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Correction: University Land Grabs story
(AP)
September 7th, 2010 04:35 PM
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 | AP - In a Sept. 6 story about universities buying up land they don't immediately have use for, The Associated Press misidentified the type of parking structure that's in a building the University of Dayton bought last year. The building includes a parking lot, not a parking garage. |
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Show in historic Istanbul seminary stirs hope
(Reuters)
September 7th, 2010 10:01 AM
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| Reuters - An Istanbul seminary closed in 1971 is hosting its first public event in 40 years, raising hopes it may shortly be reopened by Turkey and once again educate priests for the Greek Orthodox community. |
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Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in Ohio
(AP)
September 6th, 2010 06:23 PM
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 | AP - Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67.
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Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use
(AP)
September 6th, 2010 02:17 PM
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| AP - Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used. |
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Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school
(AP)
September 4th, 2010 05:08 PM
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 | AP - Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.
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'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies
(AP)
September 3rd, 2010 04:53 PM
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| AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president. |
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CA university upholds suspension of Muslim group
(AP)
September 3rd, 2010 04:28 PM
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| AP - The University of California, Irvine has upheld its decision to suspend a campus Muslim group after some of its members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at a campus event. |
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