$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case (AP)
AP – Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys’ fees.
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19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift (AP)
AP – A 19-year-old University of Utah student likely suffered a medical episode before she fell from a popular Park City ski resort and died, an official said Monday.
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Judge orders removal of school prayer mural (Reuters)
Reuters – A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a Christian prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island high school, saying it violated a U.S. constitutional ban on state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
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New York mayor offers best teachers $20,000 raise (Reuters)
Reuters – New York City teachers rated “highly effective” for two years in a row would get a $20,000-a-year salary increase under a proposal by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Court orders removal of school prayer mural (Reuters)
Reuters – A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a Christian prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island high school, saying it violated a constitutional ban on state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
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Bush Proud of Legacy on No Child Left Behind: ‘Let’s Not Weaken It’ (Time.com)
Time.com – On the 10th anniversary of No Child Left Behind, the former president spoke with TIME’s education columnist about the law’s successes and why it’s a “convenient punching bag”
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Fed court orders RI school to remove prayer mural (AP)
AP – A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island public high school.
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Rhode Island offers lower tuition to immigrants (Reuters)
Reuters – Rhode Island next year will begin allowing illegal immigrants to pay lower in-state college tuition, the 13th state to allow some form of lower tuition for undocumented immigrants.
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AZ boy arrested for online threats against school (AP)
AP – Arizona police have arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly posting online comments about his plans to shoot up his school and then commit suicide.
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Former professor pleads not guilty in Ala shooting (AP)
AP – Pale, thin and dressed in a red jail uniform, a Harvard University-educated biology professor pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to capital murder charges Thursday in the slayings of three colleagues killed during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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