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Higgens was paid by dozens of foreign students -- mostly from the Middle East -- who were paying him to sit in class, take exams and write papers for them so their student visas would remain valid. Investigators with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the demand was so great that he hired employees, including a blond woman who they believe posed as an Middle Eastern man to take a test. Agents are continuing to investigate the case and believe Higgins had several co-conspirators.

Al Mehairbi A young UAE national, who spent two months in jail after the FBI suspected he was involved in the September 11 attacks, is looking for a local university where he can resume his studies. Saif Salem Al Mehairbi, 26, was released from custody on the first day of Ramadan, and returned home a week before the Eid Al Adha holidays. Al Mehairbi's ordeal began shortly after the collapse of the Twin Towers, when a series of circumstantial evidence and false accusations put the FBI on his trail. The young UAE national was studying at Suffolk University in...