| Democratic report blasts for-profit colleges |
| A Senate Democratic committee report says for-profit colleges place revenues above education and charge students high tuition and excessive loan rates. It says that top officials running the schools enrich themselves. |
| Senate report calls for congressional action on for-profit colleges |
| (Reuters) - U.S. for-profit colleges care more about how much they earn than about their students and need more rules to govern them, according to a U.S. Senate report published on Sunday. The report blamed colleges, such as Apollo Group's University of Phoenix and Washington Post's Kaplan, for their poor quality of education and wasting billions of dollars of taxpayers' money. ... |
| 8 iPhone and iPad apps for middle school students |
 For many kids, middle school is the first time they've gotten to tackle meaty, adult topics in class, whether it's biology or the Civil War. In that spirit, we've compiled a list of eight outstanding educational apps to give your middle school student some extra resources for the new school year. |
| Culture Minister Negotiates Monaco Bulgarian Treasures Expo |
| Bulgarian Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov, is leaving Monday on an official work visit to Monaco, the Bulgarian Culture Ministry informs. The main purpose of the trip is to negotiate conditions for an exhibit of Bulgarian gold treasures to be organized under the personal proposal of Prince Albert II. On Tuesday, Rashidov will meet Paul Masseron, Monaco Counselor for Internal Affairs, in charge of culture and education. ... |
| Biden: Romney doesn't see value in education |
| Vice President Joe Biden, in a speech Sunday to the nation's second largest teachers unions, said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't treat public education as a priority and distrusts the hardworking teachers who struggle to create opportunity for the nation's young people. |
| Protests Over China’s Curriculum Plans for Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong residents took to the streets a day after the city’s education minister warned that such demonstrations would not stop or delay the process. |
| Where city schools seem like day care |
| In a letter sent to the East St. Louis school board in April, the Illinois superintendent of education said the board was engaged in acts of corruption.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r9TcC8pdow8:BwhNqfPKbb0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r9TcC8pdow8:BwhNqfPKbb0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r9TcC8pdow8:BwhNqfPKbb0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=r9TcC8pdow8:BwhNqfPKbb0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r9TcC8pdow8:BwhNqfPKbb0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstori |
| What Higher Education Will Look Like in 2020 [STUDY] |
 In 2020, students may be able to travel to faraway continents, and attend a school halfway around the world. |
| 5 Startups Transforming Online Education |
| Zev Gotkin is an entrepreneur and founder of L'Mala, a writing firm specializing in website content development, blogs, branding, and social media promotion. He can be reached at wgotkin@gmail.com. |
| Babysitters earn nearly twice the national minimum wage on average |
| Babysitting is good work is you can get it. The average hourly rate for childcare services is $12.75, nearly twice the U.S. minimum wage of $7.25. And babysitters in the Northeast do even better, earning an average of $15.50 per hour. "Nannies and college graduates with early childhood education experience are the ones who command [...] |
| Students Are Paying 30% of Their College Costs |
| Students are paying for more of their college education on their own now than they have for the past four years. Sallie Mae's "How America Pays For College" study, reported by Bloomberg Businessweek, involved 801 undergraduates between the ages of 18 and 24 and 800 parents, and found that 30 percent of the total cost of college in this academic year came from students' savings, incomes and loans. That's up from four years ago, when only 24 percent of the bill went to students, and just a year ago when 26 percent did. |
| 4 Steps for Choosing Age-Based 529 Plans |
| Parents looking to save money for their child's college education might want greater stability than investing in the stock market but need more growth than what savings accounts offer. One option that could be more palatable: age-based 529 education savings plans. |
| Why Children Are Getting More Expensive |
| Here's some bad news for parents: Even excluding college tuition, children are getting more expensive. The Agriculture Department reports that children born in 2011 will cost their parents $234,900 before they turn 18. That's 3.5 percent more than what those born in 2010 will cost. The report attributes the increase largely to the rising price of transportation, child care, education (before college), and food. |
| Jane Lynch Says: 'Don't Major in College Debt' |
| Jane Lynch doesn't want you to struggle with student debt. On Tuesday, the actress launched the National College Finance Center website to provide a resource for educating students and their families about financing their college education. Lynch made a presentation in New York to highlight the features of the website and discuss America's college debt crisis. She said at the news conference: |
