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According to a recent article in the NY Post, a group of Long Island students will soon be wearing Polar Active fitness monitors. While the school district hasn't specified how long the students have to wear the device each day or if participation is voluntary, data collected within the device is uploaded to a computer server by the teacher for tracking purposes and long-term data storage. Similar to the popular fitness tracking device… Read More

You might like the idea of being a student at Liverpool Hope University in England. After all the city was home of the Beatles, and this year it’s theEuropean Capital of Culture.   If the idea appeals, you can visit – well, visit a version of Hope, anyway – without even leaving your chair, for today media students at theuniversity are hosting an open day for visitors and prospective students on the virtual world Second… Read More

In one case, the student, identified only by his surname Kim, received the equivalent of $8,600 from a 22-year-old woman who wanted her ex-boyfriend and his wife murdered, said Chung Dong-yul, a police investigator in the city of Daegu. Read the whole story at CNN.com.