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		<title>ACLU challenges RI school systems &#8220;pay-to-play&#8221; mandate for student athletes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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ACLU contests RI school&#8217;s pay-to-play sports edict

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A civil liberties group is challenging a North Smithfield school system policy that charges students a fee to play sports.
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday it had filed an administrative complaint with the state education department.
It says the policy, which .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aclu-challenges-ri-school-systems-pay-to-play-mandate-for-student-athletes-247283/">Read the original article &nbsp;: ACLU challenges RI school systems &#8220;pay-to-play&#8221; mandate for student athletes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds wait to get into memorial service for TV evangelist, university founder Oral Roberts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Juozapavicius</dc:creator>
		
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Hundreds wait to get into service for Oral Roberts

TULSA, Okla. — Hundreds of people are waiting to get into the memorial service for evangelist Oral Roberts.
Among the early arrivals for the afternoon service at Oral Roberts University were husband and wife Mark and Paula Sterns, alumni who flew from Dallas for the event. Mark Sterns ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hundreds-wait-to-get-into-memorial-service-for-tv-evangelist-university-founder-oral-roberts-246977/">Hundreds wait to get into memorial service for TV evangelist, university founder Oral Roberts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Millions of people snowed in by East Coast storm over the weekend slog back to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Storm-walloped East Coast returns to work _ slowly

NEW YORK — Millions of East Coast commuters returned to work Monday over slick roads and icy sidewalks after a weekend winter storm dropped record snowfall, interrupted holiday shopping and stranded travelers.
The storm crept up the coast on Saturday and Sunday, walloping states from the mid-Atlantic to New ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/millions-of-people-snowed-in-by-east-coast-storm-over-the-weekend-slog-back-to-work-246745/" title="Millions of people snowed in by East Coast storm over the weekend slog back to work">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Even after death, Oral Roberts&#8217; guiding hand to be felt at university he founded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Juozapavicius</dc:creator>
		
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Even after death, Roberts&#8217; hand to be felt at ORU

TULSA, Okla. — The hands evangelist Oral Roberts used to heal thousands of people will still help guide the university he founded nearly a half-century ago, even after his death, his followers believe.
Roberts passed away last week at 91, but the legacy of charismatic Christianity he ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/even-after-death-oral-roberts-guiding-hand-to-be-felt-at-university-he-founded-246744/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Even after death, Oral Roberts&#8217; guiding hand to be felt at university he founded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>From US childhood to Pakistan accusations: Did &#8216;Jihadi cool&#8217; lure young Americans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nafeesa Syeed</dc:creator>
		
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Did &#8216;Jihadi cool&#8217; lure 5 Americans to Pakistan?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where five young men from Virginia were arrested, suspected of trying to join Taliban forces. Called &#8220;The Pact,&#8221; that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/from-us-childhood-to-pakistan-accusations-did-jihadi-cool-lure-young-americans-246627/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Teacher in Las Vegas accused of claiming in class that Holocaust happened</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: Vegas teacher accused of denying Holocaust

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas teacher has been told to stay home while district officials investigate a claim that she denied in class the Holocaust happened, a newspaper reported Friday.
Clark County schools spokesman Michael Rodriguez said Northwest Career and Technical Academy teacher Lori Sublette was assigned to remain .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-teacher-in-las-vegas-accused-of-claiming-in-class-that-holocaust-happened-246263/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Report: Teacher in Las Vegas accused of claiming in class that Holocaust happened</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona teacher placed on leave after taking high school choir to lunch at Hooters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Ariz. teacher on leave for taking choir to Hooters

PHOENIX — An Arizona music teacher whose students performed at a presidential inauguration event is on administrative leave after taking 40 high school students to a Hooters restaurant.
Paradise Valley school district spokeswoman Judi Willis says choir director Mary Segall accompanied the students to a performance in downtown ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-teacher-placed-on-leave-after-taking-high-school-choir-to-lunch-at-hooters-245694/" title="Arizona teacher placed on leave after taking high school choir to lunch at Hooters">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana University says it&#8217;s lowering spending by $177M in face of 6 percent state aid cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Facing lower state aid, Ind. Univ. cuts spending

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University says it has made $177 million in cuts as it adjusts to Gov. Mitch Daniels&#8217; 6 percent reduction in state aid to higher education.
The university said Wednesday it will see about $1 billion in savings over the next decade as a result of .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indiana-university-says-its-lowering-spending-by-177m-in-face-of-6-percent-state-aid-cut-2-245566/">Indiana University says it&#8217;s lowering spending by $177M in face of 6 percent state aid cut</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana University says it&#8217;s lowering spending by $177M in face of 6 percent state aid cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Facing lower state aid, Ind. Univ. cuts spending

