Police: RI teacher assaulted child with pointer

A Rhode Island teacher has been charged with assault for allegedly poking a 10-year-old student in the chest with a pointer. Continue reading ...

Dalton library offering trial run of education database

Dalton-Whitfield Public Library officials are alerting the community to the availability of the Gale Testing and Education Reference Center with Careers Module database as a test demonstration through March 3. ...

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UC regents ease admission rules to expand applicant pool

The controversial policy requires student hopefuls to take fewer tests. The change takes effect for those seeking admission in fall 2012.

A much-debated plan by the University of California to expand its freshman applicant pool and reduce the tests required for admission won final approval Thursday from the Board of Regents.

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Rudd: Fires arson is mass murder

Investigators in Australia believe some of the deadly wildfires ravaging dry southeastern bushland may have been set deliberately, a conclusion prompting Australia's prime minister to call such acts "mass ...

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