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Top news for December 13, 2006 ...
UCLA probes computer security breach
The University of California, Los Angeles alerted about 800,000 current and former students, faculty, and staff on Dec. 12 that their names and certain personal information were exposed after a hacker...
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Online schools flunk audit
--Denverpost.com
Dems outline education agenda
--CNN.com
MIT debuts private friend-spotting program
--Boston.com
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