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• NYC officials bust Ivy League coke, LSD, pot ring (AP)
• Shanghai teenagers are world's smartest (AFP)
• October consumer credit up $3.4 billion (Reuters)
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• State Dept denies warning students about WikiLeaks (AP)
• Prosecutor opposes bail for woman in Fla. threat (AP)
• Finland's fall from top education spot 'worrying': minister (AFP)
• OECD warns West of losing global edge in education (Reuters)
• US falls to average in education ranking (AFP)
• Teachers' union target Michelle Rhee to raise $1 billion for education reform (The Christian Science Monitor)

NYC officials bust Ivy League coke, LSD, pot ring (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:06 PM PST AP - Five Columbia University students were charged Tuesday with selling LSD-spiked candy and other drugs at three fraternity houses and other residences on the Ivy League campus, with two allegedly claiming they needed the drug money to cover tuition.

Shanghai teenagers are world's smartest (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 01:06 PM PST AFP - Teenagers from the Chinese city of Shanghai have the best education in the world, according to a major international study of standards in in maths, science and literacy released Tuesday.

October consumer credit up $3.4 billion (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 12:18 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Total Uconsumer credit rose $3.4 billion in October on rising student loans, which offset a decline in revolving credit, including credit cards, Federal Reserve data showed on Tuesday.

(AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 12:01 PM PST AP - Consumer credit up by largest amount in more than 2 years, led by rise in student loans.

State Dept denies warning students about WikiLeaks (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:41 AM PST AP - The State Department on Tuesday denied that it has warned students not to link to or post online comments about leaked diplomatic cables released by the WikiLeaks website.

Prosecutor opposes bail for woman in Fla. threat (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 09:53 AM PST AP - Federal prosecutors are opposing bail for a Florida woman accused of making threats that caused a lockdown of the nation's sixth-largest school district.

Finland's fall from top education spot 'worrying': minister (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 09:05 AM PST AFP - For the first time in a decade, Finland on Tuesday tumbled from the top spot of an international comparison of standards in maths, science and literacy -- a development the country's education minister described as "worrying."

OECD warns West of losing global edge in education (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:54 AM PST Reuters - The world's richest countries risk losing the edge gained by better education as standards rise sharply in for example South Korea and the Chinese city of Shanghai, the OECD said Tuesday.

US falls to average in education ranking (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:18 AM PST AFP - The United States has fallen from top of the class to average in world education rankings, said a report Tuesday that warned of US economic losses from the trend.

Teachers' union target Michelle Rhee to raise $1 billion for education reform (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:21 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Michelle Rhee made a splash Monday with her announcement of a new organization â€" Students First â€" to push her education reform priorities.

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