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University says it has made $177 million in cuts as it adjusts to Gov. Mitch Daniels&#8217; 6 percent reduction in state aid to higher education.
The university said Wednesday it will see about $1 billion in savings over the next decade as a result of .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indiana-university-says-its-lowering-spending-by-177m-in-face-of-6-percent-state-aid-cut-245563/">Indiana University says it&#8217;s lowering spending by $177M in face of 6 percent state aid cut</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents tangle with Dallas school district after 4-year-old son suspended for his long hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Carlton</dc:creator>
		
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Texas parents, school tangle over boy&#8217;s long locks

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — Taylor Pugh has been suspended from pre-kindergarten because he likes his hair a little on the floppy side.
The 4-year-old sat with a teacher&#8217;s aide in a suburban Dallas school library on Thursday during the fourth week of his in-school suspension.
Taylor&#8217;s locks — long on .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/parents-tangle-with-dallas-school-district-after-4-year-old-son-suspended-for-his-long-hair-245188/">Original article &nbsp;: Parents tangle with Dallas school district after 4-year-old son suspended for his long hair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents battle suburban Dallas school after it suspends their son, 4, because of his long hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Carlton</dc:creator>
		
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Texas parents battle school over son&#8217;s long locks

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — Pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh likes his floppy hair just how it is: long on the front and sides, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.
But his long locks violate the dress code in his suburban Dallas school district. So Taylor again Wednesday found himself facing in-school .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/parents-battle-suburban-dallas-school-after-it-suspends-their-son-4-because-of-his-long-hair-245012/">Parents battle suburban Dallas school after it suspends their son, 4, because of his long hair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgetown University&#8217;s NAACP chapter among groups who say campus satire is racist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Georgetown students say campus satire is racist

WASHINGTON — Georgetown University students are slamming a humor magazine for an online satirical piece they say is racist and not funny.
The story in The Georgetown Heckler describes the official campus paper, The Hoya, holding a fictional cross-burning on campus and refers to &#8220;dark, human-shaped pinatas.&#8221; A photograph with .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgetown-universitys-naacp-chapter-among-groups-who-say-campus-satire-is-racist-244954/">Source article &nbsp;: Georgetown University&#8217;s NAACP chapter among groups who say campus satire is racist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NY transit agency board approves doomsday budget that includes service cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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NY transit agency board approves 2010 budget

NEW YORK — The board of the nation&#8217;s largest transit agency reluctantly approved a 2010 budget Wednesday that includes service cuts and could leave New York City children without free rides to their public schools.
But several Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members characterized the vote as merely the beginning of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-transit-agency-board-approves-doomsday-budget-that-includes-service-cuts-244916/">Read more : NY transit agency board approves doomsday budget that includes service cuts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. school district rebuts father&#8217;s claim, denies suspending student for crucifix sketch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. school denies suspending student for drawing

TAUNTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts school district on Tuesday night denied a father&#8217;s claims that his son was suspended for drawing a stick figure of Jesus on a cross.
The Taunton School District said in a written statement that the second-grade student was never suspended over the sketch and that ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-school-district-rebuts-fathers-claim-denies-suspending-student-for-crucifix-sketch-244515/" title="Mass. school district rebuts father&#8217;s claim, denies suspending student for crucifix sketch">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arlington, Va., middle school cancels Taliban debate after parents complain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Arlington, Va., educators cancel Taliban debate

ARLINGTON, Va. — A middle school principal in Virginia has called off an assignment that asked some students to represent the views of the Taliban in a mock United Nations debate.
Eighth graders at Swanson Middle School in Arlington had been asked to research nine conflicts around the world, including Afghanistan, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arlington-va-middle-school-cancels-taliban-debate-after-parents-complain-244383/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Arlington, Va., middle school cancels Taliban debate after parents complain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico to receive more than $67M for state&#8217;s 529 college savings program under settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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NM AG says settlement with Oppenheimer reached

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Gary King says a settlement has been reached with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to resolve an investigation into the company&#8217;s management of the state&#8217;s 529 college savings programs.
Under terms of the settlement announced Monday, King says Oppenheimer agrees to pay New Mexico $67.31 .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-mexico-to-receive-more-than-67m-for-states-529-college-savings-program-under-settlement-244355/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana high school student killed after falling under bus during fight with peer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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La. student falls under bus during scuffle, dies

