The 11th Annual Ride-a-Thon Ride & Shine Adaptive Horseback Riding Program Inc presents this day's event. Fundraising trail ride in Greenstone Country followed by lunch & demonstration by the California Rhytym Riders to benefit therapeutic riding for individuals with disabilitys.Money goes directly to support program expensesNoon - 5:00 p.m. Greenstone Country $25.00 registration fee, $50 late registration www.RideAndShine.net For more information contact: for more information call 5306761920
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.
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