2012年7月16日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Investigators: Ohio teen suspected in drug ring

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:24 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Warren County, Ohio Sheriff's Dept. shows some of more than 600 hydroponically grown marijuana plants with a street value of around $3 million seized during raids in three locations. Sheriff's investigators say a 17-year-old high school student is at the center of a high-grade marijuana distribution ring that was raking in as much as $20,000 a month. (AP Photo/Warren County Sheriffs Dept.)The drug kingpin had six lieutenants, selling as much as $20,000 of high-grade homegrown marijuana every month to high school students, careful not to do business on school grounds where they knew it was riskier, investigators said. And all this before he graduated.


Audit: CO tuition up, as state stipend decreases

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:42 PM PDT

State auditors say Colorado college students are paying more for higher education now than they did when lawmakers approved a stipend program to fund students instead of institutions before the last recession.

Foreclosure review program befuddles borrowers

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:06 PM PDT

The front door of a home is seen padlocked and boarded up in Brentwood, New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nothing about the letter that Keturah Miller received late last year indicated it could be worth as much as $125,000 to her. So she put it aside, forgetting about it for months until she stumbled across it while cleaning. Miller, 34, a family liaison worker with the New York City Department of Education, read it over four times. It still made no sense to her. "I can read the words, but the meaning of what they're saying? That's the confusing part for me," she said. The letter was one of 4.3 million forms sent under a flagship U .S. ...


Proposal has $10M oil impact money for ND colleges

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 08:32 AM PDT

A proposed budget for North Dakota's colleges includes $10 million to help ease the impact of oil development in Williston and Dickinson.
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