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The Chronicle of Higher Education: For-profit colleges have won “major concessions” in a new U.S. Department of Education rule intended to “protect students and taxpayers from programs that overpromise and underdeliver.”

Chicago Tribune: Two lawsuits seeking class-action status allege Michaels Stores Inc. “failed to safeguard shoppers’ credit and debit card information and PIN numbers.”

Associated Press: New York Senator Charles Schumer said his bill would prevent car rental agencies from renting vehicles under recall unless the problem has been fixed.

The [Portland] Oregonian: Oregon hospitals have reported 10 cases in which the wrong procedure was performed, or the procedure was performed on the wrong site or on the wrong patient, in each of the last two years.

San Jose Mercury News: More than 70 lawsuits have been filed, accusing PG&E of negligence leading to a blast in San Bruno, Calif., that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.

Washington Post: The ruling was based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

Orange County Register OC Watchdog: A bill, opposed by the insurance industry, that would change that was derailed in the state Assembly Insurance Committee, where the chairman has seen his contributions from the insurance industry rise dramatically since he was named to the position.