Egyptian Immigrant Goes to Jail for Fraud

An Egyptian immigrant who raised government fears about possible terrorist plans was sentenced Friday to one year and one month in prison for fraud.

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Conn. Mom Helped Son Run Hedge Fund Scam

A Greenwich mortgage broker admitted that she helped her college-age son recruit investors in a multimillion-dollar hedge fund scam but said she really believed he was a savvy money manager.

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Ex-Student Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

A former university class president accused of robbing a bank to pay his online poker debts pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony robbery.

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Court: Illinois U. Must Reinstate Group

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that an Illinois university must reinstate a student group that had its status revoked over its requirement that members pledge to adhere to Christian beliefs.

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Trial Starts in N.D. Student Slaying

In the three years since Dru Sjodin's kidnapping, Minnesota and North Dakota have made major changes in the way they handle sexual predators, keeping more of them locked up longer and supervising them more closely after they get out of prison.

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Case of Slain N.D. Student Goes to Trial

The abduction of 22-year-old Dru Sjodin from a shopping center parking lot and the discovery of her body five months later, after an emotional search, has led to major revisions of sex offender laws in two states and to North Dakota's first federal death penalty case.

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Students Rushing to Refinance Loans

Thousands of college students and parents are clogging phone lines and rushing to Internet sites in a scramble to refinance college loans before a sharp interest rate increase this weekend.

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Chinese Students Riot Over Diploma Changes

College students in central China smashed offices and set fires in a riot sparked by administrative changes that made their diplomas less prestigious, students and school administrators said Monday.

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FSU Student Killed While Living in Panama

A Florida State University student studying abroad in Panama died after he was stabbed at his apartment Wednesday, Panama authorities said.

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13 Film Students Honored by the Academy

Receiving medals instead of statuettes, 13 young filmmakers were honored Saturday for their short films at the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards.

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Student Protests Ease in Chile

Tens of thousands of high school students returned to their classrooms on Thursday, easing three weeks of sometimes violent protests that posed the first major leadership test for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.

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S.C. Family Upset Charged Man Left Prison

The family of a Clemson University student who was raped and strangled said the man accused of killing her should not have been released from a Florida prison where he was sentenced for a similar crime.

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Chile's Bachelet Moves to Defuse Protests

President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday sought to defuse violent student protests that have paralyzed Chilean schools by appointing an advisory panel to study ways to end inequalities in the country's classrooms.

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Police: Man Confesses to Killing Student

Jerry Buck Inman called himself an animal and kept looking down as detectives questioned him about the killing of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top, authorities said.

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S.C. Slaying Suspect Waives Extradition

A registered sex offender suspected of strangling a Clemson University student with her bikini top waived extradition Wednesday and will head to South Carolina to face charges.

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Ex-NYU Whiz Kid Pleads Guilty in Fund Scam

A former New York University student pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud Tuesday, admitting he used his student ID and expertly forged documents to pose as the heir to a billionaire Turkish family and trick investors into pouring millions into a nonexistent hedge fund.

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Egyptian Pleads Guilty to Fraud

An Egyptian who authorities believed may have been planning an attack, but was not charged with terrorism, pleaded guilty Monday to fraud.

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Students Clash With Police in Chil

Protesters clashed with police Monday in Chile's capital as students stepped up demands for reforms to the country's educational system, saying new government concessions didn't go far enough.

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Police: Man Used Slain Student's ATM Card

Police investigating the slaying of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top released surveillance photos Friday of a man trying to use her bank card a few hours after the killing.

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Chilean Students Offered Concessions

President Michelle Bachelet offered several concessions to Chilean high school students, whose nationwide protests have posed an early challenge to her three-month-old government.

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Suspect in Student's Death Attacked Guard

The man charged with killing an Illinois State University student attacked a jail guard with a makeshift knife in an attempt to escape, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Strike by Chile Students Turns Violent

A nationwide protest by Chilean high school students demanding school reforms turned violent Tuesday as police struggling to contain hundreds of raucous marchers opened fire with tear gas and water cannons.

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Black, Hispanic Pupils See School As Tough

Black and Hispanic students see school as a more rowdy, disrespectful and dangerous place than their white classmates do, a poll says.

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2 of 3 College Grads Go Into Debt

Nearly two of every three undergraduate students are going into debt to go to college, owing an average of more than $19,000, most often to the government.