| World Briefing | Middle East: West Bank: Israel Authorizes University in Jewish Settlement |
| An Israeli education committee voted Tuesday to grant full university status to an academic center in Ariel, a large Jewish settlement, making it the first Israeli university in the West Bank. |
| West Bank settlement college deemed a university |
| A settler body has overturned a ruling by Israel's Council on Higher education and has granted university status to a college in an Israeli settlement. |
| Are For-Profit Colleges a Rip-off? |
| A federal judge recently overturned federal regulations that would have denied federally backed loans to students attending colleges that graduated students with substantial debt and no job. The regulations, declared by the Department of education, were intended to lower costs and increase educational value for students. But more than that, they raise an important question: Are for-profit colleges a bad deal? |
| Education's cheating epidemic |
| Many kids today see dishonesty as a crucial part of any path to success.Cheating was, is and probably always will be a fact of life. Recently, technology has provided new ways to cheat, but advanced electronics can't be blamed for our increasing willingness to tolerate it. |
| Report: 2M jobs lost if automatic cuts kick in |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Automatic cuts in federal spending will cost the economy more than 2 million jobs, from defense contracting to border security to education, if Congress fails to resolve the looming budget crisis, according to an analysis released Tuesday.... |
| Saudi-Turkish educational cooperation stressed |
| (MENAFN - Arab News) Minister of education Prince Faisal bin Abdullah and Turkish counterpart Omer Dincer Saturday explored means of bolstering cooperation between the two countries, notably on how ... |
| Young North Korean Defectors Struggle in the South |
| Attempts at integration, including education at top universities, have had mixed results, leaving many North Koreans unable to adapt to South Korea’s hard-charging society. |
| The best cities for Millennials |
 A weak job market, along with the high cost of higher education, have made it difficult for the average college graduate in America. |
| Trouble in the Middle |
| A study out this week by the liberal Center for American Progress found that kids in the middle don't think school is challenging enough. That's right: According to the great silent majority of students surveyed over the past three years by the Department of education, the problem is not too much homework but too little; it's not assignments that demand too much, but those that are, quite literally, too easy. |
| Pennsylvania Universities Hike Tuition by 3 Percent |
| Students and future students at many Pennsylvania universities can breathe a little easier. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher education announced a modest 3 percent price hike for the 2012-2013 academic year, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The increase will amount to an increase of $188 to $6,428 for the nearly 120,000 students enrolled throughout the 14 state-owned universities in the Keystone State, according to the Associated Press. ... |
| You Don't Need a College Degree to Understand Stephen Colbert |
| If ever there was evidence of a higher education bubble, it's the promulgation of college courses and scholarly research devoted to the study of Stephen Colbert. This morning, The Washington Post's Paul Farhi informs about the an academic "cult of Colbert" taking shape on campuses across the country. "There are dozens of scholarly articles, monographs, treatises and essays about Colbert, as well as books of scholarly articles, monographs and essays," he writes. ... |
| Board OKs higher tuition at Pa. state universities |
| Students at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities will pay about 3 percent more for tuition and technology fees in the coming school year following action Monday by the board of governors of the State System of Higher education. |
| Kenya trials at war crimes court to start in April |
| THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two Kenyan presidential hopefuls accused of fuelling post-election violence will face trial at the International Criminal Court in April 2013, the court said on Monday, allowing them to run their campaigns ahead of an election in March. Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, a former finance minister, and William Ruto, former higher education minister, are among four Kenyans facing charges over bloodshed that followed a disputed 2007 presidential elections. They deny wrongdoing. ... |
| Kenya trials at war crimes court to start in April |
| THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Four prominent Kenyans, including two presidential hopefuls accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007, will go on trial at the International Criminal Court in April 2013, the court said on Monday. The four men include Uhuru Kenyatta, a former finance minister who still holds the position of deputy prime minister, and former Higher education Minister William Ruto, both seen as presidential contenders. Kenya is holding an election next March which will be the first since the disputed poll in 2007 that triggered a politically-fuelled ethnic slaughter. ... |
