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• 8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US (AP)
• Slain Ala. prof remembered as caring father figure (AP)
• FCC expands broadband access at schools (Reuters)
• Career Education shares gain on earnings report (AP)
• Bus driver in fatal crash cited in 1999 collision (AP)
• Doc targeted by bomb calls for Ala. shooting probe (AP)
• Mexican kids drop out in droves on weak economy (Reuters)
• Suit: Pa. school used webcams to spy on students (AP)
• Bigger Tuition Bills and Student Loans Coming in 2011 (U.S. News & World Report)
• NH school reopens as tests seek cause of illness (AP)

8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST AP - American missionaries accused of child trafficking in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake returned home Thursday and urged the safe release of the two women left behind in a Port-au-Prince jail.

Slain Ala. prof remembered as caring father figure (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:58 PM PST AP - A biology department chairman gunned down at a faculty meeting was remembered Thursday as a father figure who cared deeply about his students, the kind of professor who kept his office door open in case they needed to talk about personal problems.

FCC expands broadband access at schools (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:53 PM PST Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission voted to expand a school program that is likely to help increase Americans' access to high-speed Internet, a major goal of the upcoming National Broadband Plan.

Career Education shares gain on earnings report (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:52 PM PST AP - Shares of Career Education Corp. surged nearly 14 percent Thursday after the for-profit education provider's earnings beat Wall Street estimates. However, multiple analysts remained neutral or negative on the stock due to concerns about the impact of regulatory changes on the company's future.

Bus driver in fatal crash cited in 1999 collision (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST AP - A school bus driver involved in a fatal collision near a middle school this week was cited for careless driving in a 1999 accident that killed a 2-year-old girl and touched off a national debate about motorists using cell phones.

Doc targeted by bomb calls for Ala. shooting probe (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:13 PM PST AP - A Boston doctor who worked with the Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues is calling for a thorough investigation of the shootings.

Mexican kids drop out in droves on weak economy (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 10:27 AM PST Reuters - About 700,000 children in Mexico dropped out of school last year as recession-stricken families pushed kids to work, and a weak economic recovery will allow only slight improvement in the drop-out rate in 2010, a top education official said.

Suit: Pa. school used webcams to spy on students (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST AP - A suburban Philadelphia school district used the webcams in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations, a family claims in a federal lawsuit.

Bigger Tuition Bills and Student Loans Coming in 2011 (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:31 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Some of the nation's wealthiest and most generous colleges are asking their students to earn and borrow more to pay for college.

NH school reopens as tests seek cause of illness (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:54 AM PST AP - A New Hampshire school where 22 students and staff were sickened has reopened as firefighters monitor school equipment to figure out the cause.

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