 | Authorities: Fifth-graders posted lookout, had sex in class (News)
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Five fifth-grade students face criminal charges after authorities said four of them had sex in front of other students in an unsupervised classroom and kept a classmate posted as a lookout for teacher..
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| Teachers stage fake gunman attack on sixth graders (News)
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Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.
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| Students attend school's first integrated prom (News)
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Students of Turner County High School started what they hope will become a new tradition: Black and white students attended the prom together for the first time on Saturday.
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| Sixth-grader admits stabbing ducks with pencil (News)
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A sixth-grader stabbed to death a mother duck and two ducklings that had nested near a school, distressing the other children and alarming officials who said the boy needs mental health treatment.
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| Police use stun guns on greased, naked student (News)
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A high school lunch period was disrupted Monday by a greased, naked student who ran around screaming and flailing his arms until police twice used a stun gun on him, authorities said.
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| Teachers stage fake gunman attack on sixth graders (News)
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Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.
Tags: Bioterrorism Brandy Virginia Family Schools School Security |
| Study: Abstinence programs no guarantee (News)
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Students who took part in sexual abstinence programs were just as likely to have sex as those who did not, according to a study ordered by Congress.
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| 'Jurassic Park' author, 'ER' creator Crichton dies (News)
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Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," ha..
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| School to test for students' weekend drinking (News)
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Some teenagers who drink over the weekend could be in big trouble come Monday morning: A New Jersey school district plans to institute random urine tests capable of detecting whether alcohol was consu..
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| Students apologize for party criticized as racist (News)
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More than a dozen Clemson University students apologized at an emotional campus meeting for a gang-themed party many criticized as racist after photos emerged showing a white person wearing blackface,..
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| Police: Cho taken to mental health center in 2005 (News)
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Cho Seung-Hui was referred to a mental health facility in 2005 after officers responded to accusations he was suicidal and having inappropriate contact with female students, police said Wednesday.
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| School newspaper editorial prompts teacher transfer (News)
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A high school teacher who faced losing her job after a student newspaper published an editorial advocating tolerance of gays can continue teaching at another school.
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| Americans set new mark for giving (News)
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Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a new record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wi..
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| Are you a 'cyberchondriac'? (News)
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First-year medical students are some of the biggest hypochondriacs around. Bombarded with information about every disease under the sun, they start to imagine they have them all. In their minds, every..
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| Sex offender admits posing as 7th grader (News)
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A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years, and will go to prison fo..
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| 'Stayin' Alive' has near-perfect rhythm to help jump-start heart (News)
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"Stayin' Alive" might be more true to its name than the Bee Gees ever could have guessed: At 103 beats per minute, the old disco song has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a stopp..
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| Ex-students get 5 years for fatal Seton Hall fire (News)
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Two former roommates who set a dormitory fire that killed three students at Seton Hall University were sentenced to five years in prison Friday after listening to the victims' relatives reject their a..
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| Obama declares he's running for president (News)
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Sen. Barack Obama stood before a cheering crowd in his home state Saturday and announced he will seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for president.
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| Bombings rattle classroom, unite students (News)
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Political science students at Baghdad University had barely begun a discussion of comparisons between the Iraq and Vietnam wars when suddenly nearby explosions shook the classroom.
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| Six arrested in 'militia' weapons raids; nearby school shut (News)
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Federal and state agents arrested six men and seized an arsenal of homemade hand grenades and firearms in raids Thursday, including one that forced the shutdown of a school.
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| Student suspended for "relieving himself" in class (News)
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School officials on Monday suspended a 14-year-old boy who said he had to urinate in a bottle after his science teacher refused to let him use the restroom. The teacher was being transferred to anothe..
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| Duke's business school punishes 34 graduate students for cheating (News)
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The largest cheating scandal ever at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business involved more than a take-home exam, a business school official said Tuesday.
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| SUV plows into students outside middle school (News)
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A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb and plowed into a group of middle school students waiting for a bus, authorities said.
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| Cheering ban costs five students their H.S. diplomas (News)
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Caisha Gayles graduated with honors last month, but she is still waiting for her diploma. The reason: the whoops of joy from the audience as she crossed the stage.
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| High school food fight ends with three arrests (News)
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A high school senior accused of starting a massive food fight that left a police officer injured was among three students arrested in the prank.
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