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Why Some Schools Want To Expel Suspensions
"It's simple. It doesn't cost money. It's just connecting with kids and having a strong instructional program," he says.
The year before Huerta took over as principal, there were 683 suspensions. Heurta says suspending students had become a reflex to poor behavior. But when he took over in 2010, he said, "No more." The results have been dramatic: just two suspensions in the past three years.

Tens of thousands in Iran protest against Khamenei, chant 'death to dictator' (video)

Some Tech Companies Find Ways Not To Hire Americans

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Harvard Red Meat Study: Over 100,000 Subjects Studied Up to 28 Years
“This study provides clear evidence that regular consumption of red meat, especially processed meat, contributes substantially to premature death,” said Hu. “On the other hand, choosing more healthful sources of protein in place of red meat can confer significant health benefits by reducing chronic disease morbidity and mortality.”

From the creator of the Game of Thrones

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Muslims want separate Muslim state in Oslo

What Do America’s Gay Families Get Now That DOMA Is Dead?

Next Time You Ask For A Raise, You Might Want To Round Up

We then took this into the lab and studied it in six studies involving hundreds and hundreds of people. And it all bore out the feeling that the more precise a number is, the less rounded, the better you do in the negotiation.

Internet Surveillance and Free Speech: the United Nations Makes the Connection

Communications surveillance should be regarded as a highly intrusive act that potentially interferes with the rights to freedom of expression and privacy and threatens the foundations of a democratic society.

Legislation must stipulate that State surveillance of communications must only occur under the most exceptional circumstances and exclusively under the supervision of an independent judicial authority.

BUSTED: Bankers Caught On Tape, Joking About Bailout, And How They'd Never Pay It Back

Indiana gives BP a pass on mercury
After a 2007 Tribune investigation, BP pledged to tackle its Whiting refinery's toxic discharges into Lake Michigan. Today, state regulators allow the pollution to persist.

2 Senators Say the NSA Is Still Feeding Us False Information

U.S. Mayors to Obama: Quit Cracking Down on Marijuana
Now the U.S. Conference of Mayors is begging Obama to leave them alone. At their annual meeting taking place now in Las Vegas, the mayors – among them Republicans and Democrats – unanimously adopted a resolution arguing that "states and localities should be able to set whatever marijuana policies work best to improve the public safety and health of their communities." The mayors also came out for amending federal law to explicitly allow states to craft their own marijuana policy. And they're asking Obama in the meantime not to waste federal law enforcement resources trying to undermine the will of their voters.

The Conference of Mayors has been inching up to this position for several years. Two years ago, the group adopted a separate resolution declaring the war on drugs a failure.

Ireland agrees compensation for Magdalene Laundries survivors
The Irish government has agreed to pay up 58 million euros (48.93 million pounds) to hundreds of women forced to work at the Catholic Church's notorious Magdalene Laundries after a report found that a quarter of them were sent there by the Irish state.
The laundries, depicted in the award-winning film "The Magdalene Sisters", put 10,000 women and girls as young as nine through uncompromising hardship from the foundation of the Irish state in 1922 until 1996.

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Online throttling and site-blocking to be outlawed in Europe under net neutrality plan

Google forbids facial recognition apps on Glass in the name of privacy

Boeing using robots to boost 777 output
Manually, it takes a team of painters 4.5 hours to do the first coat. The robots do it in 24 minutes with perfect quality.

Plants 'do maths' to control overnight food supplies
Mathematical models show that the amount of starch consumed overnight is calculated by division in a process involving leaf chemicals.

Why Morning-After Pill Won't Stop All Unintended Pregnancies
Part of the explanation is that women don't use emergency contraceptives every time they have unprotected sex, says Espey.

Another reason is that estimates of the effectiveness of some types of emergency contraceptive pills may be too optimistic. They prevent up to two-thirds of pregnancies — not all of them.

Although it's not as often discussed, the most effective form of emergency contraception is an intrauterine device. Inserted following unprotected intercourse, an IUD can prevent 95 percent of pregnancies.

Our Beef With BuzzFeed's Viral Article On 8 Dangerous Foods

Malware Distribution by Autonomous System (Map)

We Still Have No Idea Why Women Have Orgasms

The Secrets of Surviving Infidelity
...it turns out that 4 in 10 marriages are challenged by affairs; and it also turns out that more than half of American marriages survive the affair. These are some of the surprising findings - perhaps surprising to some - that are discussed in Dr. Scott Haltzman's new book. His book is titled "The Secrets of Surviving Infidelity"...

“Science Cop” Mugged

Fang Shimin is a writer and blogger known by his pen-name “Fang Zhouzi,” or his nickname the “Science Cop,” for his self-directed efforts to police the underworld of Chinese science. Over the years, he has investigated and exposed the kind of fraud, plagiarism, and academic malfeasance that endangers China’s ambition to produce credible world-class innovation. Most recently, he was in the news for reporting that the former head of Microsoft China, Tang Jun, held a Ph.D. from a diploma mill called Pacific Western University.

Fang was heading home over the weekend, when a man approached him and sprayed him in the face with what he later guessed was an anesthetic intended to daze him. “Another man pursued me and tried to hit me in the head with a hammer,” he wrote in a blog post, as translated by ESWN. “I kept sprinting ahead. This man chased me but could not catch up to me. He threw the hammer at my head but missed.” The hammer-thrower eventually hit Fang in the hip, though the writer escaped and is recovering with minor injuries.

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Meet The First Female Navy SEAL, Kristin Beck

This is the journey of a girl in a man’s body and her road to self-actualization as a woman amidst the PTSD of war, family rejection and our society’s strict gender rules and perceptions. It is about a fight to be free inside one’s own body, a fight that requires the strength of a Warrior Princess.

Kristin’s story of boy to woman explores the tangled emotions of the transgender experience and opens up a new dialogue about being male or female: Is gender merely between your legs or is it something much bigger?

Greek Gods, Shields, and Spears: Ancient Hellenes Make a Comeback
The followers are an odd mix. Leftists, who hate the Greek Church for its political power and nationalists who resent Christianity for crushing Greekness back in the days of the New Testament.

Jeremy Upshaw has an unusual perspective.
He came to visit from Stillwater, Oklahoma and heard about the gathering online.
“It’s more deep, more philosophical than I thought it would be. I thought it would just be very ceremonial. You picture the olive branches and the togas, spiritually, it feels like there is strong energy here. There is very good energy, everybody is peaceful and kind.”

Wine-tasting: it's junk science
Experiments have shown that people can't tell plonk from grand cru. Now one US winemaker claims that even experts can't judge wine accurately.

Jihawg Ammo: Pork-laced Bullets Designed To Send Muslims Straight ‘To Hell'

Jim Carrey’s Rant Against ‘Kick-Ass 2’ and 13 Other Stars Who Hate Their Own Films

The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Takeover Continues: Over 100 Babies Were Named ‘Khaleesi’ In 2012

Belly Dancing For The Dead: A Day With China's Top Mourner

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