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		<title>Mass. grand jury examines &#8217;86 killing by Ala. prof</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON – A grand jury has been convened in Massachusetts to hear evidence in the 1986 shooting death of the brother of a former university professor accused in Alabama of killing three colleagues. Retired Braintree police chief John Polio told The Associated Press on Friday that he and his wife, who worked in an administrative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY teen charged in 2nd plot on his old high school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – A teenager plotted with another to pull off a Columbine-style attack on his former high school, authorities on New York&#8217;s Long Island said Tuesday — the second time in three years he has been accused of such a plot. Christopher Franko, who turned 18 on Tuesday, was ordered held without bail after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-time flagship Philly Catholic school closing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA – Even as financially strapped Catholic schools continue to close across the country, no one in Philadelphia ever thought the church would shutter Cardinal Dougherty High School. Not the flagship campus that once boasted 6,000 students and billed itself as the biggest Catholic school in the world. Not the school whose marching band once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Accused prof attempts suicide in jail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The biology professor charged with killing three Alabama university colleagues in a shooting rampage attempted suicide in jail early Friday, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. Amy Bishop, 45, survived and has been returned to a cell at the Huntsville jail after treatment at a hospital, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job outlook brightens for new grads — just barely</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To get a sense of the job market new college graduates face, consider the latest crop of nurses from Santa Rosa Junior College. Just eight of the 55 students are leaving with job offers — and that&#8217;s considered good news. Last year, no graduates of the California community college&#8217;s associate degree nursing program had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Philly high school traveled rocky road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA – When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled corridors and the latest classroom technology, all housed in a dazzling white modern building. It might as well have been a fishbowl: Educators and media from around the world watched to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 charged in Texas videotaped school beating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON – A teacher and three other educators at a Houston charter school were charged Monday in connection with the videotaped beating of a 13-year-old boy who was attending the school. Teacher Sheri Lynn Davis, 40, was charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony, and could face up to 10 years in prison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small NYC high schools found to boost achievement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK – They were known as dropout factories: big high schools in poor neighborhoods where only a quarter to a third of students graduated. New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg has systematically shut down large, failing high schools and replaced them with small schools, many pegged to themes like the fashion industry or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget cuts more painful at inner-city LA schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES – When state budget cuts imperiled city schools, a group of parents fought back by enlisting Hollywood stars to spread a message targeting one of their own, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar. The satirical video featuring actors Megan Fox and fiancee Brian Austin Green highlights how funding shortfalls have killed jobs for librarians, nurses, translators, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HS students make B&#8217;way debut; 5 win scholarships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK – Five students won college scholarships Monday night for trading in their performances in high school musical productions for Broadway. Kyle Selig of Long Beach, Calif., was named best actor in a high school musical and Alexandria Payne of Atlanta was named best actress at the second annual National High School Music Theater [...]]]></description>
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