A Massachusetts principal has been criticized for canceling his school’s Honors Night, saying it could be ‘devastating’ to the students who worked hard, but fell short of the grades. MyFoxBoston.com reports that David Fabrizio, principal of Ipswich Middle School, notified parents last week of his plan to eliminate the event. “The Honors Night, which can [...]
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DECATUR, Texas – A man who led Texas authorities on a 100 mph car chase that ended in a shootout Thursday and may be linked to the slaying of Colorado’s state prison chief is a paroled prison inmate, officials said. The Denver Post reported that the man is 28-year-old Evan Spencer Ebel. A federal law [...]
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(CNN) — Many success stories open with humble beginnings. Rena Golden’s began in a village near the India-Nepal border. Born in northeastern India in 1961, her parents brought her to the United States as a child, where a life of accolades and a career with a global news network awaited. Golden passed away Wednesday in [...]
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Article Excerpt ECB Threatens to Cut Off Cypriot Banks BY CHRISTOPHER LAWTON, TODD BUELL AND JAMES MARSON The European Central Bank ramped up pressure on Cyprus to seal a bailout agreement with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund by Monday, making further funding for the island’s ailing banks contingent on a deal. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Newtown Parents Needed to Tell Adam Lanza’s Father Something
The parents of a 6-year-old girl killed at Sandy Hook Elementary revealed today that they were the first and only victims to meet with the shooter’s father. Peter Lanza remains in many ways a mystery more than three months after his son killed twenty children in Newtown, but Alissa Parker said on CBS This Morning [...]
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By Steve Holland and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank | Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:41am EDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Barack Obama voiced opposition on Thursday to Israeli settlement building but pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to drop his demand for a freeze before Middle East peace talks can resume. After an effusive [...]
Read the rest of this entry »FORGOTTEN PRISONER? GOP Reps Chide Kerry Over Pastor Jailed in Iran
A group of Republican lawmakers have written to Secretary of State John Kerry to complain that his department has not done enough to secure the release of an Iranian-American imprisoned in Iran for offenses related to his Christian beliefs. The five congressmen, led by Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., specifically expressed disappointment that the State Department [...]
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Federal workers with tax liens may be fired under legislation approved by a House committee Wednesday. The Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act, introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, in January, was advanced with a voice vote by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. This legislation would not only result in the termination of current tax [...]
Read the rest of this entry »$3 yard sale bowl sells for $2.2 million
(CNN) — A rare Chinese bowl bought for about $3 from a yard sale in the U.S. sold for $2.2 million at an auction in New York on Tuesday. The bowl, found in New York state, “was bought for a few dollars from a tag sale near the consignor’s home in the summer of 2007,” [...]
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