By ALLISON HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
The probe _ prompted by the cocaine overdose death last year of a freshman sorority member _ led to [...]

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By VICKI SMITH Associated Press Writer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ Chastised for showing ‘’seriously flawed” judgment in awarding the governor’s daughter a master’s degree she didn’t earn, West Virginia University is weighing what must be done to recover from the scandal.
President Mike Garrison said late Wednesday it’s unclear whether disciplinary action should be taken against the [...]

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By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. 
An anonymous note was recently left at an apartment complex near Western Illinois University, officials said.  Security  measures have been increased and students are free to skip-class.  Northern Illinois University, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Santana, Red Lake High… even school shootings in the peaceful Amish community.  Even one is too many to report.  School safety [...]

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A Los Angeles appeals court has taken a chain saw to the notion that parents can home school their children.  Though the parents in the case may have been woefully inadequate teachers, the court did not hold back on their discretion by limiting their ruling to the case in hand.  If followed statewide, every parent [...]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ California parents without teaching credentials cannot legally home school their children, according to a recent state appellate court ruling.
The immediate impact of the ruling was not clear. Attorneys for the state Department of Education were reviewing the ruling, and home schooling organizations were lining up against it.
”Parents do not have a [...]

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A promissory note is a written agreement between a borrower and a lender that contains the details of a loan and the procedures for repayment.  Promisorry notes to repay home mortgages and student loans are two of the most popular examples.  However, the use of promissory notes in these areas are now being fundamentally altered.  [...]

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By TOM HESTER Jr. Associated Press Writer
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ It extended from the south Jersey seaside to Newark’s gritty streets, leading investigators on what a federal prosecutor dubbed ”a corruption tour of New Jersey.”
The probe into alleged bribe-taking in the awarding of public contracts culminated in the arrest Thursday of 11 public officials. Among [...]

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