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• Judge's study finds New Jersey budget cuts fail schools (Reuters)
• Key witness testifies at NYC insider trading trial (AP)
• Biden asks governors to help boost graduation rate (AP)
• Biden offers "College Completion Tool Kit" (Reuters)
• Donors give $100M to W Michigan for medical school (AP)

Judge's study finds New Jersey budget cuts fail schools (Reuters) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - A New Jersey judge on Tuesday said the state's school budget cuts fail to meet constitutional standards for education, dealing a political blow to Republican Gov. Chris Christie who has slashed education spending by more than $800 million.

Key witness testifies at NYC insider trading trial (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT AP - They went to an Ivy League business school together. They vacationed together. And, federal prosecutors say, they schemed together to make inside trades worth millions — sometimes in conversations that were caught on tape by the FBI.

Biden asks governors to help boost graduation rate (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:49 AM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden unveiled an administration plan Tuesday to involve governors directly in efforts to boost college graduation rates while providing millions in financial incentives for colleges to do the same.

Biden offers "College Completion Tool Kit" (Reuters) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:35 AM PDT Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden called on Tuesday for a nation-wide effort to make the United States the world leader in college completion by 2020, offering a "College Completion Tool Kit" to help.

Donors give $100M to W Michigan for medical school (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:16 AM PDT AP - Donors have given Western Michigan University $100 million to launch a private medical school.

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