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• Recently engaged LA couple among bus crash dead
• Investigators focus on wreckage in deadly California crash
• Denver hires teachers who came to U.S. illegally as children
• School recruiter, 26, is named as bus crash victim
• College visit turns tragic for California students
• Ten dead in road accident in California
• College visit turns tragic for Calif. students
• Bus in crash carried underrepresented students
• 10 killed as truck, bus carrying students collide
• New program to help find Neb. ag teachers
• 10 killed as bus, truck carrying students collide
• Minority Students Should Weigh Pros, Cons of Online Education
• At least 9 dead as bus, truck crash in California
• Truck in deadly crash slammed into charter bus
• 9 killed in three-vehicle crash

Recently engaged LA couple among bus crash dead Posted: 11 Apr 2014 02:59 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man and the woman he had proposed to in Paris at Christmas were among the 10 dead in the crash of a bus that was taking high school students to his alma mater in Northern California, his grandmother said Friday.

Investigators focus on wreckage in deadly California crash Posted: 11 Apr 2014 02:44 PM PDT By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - A probe into a California crash that killed 10 people focused on Friday on whether the truck driver lost consciousness, his vehicle had mechanical failure or another collision caused him to swerve across a median and slam into a bus full of students. Those killed in Thursday's crash include five high school students, the drivers of both vehicles and a college recruiter on their way to Humboldt State University in Northern California as part of a program to help disadvantaged college hopefuls. The powerful explosion that followed the collision was so loud it was heard throughout the nearby community of Orland, about 90 miles north of Sacramento, said Glenn County Sheriff Larry Jones. "We don't know whether the Fed-Ex driver had fallen asleep, whether he experienced a mechanical failure with his vehicle or whether there was a separate collision on the southbound side that caused him to lose control," said Lieutenant Scott Fredrick, lead investigator for the California Highway Patrol.

Denver hires teachers who came to U.S. illegally as children Posted: 11 Apr 2014 01:07 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The Denver Public School system is allowing immigrants who have resided illegally in the United States since they were children to teach in its classrooms under a relaxed employment policy advanced by the Obama administration, district officials said this week. Superintendent Tom Boasberg said in a statement that Denver schools were the first in the country to hire teachers under a directive signed by President Barack Obama in 2012. Under that directive, the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigrants who came to the United States as children and meet certain other criteria can apply for a work permit for a renewable period of two years. "These teachers often are bi-lingual or multi-lingual and have a deep personal understanding of the challenges that many of our students face who similarly came to this country in undocumented status as young children," Boasberg said.

School recruiter, 26, is named as bus crash victim Posted: 11 Apr 2014 12:30 PM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — A university recruiter was identified Friday as one of 10 people who died in a fiery crash that occurred when a FedEx tractor-trailer crossed a freeway median and slammed into a bus carrying high school students in California.

College visit turns tragic for California students Posted: 11 Apr 2014 11:59 AM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — A college visit by more than 40 high school students turned tragic when a FedEx tractor-trailer veered across a grassy highway median and slammed into their bus in a fiery wreck that left 10 people dead in Northern California, authorities said.

Ten dead in road accident in California Posted: 11 Apr 2014 11:38 AM PDT A delivery truck ploughed into a bus carrying American students in northern California, killing ten people and injuring at least 30, the California Highway Patrol said. The bus was one of three bringing high school students to tour Humboldt State University on Thursday, which is about a six-hour drive north of San Francisco. "My understanding is the FedEx truck crossed the highway divide, and it was a head on collision with our bus," Joyce Lopes, a university official, told AFP. On the bus were low-income and first-generation prospective college students, traveling as part of a university-sponsored program to introduce them to the college and other prospective students.

College visit turns tragic for Calif. students Posted: 11 Apr 2014 09:37 AM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — A college visit by more than 40 high school students turned tragic when a FedEx tractor-trailer veered across a grassy highway median and slammed into their bus in a fiery wreck that left 10 people dead, authorities said.

Bus in crash carried underrepresented students Posted: 11 Apr 2014 08:34 AM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials say the high school students involved in a deadly bus crash on a Northern California freeway were participating in a program that invites low-income or first-generation students to visit Humboldt State University.

10 killed as truck, bus carrying students collide Posted: 11 Apr 2014 08:01 AM PDT A FedEx tractor-trailer crossed over a grassy median on a Northern California freeway and slammed into a bus carrying 44 high school students in an explosive crash that left 10 people dead, authorities ...

New program to help find Neb. ag teachers Posted: 11 Apr 2014 07:36 AM PDT Supporters of agriculture are trying to encourage more people to consider teaching the subject in Nebraska. The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation said Thursday that it wants to offer a new scholarship for ...

10 killed as bus, truck carrying students collide Posted: 11 Apr 2014 06:08 AM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — A FedEx tractor-trailer crossed over a grassy median on a Northern California freeway and slammed into a bus carrying more than 40 high school students in an explosive crash that left 10 people dead, authorities said.

Minority Students Should Weigh Pros, Cons of Online Education Posted: 11 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT As an African-American undergraduate at Tennessee State University, a historically black school, she felt like other students were judging her for her dark skin. There, Jordan was comfortable with her virtual classmates -- and her skin color -- in ways she never was in an on-campus setting. "With an online course, nobody knows who you really are," says Jordan, who works for the Tennessee Board of Regents, the state's higher education system. Jordan, who successfully completed her program in 2011, is one of many minority students taking advantage of the growing number of online offerings in the U.S.

At least 9 dead as bus, truck crash in California Posted: 11 Apr 2014 01:35 AM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — The long bus ride north from Los Angeles for a group of high school students who planned to visit Humboldt State University had been fun: The hours whizzed by as they watched movies, chatted up new friends, and jammed to hip-hop on the radio.

Truck in deadly crash slammed into charter bus Posted: 11 Apr 2014 12:50 AM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — The long ride north from Los Angeles for a group of high school students who planned to visit Humbolldt State University had been fun: The hours whizzed by as they watched movies, chatted up new friends, and jammed to hip-hop on the radio.

9 killed in three-vehicle crash Posted: 10 Apr 2014 08:14 PM PDT ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nine people were killed Thursday in a three-vehicle crash involving a bus carrying high school students on a visit to a college.

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