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• Man pleads guilty to bilking Mass. Catholic school (AP)
• Understand the Value of a Graduate Degree (U.S. News & World Report)
• James Patterson takes on life in `Middle School' (AP)
• Americans worried by soaring tuition fees (AFP)
• 23 hurt as Pa. school bus overturns on interstate (AP)

Man pleads guilty to bilking Mass. Catholic school (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT AP - A professional fundraiser charged with bilking a private school run by Roman Catholic nuns out of more than $360,000 pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Understand the Value of a Graduate Degree (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:09 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Michael Brenner earned a doctorate in education from the prestigious Teachers College at Columbia University in 2010, assuming a degree from an Ivy League institution would open numerous doors for him and bolster his chances for success entering the field of corporate consulting. However, after starting his own leadership and team-building consulting firm, he finds the doctorate has added little value to his business.. "At this point, I would say that attending graduate school was not worth the cost," he says. ...

James Patterson takes on life in `Middle School' (AP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:01 AM PDT AP - "Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life" (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts: "Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life" cleverly delves into the events that make middle school so awkward: cranky bus drivers, tardy slips, bathroom passes and lots of rules.

Americans worried by soaring tuition fees (AFP) Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:56 AM PDT AFP - The spectacular rise in US college tuition fees is becoming a serious problem for students and many American families as they grapple with the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.

23 hurt as Pa. school bus overturns on interstate (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2011 07:44 PM PDT AP - A school bus transporting children to camp overturned on a rural Pennsylvania interstate Sunday afternoon, injuring nearly two dozen people and closing the northbound highway lanes for hours.

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