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• 6-year-old in Minnesota finds parents, sitter dead (AP)
• Police: Roommates argued over iPod before stabbing (AP)
• Obama to deliver back-to-school speech Sept. 28 (AP)
• Nashville schools to teach students to rap, spin (Reuters)
• Amid China boom, job search for many grads goes bust (Reuters)
• 1st black Ivy League president to quit Brown Univ. (AP)
• Pennsylvania GOP Plan Would Jolt Electoral College (ContributorNetwork)

6-year-old in Minnesota finds parents, sitter dead (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 03:44 PM PDT AP - A 6-year-old girl came home from school and discovered her parents and live-in baby sitter dead in what police said was a double murder-suicide in the Twin Cities suburb of Oakdale.

Police: Roommates argued over iPod before stabbing (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 03:17 PM PDT AP - A 19-year-old Maryland college student was charged Friday with fatally stabbing her roommate inside their dormitory-style apartment after the two women argued about music playing from an iPod, police said.

Obama to deliver back-to-school speech Sept. 28 (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:53 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is delivering his annual back-to-school speech at a Washington high school later this month.

Nashville schools to teach students to rap, spin (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - "Music City" school children will soon learn how to rap, rock and spin.

Amid China boom, job search for many grads goes bust (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 09:18 AM PDT Reuters - Yan Minglong, one of millions of recent Chinese college graduates, is not impressed with the doors opened by higher education.

1st black Ivy League president to quit Brown Univ. (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:13 PM PDT AP - The first African-American to lead an Ivy League university is stepping down.

Pennsylvania GOP Plan Would Jolt Electoral College (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:00 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Pennsylvania Republicans are pushing an electoral college proposal that would split the state's popular vote into proportional shares among the candidate, in proportion rather than winner-take-all. For example, in 2008, Barack Obama with 55 percent would have received 11 Pennsylvania Electoral College votes while John McCain (45 percent) would have reaped 10.

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