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• 4 found guilty of kidnapping, torturing 2 college students
• Should I Wash the Turkey Before Cooking It?
• Asian students in 24-hour run to end modern slavery
• College Students Share Their Best SAT, ACT Test Strategies
• South Africa's Curro buys 50 pct stake in Bostwana-based university.

4 found guilty of kidnapping, torturing 2 college students Posted: 21 Nov 2016 10:17 AM PST ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Four people have been convicted of charges stemming from the kidnapping and torturing of two college students in Rochester last year.

Should I Wash the Turkey Before Cooking It? Posted: 21 Nov 2016 08:37 AM PST Ellen Steinberg is a discerning dinner guest. As a food safety specialist with the Georgia Department of Education's School Nutrition Program, she can't help but notice hosts who don't wash their hands, cats that aren't shooed off the counter and cooks who don't use a food thermometer. "If the bathroom isn't clean," she reasons, "chances are the back of the house isn't either." But for those of us who aren't food safety experts, how to prepare, handle and store food properly isn't second nature.

Asian students in 24-hour run to end modern slavery Posted: 21 Nov 2016 06:44 AM PST By Beh Lih Yi KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malaysian student Benjamin Tan was injured and so exhausted at one point of the race that he was just limping around the running track - but he knew he could not give up. Tan was among 2,500 high school students who on Sunday completed 24 hours of relay races in a student-led campaign in Asia to end modern slavery and human trafficking. The races were held simultaneously in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong over the weekend.

College Students Share Their Best SAT, ACT Test Strategies Posted: 21 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PST November is a tricky time of year, as many high school students are not only scrambling to prepare for final exams but are also faced with the final testing sessions of the year for the SAT and ACT. The pressure is on when it comes to impressing colleges and universities with both stellar test scores and strong GPAs. Excelling on the SAT or ACT requires a different approach than other exams, in part because of the nuances of the standardized test environment and format.

South Africa's Curro buys 50 pct stake in Bostwana-based university. Posted: 21 Nov 2016 01:13 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest private education firm Curro Holdings, acquired a 50 percent stake in Botswana-based BA Isago University as part of its stated goal to run 80 campuses by 2020, the firm said on Monday. * The transaction will be done through Curro's wholly-ownedsubsidiary, The Embury Institute for Higher Education, thecompany said in a statement without giving any financialdetails. * Curro will fund the transaction by means of existing cashreserves and bank loans. ...

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