Thursday, June 2, 2016

'Pimps and Hos' Math Test Earns Eighth Grade Teacher a Time Out and other top stories.

  • 'Pimps and Hos' Math Test Earns Eighth Grade Teacher a Time Out

    'Pimps and Hos' Math Test Earns Eighth Grade Teacher a Time Out
    This teacher gets an D- in racial sensitivity and an F in common sense. A teacher at an Alabama middle school has been placed on administrative leave after it was discovered she distributed a questionable math quiz last Friday to her students that referenced gang-related activities like drive-by shootings, cocaine and prostitution. According to parents of kids at Cranford Burns Middle School in Mobile, the students were shocked after reading questions like these: "Tyrone knocked up 4 gir..
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  • Obama Wades Into Election Debate With Indiana Speech

    Obama Wades Into Election Debate With Indiana Speech
    Video Obama Heralds Economic Growth in Indiana President Obama talked about his administration’s economic accomplishments while in Elkhart, Ind., where he made a similar stop early in his first term. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date June 1, 2016. Photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times. ..
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  • Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor

    Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor
    Kenneth Starr is resigning as chancellor at Baylor in the wake of a huge shakeup at the university, but he will continue to teach in the law school, Starr told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday.Editor's PicksStarr said in an interview with Outside the Lines that he was resigning effective immediately "as a matter of conscience."After an independent review of Baylor's response to sexual assault allegations, many of them against athletes, Starr had been removed as school president last week, but he wa..
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  • Two officers shot in Fremont

    Two officers shot in Fremont
    FREMONT -- After a massive manhunt, authorities have surrounded a house in the Irvington district where they believe an armed man suspected of shooting and injuring two Fremont police officers Wednesday has barricaded himself. Shortly after midnight Alameda County Sheriff Sgt. Ray Kelly told reporters Thursday morning that the suspect was inside a house, which was not his own, and the homeowner was not inside."There are really good indicators that our suspect might be there," Kelly said. "That b..
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  • Indianapolis man charged in 4-day 'Purge'-style killing spree

    Indianapolis man charged in 4-day 'Purge'-style killing spree
    An Indianapolis man faces nearly 20 charges in connection to a four-day killing spree last month inspired by the horror film “The Purge,” prosecutors said Wednesday. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said 19-year-old Jonathan Cruz went on a four-day, one-man “purge.” Curry said Cruz made statements to witnesses that he was going “purging” and posted explicit messages which included him saying “I purge every night now.” In the movie, the U.S. government legalizes all crime, including murder, ..
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  • Massachusetts Poised to Become 19th State Banning Trans Discrimination

    Massachusetts Poised to Become 19th State Banning Trans Discrimination
    Asa Goodwillie, of Watertown, Mass., who is transgender, protests outside the state house in Boston, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The Massachusetts House approved a transgender rights bill that Republican Gov. Baker has promised to sign. Charles Krupa / AP The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to ban discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of gender identity, positioning the Bay State one step closer to joining 18 others in offering broad civil..
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  • Intel source: IG report ups pressure on DOJ to seek criminal charges against Clinton

    Intel source: IG report ups pressure on DOJ to seek criminal charges against Clinton
    The recently released State Department inspector general report, which found Hillary Clinton broke government rules with her personal email use, increases "the likelihood and pressure" for the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges, an intelligence source familiar with the FBI investigation told Fox News. "It is very harmful to her and increases the likelihood and pressure on DOJ to indict," said the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record. "[The IG report] is not evidence ..
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  • UCLA mourns a day after shooting

    UCLA mourns a day after shooting
    "Our hearts are heavy this evening as our campus family mourns the sudden and tragic deaths of two people on our campus earlier today," said Chancellor Gene Block in an email. "Our UCLA family has indeed been shaken, but we will rely upon the strong bonds of our community and our faith in one another as we begin the process of healing."A professor, William S. Klug, was identified by UCLA Student Body President Michael Skiles as the slain individualKlug was described as an easy-going little leagu..
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  • Texas AG Ken Paxton Solicits Campaign Funds After Suing Obama Administration

    share Thank you for sharing! Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. Only one week passed between when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration about its directive on transgender people's bathroom access in public schools and he used the litigation to beat the drum for campaign contributions. To continue reading, become a free ALM digital reader. Benefits include: 5 free articles* from ac..
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  • Bernie Sanders's 'factually incorrect' delegate math

    Bernie Sanders's 'factually incorrect' delegate math
    Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) “Literally eight months before the first ballot was cast in Iowa, she had almost all of the superdelegates on board. That is an absurd system. … Now, on Tuesday night, on the 7th, you are going to hear from media saying that Hillary Clinton has received 80 or 90 delegates from New Jersey and other states…the nominating process is over, Secretary Clinton has won. That is factually incorrect. That is just not ..
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