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World leaders back delay to final climate deal...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but European negotiators said the move did not imply weaker action

BofA suspending federal student loan program

Reuters - Bank of America Corp will suspend its federally-backed student loan program by December 5, the company said in a letter to colleges and universities on Friday, as the U.S. gets ready to end the program entirely.

Big part of U.S. back-to-school sales still ahead: NRF

Reuters - U.S. retailers looking for a much-needed sales boost may find a glimmer of hope in a survey released on Tuesday showing consumers have not yet finished the majority of their back-to-school shopping.

US grads work for free, look abroad

Americans fresh out of university are discovering their expensive degrees are not the entry ticket to a job they had hoped in the face of high unemployment.

Israel bombs Islamic university in Gaza - Hamas

Israeli warplanes bombed the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a significant Hamas cultural symbol, in the latest of a series of aerial attacks in the coastal territory, the Islamist group said.

Women Gain in Education but Not Power, Study Finds

A study found that women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, though their access to education and health care is nearly equal.

Schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs...

By Rebekah Kebede
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week.

Study finds genetic link to violence, deliquency...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three genes may play a strong role in determining why some young men raised in rough neighborhoods or deprived families become violent criminals, while others do not, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Bush Set to Sign Student Loan Bill

President Bush will sign legislation aimed at shoring up the $85 billion student loan industry once the House passes a version approved by the Senate, the White House said.

U.S. says 82 youths have died in 'choking game'...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 82 U.S. youths have died since 1995 engaging in "the choking game" in which they try to experience a fleeting "high" by cutting off the oxygen supply to the brain, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.