RAYVILLE, La. — A Louisiana high school student was killed after she fell into the path of a departing school bus during a fight with another student.
Officials say the Monday afternoon fight was between a Rayville High School student and someone from another school.
Richland Parish Schools Superintendent Cathy .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/louisiana-high-school-student-killed-after-falling-under-bus-during-fight-with-peer-244039/">Louisiana high school student killed after falling under bus during fight with peer</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UC Berkeley awards honorary degrees to former students sent to WWII internment campus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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UC Berkeley awards degrees to WWII internees

BERKELEY, Calif. — Forty-two former University of California, Berkeley students have received their diplomas nearly seven decades after their studies were disrupted when they were sent to internment camps during World War II.
The Japanese Americans, now in their 80s, were awarded honorary degrees at a special ceremony Sunday at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uc-berkeley-awards-honorary-degrees-to-former-students-sent-to-wwii-internment-campus-243938/">Original article &nbsp;: UC Berkeley awards honorary degrees to former students sent to WWII internment campus</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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DETROIT — A decade-long decline in the number of teens using pot has apparently stalled, and some teens&#8217; attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.
The findings were based on a survey of roughly ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-drug-czar-pot-smoking-keeps-increasing-among-us-teens-cigarettes-binge-drinking-drops-243857/">Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police on hand as NJ high school, target of &#8216;Columbine-like&#8217; plot, reopens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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NJ high school reopens after threat
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Students returned Monday to a New Jersey high school that prosecutors say was the target of a &#8220;Columbine-like&#8221; plot and were greeted by a police presence that was intended to reassure that Bridgewater-Raritan High School was safe.

Authorities say a 16-year-old junior at the school was arrested Thursday .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-on-hand-as-nj-high-school-target-of-columbine-like-plot-reopens-243825/">Original article &nbsp;: Police on hand as NJ high school, target of &#8216;Columbine-like&#8217; plot, reopens</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Asian advocates plan federal complaint after school attacks on Philly students</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Rights complaint planned in Philly school attacks

PHILADELPHIA — A national Asian American advocacy organization says it plans to file a federal civil rights complaint against the Philadelphia School District after a series of attacks on Asian students at a high school.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund said Friday that it would accuse the  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/asian-advocates-plan-federal-complaint-after-school-attacks-on-philly-students-243309/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: Brazilian student is suing university that expelled her for wearing miniskirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Student sues Brazilian university over miniskirt

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian university student expelled for causing an uproar while wearing a pink miniskirt has sued her school.
Geisy Arruda asks for $570,000 in damages from Bandeirantes University in Sao Paulo, her lawyer, Nehemias Melo, told the privately run Agencia Estado news service, on Friday.
The university expelled .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-brazilian-student-is-suing-university-that-expelled-her-for-wearing-miniskirt-243116/">Original source &nbsp;: Lawyer: Brazilian student is suing university that expelled her for wearing miniskirt</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>17 years, 5 colleges, 3 states _ in one student&#8217;s story, lessons on the path through college</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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DURHAM, N.C. — She looked like a good bet to beat the odds, but her first try at college, nearly 20 years ago, came up short.
From a tough, low-income neighborhood of Utica, N.Y., Catherine McNamara earned a scholarship to Northeastern University in Boston, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/17-years-5-colleges-3-states-_-in-one-students-story-lessons-on-the-path-through-college-243058/">17 years, 5 colleges, 3 states _ in one student&#8217;s story, lessons on the path through college</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A student&#8217;s path through college can be anything but easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Path to college degree can be long, winding

DURHAM, N.C. — There&#8217;s no such thing as a typical college student these days. Nearly a third of undergraduate college students are 25 or older. About 70 percent have at least one characteristic that makes them &#8220;non-traditional&#8221; to government statisticians, such as part-time enrollment, caring for dependents, or .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-students-path-through-college-can-be-anything-but-easy-243055/">Source article &nbsp;: A student&#8217;s path through college can be anything but easy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: missing Yale lab technician found safe near home; case unrelated to student&#8217;s killing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Missing Yale lab tech found near home
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police say they&#8217;ve found a missing Yale University lab technician who reportedly works at the building where a graduate student was killed in September.

