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Girl sought in stabbing at Lincoln school
Authorities are trying to find a girl suspected of stabbing another girl at Lincoln Pius X High School. Lincoln police say the 16-year-old left the building after Monday morning's incident. Police say the stabbing occurred inside a bathroom at the parochial school. The victim is a 17-year-old who was taken ...
Backers, critics of high-stakes tests clash in NYC
Supporters and critics of high-stakes tests for students squared off Monday at the Education Nation conference in New York City, with some criticism reserved for New York's approach to preparing for the tests. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said standardized tests are eating up too much class time ...
Officials: Babies in Summerlin NICU exposed to TB
Health officials are recommending babies and family members who were at Summerlin Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit this past summer get tested for tuberculosis. Authorities with the Southern Nevada Health District say Monday they've determined that some staff members within the unit were infected with TB. Officials say it's unlikely ...
Ex-coach appealing Pa. autistic boy's beaning case
A former western Pennsylvania T-ball coach wants a judge to grant him a new trial or let him appeal his conviction on charges the he offered a player $25 to bean a 9-year-old autistic teammate. Mark Downs Jr., 36, formerly of South Union Township, was convicted of corruption of minors ...
Studies test how early in life to peek inside DNA
Little Amelia Sloan became a pioneer shortly after her birth. The healthy baby is part of a large research project outside the nation's capital that is decoding the DNA of hundreds of infants. New parents in a few other cities soon can start signing up for smaller studies to explore ...
Corporal punishment use continues decline in NC
The use of corporal punishment in North Carolina's public schools continues to decline, with students in six districts hit 184 times in the most recent school year, according to a study released Monday by a child advocacy group. Students in Robeson County are hit the most, with 141 uses of ...
Students evacuated after SC school bus fire
No injuries have been reported after a school bus caught fire in Berkeley County. School district spokeswoman Susan Haire says a bus carrying Berkeley High School students caught fire just before 8 a.m. Monday. Students were evacuated, placed on another bus and taken to school. The driver also got off ...
Ohio schools' levy campaign collections questioned
Critics are questioning whether Ohio school districts are breaking the law by taking employees' voluntary donations to levy campaigns directly from their paychecks, saying it's an outrageous abuse of tax dollars. Among 49 public school systems in southwestern Ohio, nine collect the voluntary contributions and forward the money to private ...
Civilian Naval Academy faculty return to work
Classes are returning to normal at the U.S. Naval Academy as all civilian faculty return after being furloughed last week due to the partial federal government shutdown. Cmdr. John Schofield, an academy spokesman, said Monday that "everything is back up academically." Last week, the academy had to cancel about 20 ...
Court: Ohio hospital can force chemo on Amish girl
An appeals court has sided again with an Ohio hospital that wants to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments. The court ruled that an attorney who's also a registered nurse should be granted limited guardianship over the girl, Sarah Hershberger, ...
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