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• Short-term budget fix for Illinois close, but not schools
• Governor signs bill aimed at keeping Kansas schools open
• Egyptian students stage rare protest in Tahrir Square
• Qatar using 3D printers to find perfect pitch
• Colleges Where Top CEOs Earned Their Degrees
• 10 Colleges That Made Them CEOs

Short-term budget fix for Illinois close, but not schools Posted: 27 Jun 2016 03:44 PM PDT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday he's close to a compromise with Democratic lawmakers on a partial-year budget plan with just three days left in the fiscal year, but the gap between the two sides on a second measure to open public schools on time became apparent late in the day.

Governor signs bill aimed at keeping Kansas schools open Posted: 27 Jun 2016 03:34 PM PDT TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation Monday to increase aid to poor school districts, an action that meets a court mandate and ends a threat that the state's public schools might shut down.

Egyptian students stage rare protest in Tahrir Square Posted: 27 Jun 2016 11:03 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of Egyptian high school students staged a rare protest in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Monday before security forces quickly moved in, dispersing them with tear gas and detaining several.

Qatar using 3D printers to find perfect pitch Posted: 27 Jun 2016 10:35 AM PDT Following concerns over poor quality pitches at Euro 2016, Qatar has employed a high-tech solution to avoid similar criticisms of its World Cup in 2022 -- 3D printers and wind tunnels. Scientists at Qatar University, the country's largest higher education establishment, have created 3D-printed models of some of the potential eight stadiums that will be used in 2022, to try and ensure there are no such similar surface problems in six years' time. "We are aware of what is happening in Europe," lead scientist of the research, Saud Ghani said.

Colleges Where Top CEOs Earned Their Degrees Posted: 27 Jun 2016 04:00 AM PDT A strong academic foundation can help today's students become the top CEOs of tomorrow.

10 Colleges That Made Them CEOs Posted: 27 Jun 2016 04:00 AM PDT Where Fortune 500 CEOs Went to School

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