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							“Longer school day
   coming for
  thousands of
    students”
  It was announced Monday that school's going to be a
  little longer for about 20,000 U.S. students next year.
     This initiative will support more than 40 selected
  schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
 York and Tennessee that will be open an additional 300
   hours during the 2013-2014 school year. One of the
      group’s goals is to reduce achievement gaps for
  children. Student achievement is correlated with time
 spent in the classroom. "When kids spend more time in
 school they score better; they graduate at higher rates
          and are more likely to land internships or
apprenticeships," Ubiñas said during the unveiling of the
      program. Students in the selected schools won't
necessarily be facing more hours studying social studies
 and science. "Our goal must be to turn those hours into
  moments of opportunity—with expanded curricula, re-
         imagined school programs, internships and
apprenticeships, and greater exposure to areas that are
    increasingly on the educational cutting block—arts,
                music, drama and athletics."
                  In Other News
   Snowmobiler Caleb Moore died Thursday, a week after a crash that has
    raised new safety concerns about the X Games. He was 25 years old.
   A convicted murderer was on the loose Friday morning after he was
    mistakenly released from custody in Chicago. Steven Robbins, 44,
    convicted of a 2002 murder in Indianapolis, was freed Tuesday because
    of an error by Chicago court and security officials. Robbins was taken to
    Illinois on Tuesday for a court hearing on unrelated weapons and drug
    charges, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. Both of
    those charges were dropped and Robbins was supposed to be returned to
    an Indiana prison to continue serving his 60-year sentence for the
    murder.
   Some Triaminic and Theraflu products are being taken off the market
    because the child-resistant caps failed to function properly, U.S. officials
    said on Thursday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said
    Triaminic Syrups and Theraflu Warming Relief Syrups for cough, colds
    and fevers were voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, Novartis
    Consumer Health, because the cap could still be removed by a child even
    with the tamper-resistant seal in place. Novartis said the last batch of
    products in question were distributed more than a year ago, so the
    company believes little remains for sale or in use.