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• Student gets assault charge for blowing pellets (AP)
• Official: LA school cop said shooting was accident (AP)
• No Junk Food for You! Parents and Principals Not Pleased About Coming School Lunch Guidelines (Time.com)
• Money Challenges Workers Face After 50 (U.S. News & World Report)
• NY Gov. Cuomo proposes no college tuition increase (AP)
• Schools to compete for Obama commencement address (AP)
• 7 Things You Need to Know About Private Scholarships (U.S. News & World Report)
• Feds probe Calif. 'sham university' for visa fraud (AP)
• NY city councilmen among 24 arrested in school protest (Reuters)

Student gets assault charge for blowing pellets (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:28 PM PST AP - A high school freshman who hit classmates with plastic pellets blown from a tube has been suspended and charged with assault in Virginia.

Official: LA school cop said shooting was accident (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:15 PM PST AP - A law enforcement official says the Los Angeles school police officer who sparked a massive manhunt after claiming he'd been shot by an assailant told detectives that he was responsible for the shooting.

No Junk Food for You! Parents and Principals Not Pleased About Coming School Lunch Guidelines (Time.com) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:35 PM PST Time.com - The war on obesity has the USDA proposing sweeping new regulations. One problem: it's not exactly funding all of those changes

Money Challenges Workers Face After 50 (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:16 PM PST U.S. News & World Report - By the time you reach age 50, you have already faced many money challenges including paying off your student loans, buying a home, merging finances with a spouse, and caring for children. But many 50-somethings think the biggest financial challenge of their life is still ahead of them: retirement.

NY Gov. Cuomo proposes no college tuition increase (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:55 AM PST AP - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he is rejecting any increase in tuition at the public universities.

Schools to compete for Obama commencement address (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST AP - The White House is offering public high schools across the country a chance to win a commencement address by President Barack Obama.

7 Things You Need to Know About Private Scholarships (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Winning private college scholarships can certainly help make college more affordable, but you need to know the realities of competing for college cash. A handy resource to turn to is a new book, Secrets to Winning a Scholarship, by Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of Fastweb, a popular scholarship search engine.

Feds probe Calif. 'sham university' for visa fraud (AP) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:46 PM PST AP - The government of India is urging the United States to show leniency toward Indian students who were enrolled at a "sham university" in California that U.S. authorities say was a front for illegal immigration.

NY city councilmen among 24 arrested in school protest (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:49 PM PST Reuters - Twenty-four people, including two members of the New York City Council, were arrested on Monday at a protest over plans to close two dozen city schools, authorities said.

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