West Haven police say 47-year-old John DiNello was found safe near his home in West Haven at about 6:30 a.m. Friday. No .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-missing-yale-lab-technician-found-safe-near-home-case-unrelated-to-students-killing-242911/">Police: missing Yale lab technician found safe near home; case unrelated to student&#8217;s killing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bartels</dc:creator>
		
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Pulaski teachers protest board vote against union

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union-represented teachers in the Pulaski County School District stayed home Thursday to protest a school board decision to end recognition of their union.
All 39 schools in the 18,000-student district remained open, with substitute teachers and parent volunteers filling in for the absent teachers, Acting Superintendent .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pulaski-county-teachers-have-1-day-walkout-to-protest-school-board-vote-to-decertify-union-242698/">Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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SF Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay area school board will use broad lessons against bias to replace a curriculum against bullying gay people that had become a national centerpiece in the opposition to same-sex marriage.
The vote by the Alameda Board of Education on Tuesday did little to ease ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sf-bay-area-school-board-votes-to-replace-gay-friendly-curriculum-address-other-biases-242548/" title="SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali minister: Suicide bomber who attacked doctors&#8217; graduation was Danish-Somali</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali minister: Suicide bomber was Danish-Somali

NAIROBI, Kenya — A suicide bomber who killed 24 people last week at a university graduation ceremony in Somalia&#8217;s capital was a Danish citizen of Somali descent, a top Somali government official told The Associated Press Thursday.
Information Minister Dahir Gelle said that the bomber was identified by his father after .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-minister-suicide-bomber-who-attacked-doctors-graduation-was-danish-somali-242539/">Source &nbsp;: Somali minister: Suicide bomber who attacked doctors&#8217; graduation was Danish-Somali</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The school board blinked.
Under the duress of a lawsuit and threats of recall, the Alameda Board of Education has voted to phase out an elementary school curriculum it adopted in May to prevent anti-gay bullying.
The so-called Lesson 9, which had become an opposition centerpiece in a national ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bay-area-school-board-votes-to-replace-gay-friendly-curriculum-address-more-kinds-of-bias-242411/">Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>DeVry University undergraduate enrollments accelerate in fall semester, up 22.7 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/devry-university-undergraduate-enrollments-accelerate-in-fall-semester-up-227-percent-241556/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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DeVry fall undergrad enrollment accelerates

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — For-profit education provider DeVry Inc. on Tuesday said fall enrollment for undergraduates at its DeVry University unit accelerated from a year ago as the bad economy drives students to school.
The Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., company said undergraduate enrollments rose 22.7 percent to 64,003, up from a 16.9 percent ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/devry-university-undergraduate-enrollments-accelerate-in-fall-semester-up-227-percent-241556/">DeVry University undergraduate enrollments accelerate in fall semester, up 22.7 percent</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA will more aggressively watch school systems repeatedly violating safe drinking water law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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EPA to unveil new policies on water at schools

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it will focus more resources on small water systems nationwide in an effort to improve the enforcement of safe drinking water laws.
The agency will also move repeat violators to the top of the list for stricter monitoring and pay ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-will-more-aggressively-watch-school-systems-repeatedly-violating-safe-drinking-water-law-241516/" title="EPA will more aggressively watch school systems repeatedly violating safe drinking water law">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NY grad student accused of fatally stabbing Binghamton University anthropology professor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Student charged in Binghamton U. professor&#8217;s death

VESTAL, N.Y. — A graduate student has been accused of fatally stabbing a 77-year-old Binghamton University anthropology professor.
Authorities say Abdulsalam al-Zahrani (ab-DUHL&#8217;-sah-lam al-zah-RAH&#8217;-nee) was charged with murder Saturday in the death of Richard T. Antoun on Friday.
Broome County District Attorney Gerald Mollen says Antoun knew al-Zahrani from school. He ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-grad-student-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-binghamton-university-anthropology-professor-240501/">Read more : NY grad student accused of fatally stabbing Binghamton University anthropology professor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Historically black school in Pa. drops required fitness class for obese students</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Pa. school drops required fitness class for obese

OXFORD, Pa. — Obese students at a historically black college near Philadelphia won&#8217;t have to take a fitness class to graduate after all.
Lincoln University faculty nixed the idea this week amid complaints the so-called &#8220;fat course&#8221; undermined a school principle of equal treatment.
The school had initiated the policy ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/historically-black-school-in-pa-drops-required-fitness-class-for-obese-students-240470/">Historically black school in Pa. drops required fitness class for obese students</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Va. Tech officials warned their families before the campus was notified about gunman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zinie Chen Sampson</dc:creator>
		
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Va. Tech report: Staff warned their families first