| Opinion: Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Is Crucial for America's Prosperity |
| According to a New York Times article published in June, the prestigious University of California system could experience another round of painful and draconian budget cuts if Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed tax increase isn't approved by California voters in November. While budgetary cuts to public higher education are always worrisome, these couldn't come at a worse time--public, accessible, and affordable higher education is more important today than it has ever been. |
| India Ink: A Cop Walks the Global Education Beat |
| A British auditing agency oversees education partnerships in India and around the world. |
| Bulgarian Ex-EU Commissioner to Officially Launch New Party |
| Former Bulgarian European Commissioner and presidential candidate Meglena Kuneva is to officially launch her new political project, the Bulgaria for Citizens party, on Sunday. The party, which declares itself as right-wing, is to elect its National Council that will consist of 21 members. Former education Minister Daniel Valchev and human rights expert Yonko Grozev are expected to be among those elected, dnevnik.... |
| Don Larsen to auction his uniform from perfect game |
| Former Yankees pitcher plans to pay for his grandkids' college education with the proceeds.New York Yankees legend Don Larsen said Thursday he wants to pay for his grandkids' college education by auctioning off a prized possession — the uniform he wore when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history. |
| S.Africa claims delivery of books in schools fiasco |
 South Africa's education department on Thursday claimed it had supplied nearly all missing textbooks to 5,000 public schools as ordered by a court but doubts remained that the fiasco was over. |
| New site will allow people to track Ark. spending |
| Arkansas officials on Wednesday showed off a new government website that will allow people to track by all state agencies, except higher education institutions. |
| Gates: 'Higher education has not been substantially changed by the Internet' |
| Bill Gates sounds off on a number of education issues in a recent interview with the Chronicle of Higher education. He states that higher ed hasn't really changed that much despite exposure to an incredibly transformative medium, the Internet. |
| Why some for-profit colleges could lose eligibility for federal aid |
| Dozens of for-profit colleges, also called career training programs, could lose their federal financial aid because they are saddling students with unsustainable levels of debt, according to new data from the US Department of education. |
| Apollo faces federal review on financial aid issue |
| The U.S. Department of education plans to review two years of paperwork filed by for-profit education company Apollo Group Inc. to ensure it complied with federal student financial aid rules at its University of Phoenix chain. |
| Apollo faces investigation on federal reporting |
| The U.S. Department of education plans to investigate for-profit education company Apollo Group Inc. to ensure it complied with federal student financial aid rules at its University of Phoenix chain. |
| Borrowing for college skyrocketing in Ky. |
| Kentucky college students borrowed a record $1.2 billion for higher education during the 2010-2011 school year, and the average student will spend a decade shelling out $200 a month to retire their loans, new data shows. |
| NJ governor confident in university merger bill |
| Gov. Chris Christie says he's confident the Legislature will approve a plan to change New Jersey's higher education system. |
| Women's heart center at Cedars to bear Barbra Streisand's name |
 Barbra Streisand and donors such as designers Ralph Lauren and Diane von Furstenberg gave more than $22 million for the new research facility. Cedars-Sinai will announce the dedication at Streisand's Malibu home Thursday night at an event to be attended by Bill Clinton.In 1991, cardiologist Bernadine Healy published an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine about a phenomenon she called "the Yentl syndrome." Yentl, the heroine of a 1983 Barbra Streisand musical based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story, was a Jewish girl who disguised herself as a boy so that she'd be allowed to get an education. Like Yentl, Healy wrote, women only received proper treatment for heart disease when they exhibited classically male symptoms. |
| Letters: High-paying education jobs |
| Re "School posts may be tough to fill," June 11 |
| Do we need a revolution in higher education? |
| William Bennett says new technological ventures can challenge the model of the traditional four-year residential, physical college.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=9p_RWedNuq0:0CR0zlirAWY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=9p_RWedNuq0:0CR0zlirAWY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=9p_RWedNuq0:0CR0zlirAWY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=9p_RWedNuq0:0CR0zlirAWY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=9p_RWedNuq0:0CR0zlirAWY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> |
