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FBI: Suspicious letters mailed to DC schools (AP)
More Mass. teens plead in bully-suicide case (AP)
DA drops statutory rape charge in bullying case (AP)
FBI: 20 suspicious letters mailed to DC schools (AP)
College Admissions: Myths, Advice for Rejected Students (Time.com)
Former GM exec appointed to head Detroit schools (AP)
Beyonce Surprises Harlem School, Teaches Kids To Dance [YouTube Video of the Day] (Mashable)

FBI: Suspicious letters mailed to DC schools (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2011 04:38 PM PDT

AP - More than 20 letters that contained a white, powdery substance delivered to District of Columbia schools on Thursday are similar to those mailed to schools elsewhere in the U.S. over the last several weeks, the FBI said.

More Mass. teens plead in bully-suicide case (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2011 03:35 PM PDT

AP - Three teenagers admitted Thursday that they participated in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who later committed suicide, with one of their lawyers complaining that they had been unfairly demonized as "mean girls."

DA drops statutory rape charge in bullying case (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2011 02:05 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors have dropped a statutory rape charge against a teenager who dated a 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who later was bullied and committed suicide.

FBI: 20 suspicious letters mailed to DC schools (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:44 PM PDT

AP - The FBI now says it is investigating at least 20 suspicious letters with white power that have been delivered to schools in Washington.

College Admissions: Myths, Advice for Rejected Students (Time.com)

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Time.com - College-admissions questions and answers: Will that wait list really move?

Former GM exec appointed to head Detroit schools (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:29 AM PDT

AP - Michigan's governor has appointed a former General Motors Corp. executive as the new emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools.

Beyonce Surprises Harlem School, Teaches Kids To Dance [YouTube Video of the Day] (Mashable)

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Mashable - [More from Mashable: YouTube Video of the Day: Look, a Talking Dog!]