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• Bills to help prevent suicide at colleges approved by panel
• Exclusive: Cenovus in exclusive talks with Teachers' fund on land assets
• Should public schools require swimming classes?
• U.S. justices OK teachers' testimony in child-abuse case
• Colleges That Gave Fortune 500 CEOs Their Start

Bills to help prevent suicide at colleges approved by panel Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:52 PM PDT Suicide-prevention legislation inspired by a New Jersey high school track star and Ivy League college student who took her own life was advanced Thursday by a state Senate committee.

Exclusive: Cenovus in exclusive talks with Teachers' fund on land assets Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:31 PM PDT By John Tilak, Euan Rocha and Scott Haggett TORONTO/CALGARY (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc is in exclusive talks to sell Canadian oil and gas royalty lands to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in a deal that could fetch C$2.5 billion to C$3 billion ($2.45 billion), according to four sources familiar with the matter. The sources, who asked not to be named as they have not been cleared to discuss the matter publicly, said the discussions between Calgary-based Cenovus and Ontario Teachers, one of Canada's top pension fund managers and investors, are at an advanced stage. Royalty lands are privately held oil and gas properties that are not subject to the royalties that producers pay to governments on publicly owned lands.

Should public schools require swimming classes? Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:41 PM PDT Minnesota may soon require all public school students to learn how to swim. A new education bill passed this month includes a section requiring the commissioner of education to look into and develop swimming resources statewide, paving the way for Minnesota to become the first US state to require swim lessons in public schools, Twin Cities network KARE reported. The measure is part of a small but growing call to prevent drowning deaths among children, especially those from minority families, in the state and across the nation.

U.S. justices OK teachers' testimony in child-abuse case Posted: 18 Jun 2015 12:06 PM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reinstated an Ohio man's convictions for beating his girlfriend's children after he sent her hundreds of miles away to engage in prostitution. The nine justices rejected the argument made by defendant Darius Clark that testimony given during the trial by preschool teachers who talked to one of the victims, his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, should have been disallowed. The testimony in question, in which the teachers pressed the boy on injuries they had noticed, did not violate Clark's right under the U.S. Constitution's Sixth Amendment to confront his accusers, the court held.

Colleges That Gave Fortune 500 CEOs Their Start Posted: 18 Jun 2015 06:00 AM PDT A college degree won't guarantee career success, but getting one can be a step in the right direction toward becoming an industry leader.

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