| 5th graders learned about oral sex |
| An elementary school sex education class causes outrage for parents who say it went too far. Affiliate KING reports.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=c2WqrX7V90A:5zR4AxeMCl4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=c2WqrX7V90A:5zR4AxeMCl4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=c2WqrX7V90A:5zR4AxeMCl4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=c2WqrX7V90A:5zR4AxeMCl4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=c2WqrX7V90A:5zR4AxeMCl4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0">< |
| Department of Education lists cheapest and costliest colleges |
| Berea College doesn’t have the cachet and name recognition of Harvard or Yale. But it also doesn’t have the high price tag. |
| Study: Women MDs paid less, even at same jobs |
| A new study says women physician-scientists are paid much less than their male counterparts. The salary difference over a career could pay for a college education, a spacious house, or even a retirement nest egg. |
| Women MDs paid less: reluctant to push for raises? |
| Women physician-scientists are paid much less than their male counterparts, researchers found, with a salary difference that over the course of a career could pay for a college education, a spacious house, or a retirement nest egg. |
| Teachers Respond to Mitt Romney on Class Size |
| Does a smaller classroom really translate to a better education for public school students? In late May, Mitt Romney said fewer students aren't really the key, citing research that indicated some smaller classrooms performed worse. |
| Fla. task force gets report on ed challenges |
| Two veteran faculty members cautioned a newly formed task force on Monday against changing Florida's higher education system simply because a businessman â€" in this case, Gov. Rick Scott â€" believes it needs to show more value. |
| UL System leader urges reworking of college cuts |
| The leader of the University of Louisiana System is asking the state's top higher education board to scrap its method for divvying up dollars among Louisiana's public colleges, saying the formula is inappropriate to use with budget cuts. |
| Los Angeles Kings' Simon Gagne talks about concussion symptoms |
 Gagne tells what the NHL is doing to educate players about head injuries and warns that it's a mistake for players to come back when they feel only 95%.NEWARK, N.J. — Kings forward Simon Gagne , who missed more than five months because of lingering concussion symptoms, said that NHL Players Assn. is working to enhance the education process regarding head injuries. |
| Body of accused killer is donated to science |
| The family of accused killer and kidnapper Adam Mayes has sent his body to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where students will use it for research and educational purposes, officials said.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=5Cx_6PrLC94:XNWgvlRC5NE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=5Cx_6PrLC94:XNWgvlRC5NE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=5Cx_6PrLC94:XNWgvlRC5NE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=5Cx_6PrLC94:XNWgvlRC5NE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=5Cx_6PrLC94:XNWgvlRC5NE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http |
| Authorities: Woman gambled grandson's college fund |
| A 73-year-old woman has been found in Louisiana after being charged with stealing and gambling away $97,000 from a trust fund for her grandson's college education, authorities said, but she may never return to Indiana for prosecution. |
| Formidable Pakistan School Losing Its Founder |
| An Englishman who made Pakistan his home, and education his mission, finally resolves to retire at 94 from the school he started. |
| 55+ Events in Business, Tech and Social Media |
| Do you want to learn from the best and network to get ahead? Then make sure to check out the collection of more than 55 events on Mashable's new Events Board. The business conferences and exhibitions on the board cover a wide range of topics -- from tech to marketing to social media -- and are held all across the globe and even online. Dynamic and educational, these events are sure to give you the most bang for your buck. |
| Buzz: Jobs, education and career advice |
| In a job market like this, it's hard not to get nostalgic for a time when it seemed like there were plenty of factory jobs and other work that paid well and only required a high school degree. Our readers agree that's a rare find these days. |
| Training can pay off, especially for men |
| A small amount of education can go a long way toward improving your earnings potential, especially if you're a man, according to a new study. |
| Here Comes the Green Party: More Jobs, Pot, No 'Servants to Wall Street' |
| Hey, America: How would you like 25 million jobs, the end of unemployment and guaranteed college education? Those are just some of the promises made by Jill Stein, a 60-something Harvard graduate, doctor, musician and, as of last night, the Green Party's nominee-in-waiting for president.... |
