Bush rewarded one of his loyalists with the ambassadorship to Italy -- despite his past as the founder of an cult-like teen rehab clinic. Among our president's appointments of GOP activists to important posts, we've done worse than Melvin Sembler, the Ambassador to Italy who couldn't speak Italian.........But where Melvin Sembler, 74, demands attention is […]
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US: Students sue school district
The co-editors of a high school newspaper are suing their school district, claiming their free-speech rights are being violated by officials demanding to review editions of the paper before distribution.Sara Michelle Eccleston, 17, and Claire Marie Lueneburg, 18, argue that the Kodak has long served as a public forum for students at Everett High School […]
Music Companies Get Mean
Why is Sony BMG using its CDs to sneak unidentified software onto people's computers?When Sony BMG admitted in early November that it had shipped a couple million CDs containing a hidden software program called XCP that secretly installs itself on computers, the public was weirded out.Why the hell was a music company sneaking unidentified software […]
US: Parents Want Changes To Recruitment Tactics
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines woman said that the U.S. military should not be allowed to recruit at children's schools. Jan Hill is part of the Iowa Peace Task Force, which is a coalition of groups that wants to see the school board set more specific limits on military recruiters in schools.Posted by: […]
AU: Race Riots Erupt In Australia
As many as five thousand rioters of white Australians harassed and attacked, what several of them described as, "people of Middle Eastern appearance" in response to two incidents which occured last week. The two incidents were an attack on two lifeguards by as well as an attack on a camera crew. Apparently text messages have […]
US: Police Fine High School Students for Cursing
HARTFORD, Conn. - Bad words are costing Hartford Public and Bulkeley high schoolers $103 each.Police officers assigned to the schools have fined about two dozen students for cursing in a new program to curtail unruly behavior. The joint effort by school and police officials targets students who swear while defying teachers and administrators."We're sending a […]
US: House: Don`t require Ritalin in school
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday banning schools from requiring students to take Ritalin or other anti-hyperactivity drugs as a condition of attending class.Posted by: lifeischeeseSource Article
US: Homeschooled boy wins national science contest
A 16-year-old, homeschooled California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Behave or else
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Dan McCauley had seen one too many kids at his cafe lying on the floor in front of the counter, careening off the glass pastry case, coming perilously close to getting their fingers pinched in the front door. So he posted a sign: "Children of all ages have to behave and […]
US: School behavioral programs may improve grades
School-based programs that target students' emotional, social and decision-making skills are likely to also boost their academic achievement, a team of Washington researchers reports. Their findings suggest that more broadly focused interventions can have a wider-ranging effect than those that specifically target academic achievement. "Students with early discipline problems are likely to experience negative reactions […]
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