Official: Kids gave ‘flu shot’ with found needle (AP)
AP – School officials in Massachusetts say two elementary school children were given medical attention after they played doctor with a hypodermic needle that one of them found on the street on his way to school.
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USDA funds more fruits and veggies for school kids (Reuters)
Reuters – State agencies will get more federal funding to provide fresh fruits and vegetables at schools, the Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.
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Tardy students get rude awakening with sunrise robo-calls (Reuters)
Reuters – Chronically tardy and truant high school students in Fall River, Massachusetts may think they’re having a nightmare when they are aroused at sunrise on Wednesday by their principal’s voice.
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Judge upholds rape charge in Mass. bullying case (AP)
AP – A judge has denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against a 19-year-old man accused of raping a Massachusetts girl who prosecutors say was driven to suicide by school bullies.
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DA: Grand jury had enough to charge boy with rape (AP)
AP – Prosecutors in the Massachusetts case of a teen charged with statutory rape in connection with the suicide of a 15-year-old girl who was bullied have acknowledged the girl’s birthdate wasn’t given to a grand jury that indicted the boy.
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Lawyer: No proof for rape charge in bullying case (AP)
AP – The lawyer for a former Massachusetts high school student charged with statutory rape in connection with the suicide of a classmate in a high-profile bullying case says prosecutors have failed to present evidence to support their allegations.
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Court won’t let Conn. challenge education law (AP)
AP – The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday against hearing Connecticut’s challenge to the federal No Child Left Behind law, ending the state’s six-year lawsuit over how to pay for the stepped-up student testing considered one of the law’s cornerstones.
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10 Colleges With the Most Older Students (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – There are a myriad of reasons that people opt to postpone their journey into higher education. Some students graduate and decide to take a “gap year” between high school and their freshman year of college to travel, study, volunteer, or seek their calling. Some stressed high school graduates use this time to rest and recharge their passion for education.
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Ala. prof won’t be charged in 1993 Mass. mail bomb (AP)
AP – A former professor accused of killing three colleagues in a shooting rampage in Alabama earlier this year won’t be charged in an attempted mail-bombing in Massachusetts 17 years ago.
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Ala. prof won’t be charged in 1993 Mass. mail bomb (AP)
AP – A former professor accused of killing three colleagues in a shooting rampage in Alabama earlier this year won’t be charged in an attempted mail-bombing in Massachusetts 17 years ago.
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