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Armed prostitution suspects arrested after posting photos with attack weapons on Facebook
Two Central Florida women who were snared in a January prostitution sting were arrested Monday after bragging about guns on their social-media accounts, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Felons Brittany Dodd, 25, of Lakeland and Maylee...Tags: Adam Lanza, Crime, Law and Justice, Polk County Sheriff's Office, Crimes, Trials
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Turmoil at Florida Atlantic
FAU has received attention for several recent controversies, including: January: James Tracy, an associate communications professor, questions in his private blog whether the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in Connecticut happened as reported, or...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Civil Rights, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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School taxes likely going up 2.35 percent in Quakertown
The Quakertown Community School Board adopted a proposed final budget for 2013-14 that raises taxes 2.35 percent. Under the $95.6 million spending plan, the average taxpayer would pay $87 more. Directors Paul Stepanoff and Zane Stauffer voted no. "We...Tags: U.S. Military, Schools, Elections, Science and Technology, Lehigh University
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Second school officer wanted in Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Public Board of Education and the Aberdeen City Council both discussed the addition of another full-time school resource officer Monday evening. The intent is to have the resource officer work with the middle schools, said Aberdeen...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Health and Safety at School
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Lockdowns worry parents, challenge schools
Kachina Moore rushed to Glenridge Middle School Monday when she heard the campus was locked down — the second lockdown at her son Owen's school in less than two months. A woman called the school about 9:40 a.m. and claimed her daughter had...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Shootings, Baldwin Park (Orlando, Florida)
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State may require shooting-incident drills at schools
When a police officer acting as a shooter in a safety drill begins trolling the hallways, students at public schools in Plainfield hear an announcement over the PA system and react: They follow their teacher into a closet or corner in their classroom, sit...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Students, Crime, Law and Justice, Cary, Health and Safety at School
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Task force: Sandy Hook Elementary should be torn down, rebuilt
Faced with what one official called a “gut-wrenching” decision, a task force has voted to tear down the old Sandy Hook Elementary School and build a new one in its place. The committee of 28 officials in Newtown, Conn. unanimously...Tags: Education, One World Trade Center
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Gov. Brown OKs funds to confiscate guns from criminals, mentally ill
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at taking handguns and assault rifles away from 20,000 Californians who acquired them legally but have since been disqualified from ownership because of a criminal conviction or...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Criminals, Government, Firearms
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Houston airport shooting hot topic at NRA convention
HOUSTON -- When the annual National Rifle Assn. convention opened Friday, the day after an incident in which a gunman died at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, attendees didn't shy away from discussing the incident. In fact, it was a hot topic of...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Suicide
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Mother's quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system's limitations
When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with us." At age 11, he was kicked out of school. "The pediatrician said he was just...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Juvenile Delinquency
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Emmaus police: Rumor of high school shooting not credible
Emmaus police say recent rumors circulating about a planned shooting at the school were unsubstantiated and not credible. The police department issued a news release Tuesday afternoon saying that it investigated the rumors and determined they were just...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Emmaus, Bombings, Shootings
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Caren Besner: Some professors trying to force views on students
FAU Professor James Tracy offered his opinion on the recent events that occurred in Boston in the Sun Sentinel on April 24. The professor previously opined on the earlier happenings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. His comments cast...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Columbia University, Charles Manson
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