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Alexandria students, agencies aim to curb underage drinking with ‘Sticker Shock’
Operation Sticker Shock is underway in Alexandria. And it’s probably not what you think.
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Teacher pleads guilty to indecency charges involving student
A former high school biology teacher has pleaded guilty to indecent contact charges with a student.
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Walker, Evers deliver sharp attacks in first debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tony Evers both delivered well-rehearsed, sharp attack lines on hot topics in the governor’s race in their first debate Friday. Walker and Evers, the…
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USC agrees to pay $215M to settle doctor sex abuse claims
The University of Southern California announced a tentative agreement in the settlement of claims involving alleged sexual harassment and abuse by a gynecologist who treated hundreds of students over decades.
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7 linked to prostitution case involving Georgia university
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia prosecutors have issued seven arrest warrants in a prostitution case linked to Fort Valley State University. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports prosecutors said Friday that warrants were issued earlier this week…
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UVA president vows free tuition for those making under $80k
The new president of the University of Virginia has promised free tuition for students in families earning less than $80,000 a year.
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Ex-fraternity president to stand trial for 2nd alleged rape
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The ex-president of a suspended Temple University fraternity has been ordered to stand trial for a second alleged sexual assault. A judge ordered 21-year-old Ari Goldstein to stand trial Thursday on charges…
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Former DC schoolteacher sentenced to 11 years for sex abuse
Prosecutors say between 2010 and 2013, Robert Leach, 33, of Silver Spring, groomed and then abused the seventh and eighth grade girls while he was a math teacher at Meridian Public Charter school in D.C.
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Man arrested for threats that closed Kentucky school system
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky authorities say they believe they saved lives by arresting a heavily armed man who allegedly threatened multiple schools, had a “detailed plan of attack” and was stopped while pulling out…
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Penn State pledge who died after hazing spurs new law
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new anti-hazing law prompted by the death of a Penn State student after a night of drinking in a fraternity house early last year was signed Friday by Pennsylvania’s governor.…
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The Latest: Officials say lives saved with arrest of suspect
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Kentucky authorities arresting a suspect accused of threatening schools (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rick Sanders says he’s certain that lives were saved when…
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The Mega Millions jackpot is now more than $1 billion – where does all that lottery profit really go?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis (THE CONVERSATION) The Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Oct. 23 has soared…
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School cook who added kangaroo meat to chili loses job
POTTER, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska school cook who mixed kangaroo meat into chili he made for students has lost his job. Potter-Dix Schools Superintendent Mike Williams said Thursday that Kevin Frei, the junior/senior high…
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City school officials say medical data was published online
A Virginia school district says it mistakenly released the medical data of students and employees, posting it online for a year.
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Teacher found dead, accused of sexually assaulting student
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Police say a middle school English teacher in Georgia has been found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after being accused of sexually assaulting a sixth-grade boy. News outlets report…
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