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Pa. School Evacuates After Teen Brings Gun

A teenager distraught over a breakup brought a loaded rifle, a hunting knife and bottle rockets to school Thursday, leading almost 2,000 students to evacuate until he surrendered, authorities said.

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Newsvine Adsense?

Anyone else notice the fresh new ad that seems to be popping up on new articles? The online student loan site? Newsvine, what's up with that?

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Fears rise for life of missing Israeli teen

Looks like there may be a second Israeli kidnap victim, this time an eighteen year student from the town of Ithamar who was last seen on Sunday night, waiting to catch a ride.

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Studio sues student over 9/11 film

"The budget for Oliver Stone's forthcoming movie about the September 11 attacks, starring Nicolas Cage, is $60m (about £33m).

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Rioting in China Over Label on College Diplomas

Shengda College in central China has a diverse curriculum, foreign faculty members to teach English and a manicured campus, where weeping willows shade a recreational lake.

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Streaking Student Suspended

A student in New Zealand has been suspended from school after streaking during an inter-school rugby match.

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4 Things Keeping You From Getting Ahead

4 Things Keeping You From Getting Ahead

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Female teacher has sex with student. Bonus: The student is a female

Heather Carter, 30, of Alexander is accused of having the sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student. Police say they contacted Carter's attorney and she turned herself in Tuesday morning.

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In debt before you start

In debt before you start

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A Ring Tone teachers cannot hear.

In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.

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Flouting Syria's Martial Law, Bold Students Advocate Democracy

Two years ago, Syrian student Muhammad Arab was imprisoned for calling for reform of his country's political system. Now released and back studying at the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Aleppo, he is determined to continue promoting democracy.

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Former Teacher Charged With Second Sex Act w/Student

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Bible student charged with phone sex case

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Teacher has sex with student on field trip

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A former world history teacher is out of jail after she was arrested on Monday for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student last month during a field trip.

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Mother catches teacher in bedroom with two boys

9News has learned Bonnie Sue Davis was caught inside the home of one of the boys involved in the allegations. They were discovered by the mother of the other teenager. We want to make very clear, no sexual activity was witnessed. There was no drinking nor drugs.

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Teacher asked principal if he could take student to prom

Officials at South Houston High School said they began asking questions after the English teacher, Sean Eckman, 29, asked his principal if he could take a 17-year-old student to prom.

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Student Charged For Making Fun Of Teacher

HENRY COUNTY -- A Henry County high school student is facing criminal charges after posting comments about his teacher on the Web site, MySpace.com.

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Denver Girl Dragged By Limo After Prom Dress Gets Caught

A Denver teenager lost her leg below the hip after she was dragged by a limousine while on her way to her high school prom over the weekend.

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Asst. Principal Accused Of Telling Student To Videotape Sex

Prosecutors say an assistant principal at DeLand High School tried to get a student to videotape herself having sex. The state attorney said Tyrone Tinsley also asked two girls to have sex with each other.

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Students get injured in elevator accident

BARRE – Several music students from Spaulding High School escaped serious injury in a bizarre accident involving an escalator in the Ocean City Convention Center in Ocean City, Md., on Friday.

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Principal bars 10 year-old from singing anti-Bush song

' A 10-year-old Coral Springs girl won't be allowed to sing a controversial President Bush-bashing ballad at her school talent show after her principal deemed it inappropriate and too political.

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Ex-teacher sent teen naked pics

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. — The former elementary school teacher convicted of sleeping with a student and now accused of sending him sex videos of herself by cell phone is "sick" and should leave the boy alone, his mother told The Tennessean yesterday.

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Teen hacks into school computer to fix grades-Jailarity insues

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A high school student has been charged with fraud for allegedly hacking into Palm Beach County school computers and changing grades.

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Indian PhD student held for internet threat to Bush

"An Indian PhD student in the US has been arrested for posting internet messages threatening President George W Bush and calling for violence against Americans.

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FBI: Georgia men talked of U.S. terror plan

Two Atlanta-area men in federal custody as part of a terrorism probe discussed possible locations for a U.S. attack, including military bases and oil refineries, according court documents unsealed Friday. The U.S.

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Grad student arrested for threatening to kill Bush

A Purdue University graduate student was arrested and charged with threatening to kill President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

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