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• Workers hailed for halting school shooting suspect (AP)
• Woman acquitted in Winfrey SAfrica school scandal (AP)
• South Africa clears employee at Oprah school of sex charges (Reuters)
• Gates Foundation Launches $20M Grant for Online Ed (PC Magazine)

Workers hailed for halting school shooting suspect (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - Children returning Monday to an elementary school where a gunman wounded two girls on a playground cheered and hugged construction workers who police said knocked down the shooter as he struggled to reload his gun.

Woman acquitted in Winfrey SAfrica school scandal (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 01:44 PM PDT AP - A woman accused of abusing teenagers at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa was acquitted of the charges Monday, and Winfrey said she was "profoundly disappointed" by the trial's outcome.

South Africa clears employee at Oprah school of sex charges (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - A South African court on Monday found a former employee of a school founded by U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey not guilty of sexually assaulting students, a prosecutor's office spokesman said.

Gates Foundation Launches $20M Grant for Online Ed (PC Magazine) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:33 AM PDT PC Magazine - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced a $20 million grant program to improve college graduation rates via technology, which will probably be oriented around online learning programs.

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