teens charged in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who later committed suicide, The Associated Press reported erroneously that nine teenagers had been charged.

Ag. officials pitch nutrition bill at schools (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:31 PM PDT

AP - A school food crackdown looming in Congress that aims to reduce childhood obesity went over like a wet potato chip at a suburban Denver elementary school where federal agriculture officials pitched the plan Tuesday.

3 plead not guilty in Mass. school bullying case (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:15 PM PDT

AP - Three Massachusetts teenagers pleaded not guilty through their lawyers Tuesday in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after what prosecutors call months of threats and harassment.

US Education Department to give $350M to states (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 01:26 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. Department of Education is looking to hand out up to $350 million to states willing to revamp how they test students.

Philly nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 01:18 PM PDT

AP - Striking nurses in Philadelphia say a proposed speech restriction and the loss of a college tuition benefit are at the heart of a nearly weeklong labor dispute.

Temple nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 01:08 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of striking Temple University Hospital nurses and other employees rallied Tuesday in an effort to restart bargaining stalled over contract language that workers say would jeopardize patients, limit free speech and take away a crucial college tuition benefit.

Polaris Industries wins education group contract (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Polaris Industries Inc. said Tuesday that it has signed a contract with an educational group to make the company's all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and other equipment available to more than 1,700 schools.

Better food in schools aim of Colo. senator (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:51 AM PDT

AP - A Colorado senator and a federal official are hitting a public-school cafeteria for lunch to promote a bill to get healthier foods in schools.

Bringing vampires back home -- to Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 07:05 AM PDT

Reuters - A British university is to hold a conference on Vampires in an effort to counterbalance the "Americanization" of the fictional genre.

Trial in Mass. fatal school stabbing to begin (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:28 AM PDT

AP - The trial of a teenager charged with fatally stabbing another student in a Massachusetts high school is getting under way.