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• NH Senate backs conservation, higher education
• Florida governor signs budget, but vetoes college tuition hike
• GM giving paid internships to 110 HS students
• Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs
• Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role
• BC ceremony notable for who will attend, who won't

NH Senate backs conservation, higher education Posted: 20 May 2013 01:43 PM PDT The Senate Finance Committee voted Monday to tentatively set the University System of New Hampshire's aid at $153 million — the same amount as the House but $12 million less than the system's trustees ...

Florida governor signs budget, but vetoes college tuition hike Posted: 20 May 2013 01:24 PM PDT By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the largest budget in his state's history on Monday while vetoing a college tuition increase and axing $368 million in projects he said did not meet his Republican criteria of job creation, education improvement and holding down the cost of government. Scott, who had a tough time selling some of his economic priorities in the Republican-led legislative session that ended May 3, used his line-item veto to delete a 3 percent tuition hike. ...

GM giving paid internships to 110 HS students Posted: 20 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT General Motors is kicking the tires on a unique new internship program for Detroit-area high school students. GM has hired 110 students for paid summer internships, the automaker said Monday in announcing ...

Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs Posted: 20 May 2013 10:37 AM PDT About 30 Saudi women teachers have demonstrated outside the kingdom's Education Ministry, demanding full time jobs. An Associated Press reporter saw women holding posters Monday calling for full time contracts ...

Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role Posted: 20 May 2013 09:27 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion.

BC ceremony notable for who will attend, who won't Posted: 19 May 2013 11:38 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — This year's commencement at Boston College looks to be notable for who will be there, as well as who won't.

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