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JOHANNESBURG – Oprah Winfrey acknowledged in a newspaper interview published Saturday that she has made several mistakes at her elite South African school, but said she remains proud of its success.

The recent expulsion of four girls

“Admission” (Grand Central Publishing, 464 pages, $24.99), by Jean Hanff Korelitz: Over the past few months, high school seniors have been finding out whether they’ve been accepted or rejected by the colleges to which they’d applied.

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking the federal government for nearly $5 billion in economic stimulus money for California schools.

The governor signed the state’s application Thursday.

Schwarzenegger says he hopes the money will avoid further teacher layoffs