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• 8-year-old critical after Wash. school shooting (AP)
• Washington state third grader shoots classmate (Reuters)
• Conn. mom pleads guilty in school residency case (AP)
• Report: Crime at US public schools on the decline (AP)
• Parents defend ex-Ala. prof in brother's shooting (AP)
• Pennsylvania university heads paint bleak tuition outlook (Reuters)

8-year-old critical after Wash. school shooting (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:34 PM PST AP - An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday after she shot in the abdomen at her elementary school near Seattle, and one of her classmates was detained, authorities said Wednesday.

Washington state third grader shoots classmate (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:55 PM PST Reuters - A boy in the third grade at a Washington state elementary school shot a female classmate on Wednesday, a school district spokeswoman said.

Conn. mom pleads guilty in school residency case (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:43 PM PST AP - A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school district.

Report: Crime at US public schools on the decline (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:59 PM PST AP - Violent crime at the nation's schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity.

Parents defend ex-Ala. prof in brother's shooting (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST AP - The parents of an Alabama professor accused of shooting three of her colleagues to death in 2010 say she was a well-adjusted, "family-oriented" girl growing up and didn't deliberately kill her brother in Massachusetts in 1986, according to testimony during a closed-door inquest after the Alabama shootings.

Pennsylvania university heads paint bleak tuition outlook (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST Reuters - The heads of Pennsylvania's four largest universities pleaded with lawmakers on Wednesday to ignore Governor Tom Corbett's proposal to cut state subsidies on higher education by 30 percent.

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