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• Court to look at Mich. affirmative action ban (AP)
• GM chief says US needs to live within its means (AP)
• Ohio woman in fake-address case grateful to gov. (AP)
• 'Glee' DVD maker donates to music education (AP)
• Felony charges reduced for mother who lied to put children in a better school (The Christian Science Monitor)

Court to look at Mich. affirmative action ban (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the work of one of its three-judge panels and said it would decide the legality of Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring.

GM chief says US needs to live within its means (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 03:34 PM PDT AP - The United States needs to solve its debt problems by making some tough decisions, including changes in entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, and also needs to take steps to improve a failing public education system, the top executive at General Motors Co. said Friday.

Ohio woman in fake-address case grateful to gov. (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:08 AM PDT AP - An Ohio woman who was jailed for using her father's address to enroll her children in a neighboring school district told a television station she's grateful she got a break from the governor and would handle things differently if she could relive the episode.

'Glee' DVD maker donates to music education (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:33 AM PDT AP - The maker of the "Glee" DVDs is donating $1 million to school arts programs across the country.

Felony charges reduced for mother who lied to put children in a better school (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:04 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Kelley Williams-Bolar has won a reprieve. The Ohio mother who served jail time earlier this year for falsifying information to enroll her children in the Copley-Fairlawn City Schools has had her felony convictions reduced to misdemeanors.

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