2010年6月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Ala. prof charged in brother's 1986 shooting death (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:30 PM PDT

This police booking photograph released by the Huntsville (Ala.) Police Dept., on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, shows college professor Amy Bishop, charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.    Prosecutors are set to hold a news conference to announce the results of an investigation into the 1986 shooting death of 18-year-old Seth Bishop, brother of Amy Bishop, that was originally ruled an accident. Authorities reopened the case after Amy Bishop was charged in February in a shooting rampage at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. (AP Photo/Huntsville Police Dept.)AP - It was "obviously" a homicide case, a former prosecutor says, but authorities didn't have the evidence to present it to a grand jury at the time. Twenty-four-years lapsed and three other killings occurred before another prosecutor did.


Fundraiser accused of duping Mass. nuns indicted (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - A professional fundraiser from Rhode Island has been indicted on charges that he stole more than $360,000 from a private school in Massachusetts run by an order of Roman Catholic nuns.

Job and Stock Market Woes Could Linger for Retirees (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - The state of the job market and stock market in the year you retire could affect how much income you receive a decade or more into your retirement. A stock market decline in the years leading up to retirement typically causes a reduction in investment income that can still be felt 10 years later, according to new Wellesley College research. High unemployment around the time of retirement means some older workers may be pushed out of the workforce earlier than planned, which also generally reduces retirement income.

Jump in US college enrollment highest in 40 years (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:02 AM PDT

AP - The nation's colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish in a weak job market.

U.S. to go after deceptive colleges, delays job rule (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The Department of Education has briefly delayed proposing "gainful employment" rules that investors in for-profit colleges feared could have cut off federal grants and loans to students.
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