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• Myanmar's Suu Kyi takes to stage in Dublin with Bono
• NY Senator: Help bring Greek yogurt to schools
• Tax banks, hire teachers: France's new agenda
• A Contraception Emergency? College Students Stumble Finding Info Online
• Mayors back parents seizing control of schools

Myanmar's Suu Kyi takes to stage in Dublin with Bono Posted: 18 Jun 2012 03:42 PM PDT Aung San Suu Kyi received a rock star welcome in Ireland Monday, with U2 singer Bono among those performing at a concert to honour the Myanmar democracy icon after flying in with her on his private jet.

NY Senator: Help bring Greek yogurt to schools Posted: 18 Jun 2012 10:53 AM PDT Sen. Charles Schumer asked federal officials Monday to make it more affordable for public schools to serve Greek yogurt, saying it would expose more students to the high-protein food and boost an already-booming business in New York.

Tax banks, hire teachers: France's new agenda Posted: 18 Jun 2012 09:47 AM PDT France is now officially a land of the left, and the next parliament is set to prove it with a raft of new taxes on the powerful and increased spending on youth.

A Contraception Emergency? College Students Stumble Finding Info Online Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:35 AM PDT Despite being known as the "digital generation," today's college students have trouble navigating the Web to get information about how to use and purchase emergency contraception, a new study suggests.

Mayors back parents seizing control of schools Posted: 18 Jun 2012 03:05 AM PDT (Reuters) - Hundreds of mayors from across the United States this weekend called for new laws letting parents seize control of low-performing public schools and fire the teachers, oust the administrators or turn the schools over to private management. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday unanimously endorsed "parent trigger" laws aimed at bypassing elected school boards and giving parents at the worst public schools the opportunity to band together and force immediate change. ...

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