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Homeless man indicted in murder
A Peoria County grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging a homeless man with first-degree murder in the death of an 18-year-old woman. A maintenance worker doing his morning rounds at Sterling Middle School on July 29 found the body of...Tags: Assault, Murder
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Measles on Rise as Parents Avoid Vaccine
Associated PressATLANTA -- The number of measles cases in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1997, and nearly half of those involve children whose parents rejected vaccination, government health officials reported Thursday. The number of cases is still small, just...Tags: Diseases, Health Organizations, Virus Diseases, Health Treatments, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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IU leader backs lower drinking age, not petition
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie and Purdue President France Cordova both declined to sign a petition from college leaders that calls for lowering the drinking age to 18. McRobbie, though, says he believes that 18 should be the age to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Indiana University, National Government, Government
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Pa. police make arrest in 1985 slaying of boy, 13
Associated Press WriterPolice arrested a man Thursday in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy whose body was found in a thicket months after he disappeared while out riding his bike. Joseph Geiger, 43, was charged with murder in the death of David Reed, of...Tags: Ceremonies, Anthropology, Prosecution, University of Florida, Murder
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King speech to Obama speech: A dream realized?
AP National WriterThe dreamer in him envisioned a day when "Whites Only" signs would no longer hang in restaurant windows. A time when everyone's desire to vote would be respected. A time when blacks and whites would work, pray and live together. He spoke of an America...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Prisons, Laws, Retirement, Real Estate Agents
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What Maryland thinks
Starting Sunday, the redesigned Sun will include a new op-ed page feature: "What Maryland Thinks." Five days a week, we will ask you a question of the day on a topic in the news, and you can respond by going to our Web site. The results of the online poll... -
Respect called key to school safety
Sun reporterAfter several well-publicized violent incidents last school year, Baltimore's teachers got a lesson on how building stronger relationships with their students reduces the chance of classroom disruption and increases achievement. "When students have...Tags: Morgan State University, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Sheila Dixon, Minority Groups
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Drinking with your children
The news this week that more than 100 college presidents, including top university officials in Maryland, want the legal drinking age of 21 to be reconsidered has sent shock waves through the state and college campuses nationwide. Opponents in Maryland...Tags: Family, Colleges and Universities, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Culture, Swimming
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Don't lower the drinking age to 18
Do college presidents think lowering the drinking age to 18 will solve problems? Or will it turn into a larger problem for everyone else? What do you think high school prom night will be like with the whole class at the neighborhood bar? Don't lower the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Bowmanstown
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The carrot and the sticky bun
Of The Morning CallSaucon Valley Superintendent Sandra Fellin keeps a jar of peanut M&Ms on her desk. It's the kind of treat that is hardly rare in schools or many other offices. But the suburban district is beginning to frown on candy -- or, for that matter, other food --...Tags: Mario, Catasauqua, People, Penn State University
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CDT
A jury found a 65-year-old retired janitor guilty Wednesday in the strangulation of a woman 32 years ago. Roy Beaulieu, convicted of second-degree murder, did not take the stand in his own defense. Prosecutors cited a pathologist's autopsy report as...Tags: Health Organizations, Robert Wood, Murder, Natural Resources, National Government
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The perils of a lower drinking age
Life is full of surprises, and some 100 college presidents think they have stumbled on one. They think there is too much problem drinking on campus—no surprise there—and suggest we might solve the problem by changing the drinking age. They...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Drunk Driving, University of Michigan, Demographics
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