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Female death on campus spurs Saudi debate

YoopyaFebruary 7, 2014April 9, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 7, 2014April 9, 202301407

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Thousands of Saudis vented their anger online over a report Thursday that staff at a Riyadh university had barred male...

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Minnesota school evacuated after students get sick

YoopyaFebruary 7, 2014November 29, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 7, 2014November 29, 202302

SPRINGFIELD, Minn. (AP) — A suspected carbon monoxide leak has forced an evacuation at a southern Minnesota school and sent 30 children to the hospital....

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First lady to students: Apply for federal aid

YoopyaFebruary 7, 2014November 29, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 7, 2014November 29, 202302

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama has a message for students considering college: File for federal financial aid. The first lady said Wednesday that filing...

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‘Pocket optician’ trialled in Kenyan schools

YoopyaFebruary 3, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 3, 2014December 3, 202307

A ‘pocket optician’ made from a modified smartphone is to be used by teachers in Kenya as part of trial to catch pupils’ eye problems....

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Obama Reaffirms Old Education Promises in State of the Union Address

YoopyaJanuary 30, 2014June 19, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 30, 2014June 19, 2023078

The president again vowed to expand access to preschool, and ‘shake up’ higher education. Although President Barack Obama did not lay out any new plans...

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Gov. Rick Scott proposes $542 million boost to education spending

YoopyaJanuary 29, 2014November 25, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 29, 2014November 25, 202302

TALLAHASSEE — Facing one of the best state budget outlooks in recent memory, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday made a pitch to increase public school spending...

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Japan revises school manuals to set out territorial claims

YoopyaJanuary 28, 2014November 25, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 28, 2014November 25, 202308

Japan’s Education Ministry says it is revising teaching manuals for schools to set out its ownership of disputed islands. Minister Hakubun Shimomura said Japan wanted...

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Hot College Majors in 2014

YoopyaJanuary 22, 2014December 10, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 22, 2014December 10, 2023016

Most of us were told as children that we could be whatever we wanted to be when we grew up. As time goes on, most...

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Obama urges expanding access to higher education

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014December 3, 202302

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tested his persuasive powers Thursday, summoning university presidents to the White House to win their commitments to expanding access...

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Newtown gunman apparently called radio in 2011

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014November 26, 202305

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The man who carried out the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre apparently called a radio station a year earlier to...