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• Vote could push Chicago closer to teachers strike
• Maryland School District Diploma Spelling Error is No Big Deal
• Authorities: Woman gambled grandson's college fund

Vote could push Chicago closer to teachers strike Posted: 08 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT Angry that one promised raise disappeared and that they're being asked to work longer days without what they consider to be an adequate pay increase, Chicago teachers are considering authorizing their first strike in a quarter-century.

Maryland School District Diploma Spelling Error is No Big Deal Posted: 08 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT COMMENTARY | You know it's a slow news day when the biggest kerfuffle centers on a one-letter spelling error. According to "Good Morning America," when Prince George County Public Schools in Maryland, printed diplomas for the class of 2012, the word "program" was misspelled as "progam." The school is apologizing for the error.

Authorities: Woman gambled grandson's college fund Posted: 08 Jun 2012 12:49 PM PDT A 73-year-old woman has been found in Louisiana after being charged with stealing and gambling away $97,000 from a trust fund for her grandson's college education, authorities said, but she may never return to Indiana for prosecution.

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