| Business tax plan filed in Nevada for education |
| Businesses that take in more than $1 million annually would be subject to a 2 percent margins tax under an initiative filed Wednesday by a coalition of labor groups seeking to raise money for Nevada's public schools. |
| Kansas headed for another debate over evolution |
| Kansas is headed toward another debate over how evolution is taught in its public schools, with a State Board of education member saying Friday that science standards under development are "very problematic" for describing the theory as a well-established, core scientific concept. |
| Louisiana's bold bid to privatize schools |
| (Reuters) - Louisiana is embarking on the nation's boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with the state preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out of the public schools to pay private industry, businesses owners and church pastors to educate children. Starting this fall, thousands of poor and middle-class kids will get vouchers covering the full cost of tuition at more than 120 private schools across Louisiana, including small, Bible-based church schools. ... |
| Two L.A. education groups back test scores as part of teacher reviews |
| Teach Plus and Our Schools, Our Voice announce separate proposals to incorporate student test scores into teacher evaluations in the LAUSD.Pressure to improve teacher evaluations deepened Thursday, when two separate Los Angeles education groups endorsed the use of student test scores as one measure to review instructors — a controversial element that many unions have fought. |
| Teaching and Training Tomorrow's Workforce: GRAPHIC |
| HIGHER EDUCATIONObama says that the United States should lead the world in college graduation rates by 2020. He has pushed to expand the size of, and access to, Pell Grants for students from low-income families, increasing the maximum per-student amount. Recently, Obama shifted attention to student loans, spending a week this spring advocating congressional action to prevent the 3.4 percent student-loan interest rate from doubling. Obama has launched an aggressive campaign promoting community colleges. ... |
| Women prefer Obama, but warning signs on deficit in new poll |
| A new Kaiser Foundation finds people think President Obama would be better for women than Mitt Romney on a host of issues, including who's looking out for their best interests, who'd be best to deal with the future of the health-care law, education, and even national security. |
| Is the Recession Hurting College Enrollment? |
| Harvard, Yale and a few other selective universities may be announcing record numbers of applicants for the semester beginning in the fall, but higher-education officials are fretting about ominous signs that overall college enrollment is starting to drop. |
| California neglects education of English learners, lawsuit claims |
| The suit accuses California of poor oversight and says the state must, by law, act to make sure students who are learning English are keeping pace academically with their peers.State officials are neglecting their legal obligation to ensure that students who are learning English are receiving an adequate and equal education, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the ACLU of Southern California and other advocates. |
| Diddy Son Scholarship Controversy Should Focus Debate on Scholarships |
| COMMENTARY | The debate over America's love-hate relationship with higher education has increased a notch with news that an expensive full-ride scholarship to UCLA has been awarded to a teenager who hardly needs the cash: Justin Combs. |
| 5 Reasons Community Colleges Make Sense Right Now |
| Whether you're a parent or a high school student researching college options, community college should be high on the list. With higher education rising to exorbitant levels in the past few years, many students are mortgaging their futures to pay for degrees that may not be worth the investment. Yet despite alarming trends in the student loan debt arena, the competition is as fierce as ever for a seat at top schools. Cost seems to be a secondary consideration at this point, which is all the more reason you should consider a community college and sit out on the degree hunter's bidding war. |
| Sex Ed For Teens With Intellectual Disabilities |
| The Aaron Academy follows an educational framework based on research in cognitive neurosciences. The method encourages flexible learning environments that accommodate individual learning differences, and sex education is a key modality in the school's education mission. |
| Obama administration gives 8 states waivers on No Child Left Behind |
| The U.S. Department of education granted eight additional states waivers Tuesday from strict requirements of the No Child Left Behind law.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=yOoQYzGzcpU:jlsXdXpEknM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=yOoQYzGzcpU:jlsXdXpEknM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=yOoQYzGzcpU:jlsXdXpEknM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=yOoQYzGzcpU:jlsXdXpEknM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=yOoQYzGzcpU:jlsXdXpEknM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img>&l |