From Saturday, September 22 2007 - 8:00am To Sunday, September 23 2007 - 5:00pm Each week
Relay for Life American Cancer Society 24-hr walk/run raises funds for research. Opening Ceremonies, with a Survivors Lap immediately following Opening Ceremony. Luminaria Ceremony on Saturday evening.Both Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Survivor's Reception at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville. Suggested donation of $10 For more information contact: Norma Echabarne (530) 626-3561
Chinese students are enrolling in U.S. universities in record numbers, encouraged by aggressive recruiting combined with China's booming economy and growing middle class.
A gunman who had been on the lam for a week held 11 fifth-graders hostage at a school Friday but was tackled outside a classroom without any harm to the children, police said.
The total cost of going to a private four-year college rose to $34,132 on average for the 2008-09 academic year, according to a report released Wednesday.
A recent controversy at Baylor University has brought new attention to the widespread misuse of standardized college admission tests to rank the quality of America's colleges and universities.
Education 
