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Pledge of Allegiance may keep “under God”

A federal court has ruled in favor of keeping the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge 

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Detention for wearing breast cancer bracelet

Nick Morgan is a 15-year-old freshman in South Glens Falls, New York. He has an aunt with breast cancer and 

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Spread the Word to End the Word

Today, March 3, 2010, starts the Special Olympics with the motto to “End the R-Word Day.”  The goal of this year’s event 

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Student challenges corporal punishment law

William Cody Childress is a student at Independence High School in Mississippi. While in class in September, 2009, the 16-year-old 

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Valentine story in student newspaper censored

The Orange and Black student newspaper intends “to be an entertaining and thought-provoking student-run newsletter dedicated to give the students 

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School district accused of spying on students at home!

All students at Harriton High School in Pennsylvania are provided laptops to take home to use with their school work. The 

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Middle school “fight club” broken up

Two 7th grade boys in Massachusetts are under investigation regarding their involvement in a “fight club” at school. There have 

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McDonald’s has a McFit over teen’s charity

For three years, 19 year old Lauren McCluskey has organized charity concerts for her Chicago chapter of Special Olympics. Her 

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No Indiana Colts shirt to school!

Maurepas High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, relaxed its school uniform policy for one day in celebration of the 2010 

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Cyberbullies take another life!

In the summer of 2009, Phoebe Prince and her family left Ireland for Massachusetts where she “could experience America.” She 

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