BLACKSBURG, Va. — New details on the response to the first shootings of what would become the Virginia Tech massacre show that at least two administrators alerted their family members well before the rest of the campus was notified that a gunman was on the loose.
The revised state ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-va-tech-officials-warned-their-families-before-the-campus-was-notified-about-gunman-240163/" title="Report: Va. Tech officials warned their families before the campus was notified about gunman">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tensions between black, Asian teens at Philadelphia high school erupted into assaults</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Philly school&#8217;s racial tensions lead to fights

PHILADELPHIA — Tensions between black and Asian students at a public high school erupted in a series of assaults over two days, leading to 10 suspensions and several students seeking medical treatment.
Asian students at South Philadelphia High School say two off-campus fights and a lunchroom attack left them feeling  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tensions-between-black-asian-teens-at-philadelphia-high-school-erupted-into-assaults-240113/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Ind. teen accused of strangling 10-year-old brother had been pulled from school</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Cornwell</dc:creator>
		
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Teen accused of killing bro was pulled from school

RISING SUN, Ind. — The parents of a teenager accused of strangling his 10-year-old brother to satisfy a craving to kill pulled the teen out of high school two weeks before the killing, a school district official said Friday.
Andrew Conley&#8217;s parents withdrew him from Rising Sun High .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-ind-teen-accused-of-strangling-10-year-old-brother-had-been-pulled-from-school-240070/">Official: Ind. teen accused of strangling 10-year-old brother had been pulled from school</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Revised state report on Va. Tech shootings shows more gaps in university responses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zinie Chen Sampson</dc:creator>
		
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Report updates response gaps at Va. Tech shooting

RICHMOND, Va. — Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families about 90 minutes before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
The ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/revised-state-report-on-va-tech-shootings-shows-more-gaps-in-university-responses-240015/" title="Revised state report on Va. Tech shootings shows more gaps in university responses">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali militant group denies role in suicide blast that killed 22 at graduation ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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Somali militant group denies role in suicide bomb

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia&#8217;s most powerful Islamic militant group says it had nothing to do with a suicide bomb attack on a university graduation ceremony that killed 22 people.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the militant group al-Shabab, said Friday that his group is &#8220;very sad&#8221; about ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-militant-group-denies-role-in-suicide-blast-that-killed-22-at-graduation-ceremony-239825/">Somali militant group denies role in suicide blast that killed 22 at graduation ceremony</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama will use $3.5 billion to prod local officials to close, reopen worst-performing schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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Obama pushes to turn around failing schools

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will spend at least $3.5 billion to push local officials around the country to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan hopes to see the 5,000 worst-performing schools, about 1 percent of all U.S. schools, turned around .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-will-use-35-billion-to-prod-local-officials-to-close-reopen-worst-performing-schools-239691/">Source &nbsp;: Obama will use $3.5 billion to prod local officials to close, reopen worst-performing schools</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Think your kid is immune to sexting? Think again: Poll finds sexting common among young people</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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&#8216;Sexting&#8217; is more common than you might think

WASHINGTON — Think your kid is not &#8220;sexting&#8221;? Think again.
Sexting — sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online — is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it. More than a quarter of young people have been ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/think-your-kid-is-immune-to-sexting-think-again-poll-finds-sexting-common-among-young-people-239659/" title="Think your kid is immune to sexting? Think again: Poll finds sexting common among young people">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation commits $12.9 million to improve college learning technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Gates Foundation commits $12.9M to college tech

SEATTLE — The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes.
The $12.9 million in grants the foundation announced Thursday will support a variety of programs — from using social media to creating virtual learning labs.
The leader of ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-foundation-commits-129-million-to-improve-college-learning-technology-239638/">Gates Foundation commits $12.9 million to improve college learning technology</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t assume your kid is immune: Poll finds sexting common among young people</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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Poll finds sexting common among young people

WASHINGTON — Think your kid is not &#8220;sexting&#8221;? Think again.
Sexting — sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online — is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it. More than a quarter of young people have been involved .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dont-assume-your-kid-is-immune-poll-finds-sexting-common-among-young-people-239190/" title="Don&#8217;t assume your kid is immune: Poll finds sexting common among young people">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Light, dean of Harvard Business School, to retire in June; search to begin for successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Harvard Business School dean to retire in June

