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• Anxious British students receive exam results
• Earn Money for College Through Poetry Contests, Scholarships
• Civil rights legend John Lewis in Bay Area promoting peaceful protest, new book

Anxious British students receive exam results Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:43 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Anxious students across Britain received their A-level exam results on Thursday, with early figures showing an increase in the number of applicants securing places in higher education compared with last year. University admissions service UCAS said that by midnight, the number of applicants accepted for a place at UK universities and colleges had risen 3 percent to 424,000. "This is the highest number recorded on A-level results day," UCAS said on its website. (Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Andrew Roche)

Earn Money for College Through Poetry Contests, Scholarships Posted: 18 Aug 2016 06:00 AM PDT Regardless of their experience level, aspiring poets can enter their work in a number of contests and scholarship programs that allow them to win money they can use for college tuition. Many of these scholarships are also open to students in a broader age range, so students can begin applying as high school freshmen or, in some cases, even in elementary or middle school. For example, U.S. and international students of all ages can enter the Colorism Healing Poetry Contest, which asks applicants to address the issue of colorism within current culture.

Civil rights legend John Lewis in Bay Area promoting peaceful protest, new book Posted: 17 Aug 2016 07:58 PM PDT Georgia congressman John Lewis is in the Bay Area Wednesday. He was at the University of San Francisco and earlier he met with high school students, all part of a tour to promote peace and his bestselling books about the civil rights movement.

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