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Cell phones can aid students, educator argues BC-FAM-CMP-KIDS-CELLPHONES:DE: (743 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML DETROIT - Cell phones have become unwelcome in most schools, because of fears about cheating, distractions and the reality that some students have used them to take and spread inappropriate pictures. But a new book written by a local educator argues... Jan/5/2009 8:09 AM

Lake Superior's linguists hate green terms BC-CMP-BANNEDWORDS:DE: (510 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML DETROIT - Call them die-hard defenders of the Queen's English or simply seekers of cheap publicity. Lake Superior State University officials have released their annual list of words they want banished, banned, evicted or otherwise exiled from everyday... Jan/5/2009 8:02 AM

Disabled parents don't hinder student's success BC-CMP-FAM-CHALLENGES:MO: (2622 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML   | Images MODESTO, Calif. - At 8 a.m. on a recent Wednesday you might have spotted Rebeka Willett on the Modesto Junior College campus. She was the 18-year-old in a Raiders T-shirt and jeans, giggling along with her classmates as she practiced arabesques in a... Jan/4/2009 9:47 AM

Cursive a puzzle for many young students BC-CMP-CURSIVE:SA: (1385 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML SACRAMENTO, Calif. - About five years ago, San Juan High School teacher Shirley Bowers realized that half her students had no idea what she was writing on the board. "I had a student remark that he couldn't read my notes," Bowers said. His fellow... Jan/4/2009 9:46 AM

Teens' sexuality struggles go with them to school BC-CMP-FAM-GLBTEENS:FL: (951 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A single gunshot fired into the torso of one 15-year-old by another in a crowded hallway at Dillard High School immediately ignited concerns about violence in South Florida's public schools. But smoldering under the surface is... Dec/30/2008 1:36 PM

University puts out call for cadavers BC-MED-CMP-CADAVERSHORTAGE:ID: (438 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML BOISE, Idaho - Idaho State University is seeking the gift of cadavers to provide essential, hands-on experience and training to its students in health-related fields. As demand increases and out-of-state sources of cadavers diminish, ISU is relying... Dec/29/2008 8:06 AM

University of Chicago introduces 'open housing' BC-CMP-DORMS:TB: (767 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML CHICAGO - The University of Chicago, proud home of Nobel laureates, will undertake a bold experiment in chemistry: coed dorm rooms. The pilot program allowing male and female students to sleep in the same room will start next month. It's not intended... Dec/21/2008 4:30 PM

With science scores sagging, schools seek to make the subject more appealing BC-SCI-CMP-SCIENCELITERACY:PH: (1375 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML   | Images PHILADELPHIA - The 1982 vintage of Lafite-Rothschild is among the most storied wines of the past few decades. To the serious collector, it is worth several thousand dollars a bottle, Robert J. Levis explained to his listeners. Unless, of course,... Dec/20/2008 8:00 PM

Former hostage in Beirut Terry Anderson joins University of Kentucky journalism faculty BC-CMP-TERRYANDERSON:LX: (800 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML LEXINGTON, Ky. - Terry A. Anderson, the former chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press who spent nearly seven years as a hostage in Lebanon, has joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky's journalism school. Anderson, 61, will... Dec/18/2008 10:57 PM

Kentucky college student indicted in e-mail threat case BC-CPT-CMP-EMAILTHREAT:LX: (653 words) Stories Download: Preview | Text | Web-Ready HTML LEXINGTON, Ky. - A southern Kentucky college student tried to force a young woman to send him a sexually graphic video of herself after he stole log-in information from several computers, a federal grand jury has charged. Sungkook Kim, 23, was indicted. Dec/18/2008 10:30 PM

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