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Joplin goes back to school 3 months after twister (AP)
Police: School bomb plot aimed for mass casualties (AP)
Americans shedding debt–except when it comes to student loans (The Lookout)
University of Miami Sports Supposedly Up to Its Old, Corrupt Tricks (The Atlantic Wire)
Pennsylvania says most schools will be cleared of cheating accusations (The Lookout)
Florida police foil bomb plot at Tampa school (Reuters)
Sex offenders banned from driving NY school buses (Reuters)
Police: Arson claims old 1-room Vt. schoolhouse (AP)

Joplin goes back to school 3 months after twister (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT

AP - Seniors and juniors are taking classes in a converted big-box store. Freshmen and sophomores are in a building across town. The new middle school is in an industrial park.

Police: School bomb plot aimed for mass casualties (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:06 PM PDT

AP - Tampa police have arrested an expelled student after thwarting what they deemed a potentially "catastrophic" plot to set off a bomb at his former high school and cause mass casualties on the first day of classes next week, authorities said Wednesday.

Americans shedding debt–except when it comes to student loans (The Lookout)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:04 PM PDT

The Lookout - Americans are slowly wading their way out of debt--except for those pesky student loans. Consumers owe a collective $550 billion in student loans, up 25 percent from 2008. All other forms of consumer credit, including mortgages and credit cards, are down sharply over the same period, according to a New York Federal ReserveÂ report. Overall, U.S. [...]

University of Miami Sports Supposedly Up to Its Old, Corrupt Tricks (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:35 PM PDT

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Pennsylvania says most schools will be cleared of cheating accusations (The Lookout)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:45 AM PDT

The Lookout - Pennsylvania school officials say most of the 89 schools in the state that were flagged for potential cheating will be cleared of wrongdoing. Data coding errors and jumps in school enrollment will explain away many of the anomalies flagged in the $183,000 analysis, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. The state review found high erasure rates or [...]

Florida police foil bomb plot at Tampa school (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Florida police said on Wednesday they arrested a 17-year-old who had material to make pipe bombs at his home and had planned to attack and cause mass casualties at the Tampa high school that had expelled him.