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• Universities looking to federal gov't for funds (AP)
• LA schools finds 300 improper contractor hirings (AP)
• Stolen loan data found in police evidence room (AP)
• Wash. school evacuated twice by sickening smell (AP)

Universities looking to federal gov't for funds (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:26 PM PDT AP - Public university presidents from across the nation are meeting this month to talk about replacing dwindling state support for their campuses with more dollars from the federal government.

LA schools finds 300 improper contractor hirings (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 12:10 PM PDT AP - The Los Angeles Unified School District has found possible conflict of interest violations in the hiring of some 300 construction contractors over the past eight years and has transferred two employees in charge of hiring.

Stolen loan data found in police evidence room (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 08:33 AM PDT AP - Investigators say the personal data of about 3 million borrowers stolen last month from a federal student loans company was recovered soon after the theft — but was only recently discovered in a Minnesota police evidence room.

Wash. school evacuated twice by sickening smell (AP) Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:39 PM PDT AP - An elementary school in Washington state was evacuated twice Thursday because of a sickening smell that sent 11 students to the hospital and forced educators to cancel Friday's classes.

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