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50 Student Teams Wanted for World's Largest Rocket Competition - Wednesday, September 02, 2009
ARLINGTON - Registration for the world's largest rocket competition, the Team America Rocketry Challenge, is open to 750 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home school...

Private student lenders - Monday, December 08, 2008
When Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that he wanted to extend $60 billion of the $700 billion rescue package to non-bank credit card and auto loan firms, we called it "an...

2,000 Washington State Students Report Signs of Swine Flu - Sunday, September 06, 2009
SEATTLE — At least 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus, university and local health officials said, in what appeared to be one...

Washington Court: Teachers Can Have Sex With 18-Year-Old Students - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
SEATTLE — Washington state law does not bar teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students. That's the decision of a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals, which...

Colleges spend billions to prep freshmen - Monday, September 15, 2008
It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college. In fact, a new study calculates,...

Student discipline shows racial trend - Thursday, June 25, 2009
A disproportionate number of African-American students in some Michigan school districts are being suspended and expelled, according to a report released Wednesday. The American Civil...

Man hands himself in over London student killings - Monday, July 07, 2008
A man has turned himself in to police in London in connection with the brutal murder of two French students, and was later taken to hospital. Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both...

Revamped Spruce High focused on student achievement - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The hallways at Spruce High School didn't sound typical for a first day of classes Monday. They were quiet. Principal Lucy Davila Hakemack's heels click-clacked smartly as she walked...

ASU student receives $100K scholarship from Ronald McDonald House Charities - Friday, July 10, 2009
Luis Duran of Phoenix, a student at Arizona State University, was one of four high school seniors nationwide chosen to receive a college scholarship of $100,000 from Ronald McDonald...

Exchange students need homes for a month - Friday, July 18, 2008
An international exchange program is asking for help to house 12 students who will arrive in a week and still have no host families. Jesse Cook with World Heritage said a program coordinator...