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• Calif race-based admissions law challenged anew (AP)
• Ala. prof's story begins with brother's 1986 death (AP)
• Obama: No weeknight television for Malia, Sasha (AP)

Calif race-based admissions law challenged anew (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - The law that bars the University of California from considering race in student admissions violates the civil rights of black, Latino and Native American students who are underrepresented at the state's most prestigious campuses and blocked from seeking redress through the school's governing board, a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges.

Ala. prof's story begins with brother's 1986 death (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST AP - When a young woman in Massachusetts killed her brother with a shotgun blast in 1986, no ballistics tests were done, and authorities waited more than a week to question family members.

Obama: No weeknight television for Malia, Sasha (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama, who is spending billions of dollars to overhaul the U.S. public education system, says there's one sure thing parents can do to help their kids learn, regardless of financial means: Forbid them from watching television on school nights.

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