BOSTON — Harvard University has announced that Jay Light, the dean of its business school, will step down from the post next June.
Light said on Wednesday that the decision to retire was not an easy one, but that the timing felt right. He said the future holds &#8220;significant .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jay-light-dean-of-harvard-business-school-to-retire-in-june-search-to-begin-for-successor-238926/">Source &nbsp;: Jay Light, dean of Harvard Business School, to retire in June; search to begin for successor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Univ. of South Carolina sets 2015 as goal to cut campus vehicle pollution by 90 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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USC sets 2015 goal to cut campus vehicle pollution

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina plans to cut the pollution by its vehicles by 90 percent over the next five years.
University President Harris Pastides said Tuesday the Columbia campus will be the first in the statewide system to reduce its dependence on gas-powered vehicles.
University .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/univ-of-south-carolina-sets-2015-as-goal-to-cut-campus-vehicle-pollution-by-90-percent-238335/">Original source &nbsp;: Univ. of South Carolina sets 2015 as goal to cut campus vehicle pollution by 90 percent</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Unconscious school counselor dies in hour-plus wait in Philly ER after thieves steal his watch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryclaire Dale</dc:creator>
		
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Dying man robbed in Philadelphia ER waiting room

PHILADELPHIA — Police say three people who noticed a Philadelphia school counselor unconscious and dying in an emergency waiting room robbed him instead of going for help.
Police say 63-year-old Joaquin (wah-KEEN&#8217;) Rivera spent nearly 80 minutes waiting in an emergency room after complaining of pain down his side. ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unconscious-school-counselor-dies-in-hour-plus-wait-in-philly-er-after-thieves-steal-his-watch-238330/">Unconscious school counselor dies in hour-plus wait in Philly ER after thieves steal his watch</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police find Texas teacher&#8217;s body in apparently abandoned SUV that was towed to impound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Police find Texas teacher&#8217;s body in SUV at impound

HOUSTON — Police say they found the body of a 35-year-old Houston teacher in his SUV after the apparently abandoned vehicle was towed to an impound.
Galena Park Police Chief Robert Pruett says Heladio Rojas Perales&#8217; family reported him missing at 4 a.m. Thursday.
The Houston Chronicle reports that .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-find-texas-teachers-body-in-apparently-abandoned-suv-that-was-towed-to-impound-237114/">Police find Texas teacher&#8217;s body in apparently abandoned SUV that was towed to impound</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Body of trapped 26-year-old who died in Utah cave won&#8217;t be recovered, cave to be closed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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Body of trapped Utah spelunker won&#8217;t be recovered

SPANISH FORK, Utah — A Utah cave&#8217;s narrow crevice that trapped and eventually killed a medical student will become his final resting place, and the dangerous cavern will be permanently sealed.
State and county officials said Friday that any effort to recover the body of 26-year-old John Jones from .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/body-of-trapped-26-year-old-who-died-in-utah-cave-wont-be-recovered-cave-to-be-closed-236743/" title="Body of trapped 26-year-old who died in Utah cave won&#8217;t be recovered, cave to be closed">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>22-year-old Ariz. man teaching English overseas goes missing in Germany after concert Nov. 21</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Ariz. man, 22, missing in Germany after concert

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A 22-year-old Arizona man who teaches English overseas has been missing since he attended a concert in Germany last weekend.
Devon Hollahan was last seen at around 3 a.m. Nov. 21 after a concert in Frankfurt, Germany. He was traveling back to a hostel with a .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/22-year-old-ariz-man-teaching-english-overseas-goes-missing-in-germany-after-concert-nov-21-236593/">22-year-old Ariz. man teaching English overseas goes missing in Germany after concert Nov. 21</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Earlier rescues successful at Utah cave crevice that claimed mans&#8217; life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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2 rescued earlier at site of Utah cave tragedy

SALT LAKE CITY — The medical student who died in a Utah cave was the third spelunker in recent years to get stuck in the same tiny crevice but the only one to die — an outcome that devastated the dozens of rescuers who worked for more ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/earlier-rescues-successful-at-utah-cave-crevice-that-claimed-mans-life-236484/" title="Earlier rescues successful at Utah cave crevice that claimed mans&#8217; life">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil miniskirt student to star in Carnival parades in Rio and Sao Paulo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Brazil miniskirt student will parade in Carnival

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil — Brazilians will be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She&#8217;s agreed to march in the nation&#8217;s famously flesh-baring Carnival parades.
Geisy Arruda, who became an instant celebrity after being heckled by hundreds of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazil-miniskirt-student-to-star-in-carnival-parades-in-rio-and-sao-paulo-236338/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Brazil miniskirt student to star in Carnival parades in Rio and Sao Paulo</a>.]]></description>
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