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Demand for military bomb techs at all-time high

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:12:21 +0000

Many things have gone wrong for Navy Senior Chief Tommy Gura while disarming nearly 200 improvised explosive devices in Iraq. He’s been shot at and targeted for mortar attacks. His robots have blown up and he’s lost communication to...

Tenn. prosecutors want accused teen tried as adult

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:07 +0000

Tennessee prosecutors want to try a 15-year-old boy as an adult in last week’s fatal shooting of a classmate in the middle of a crowded school cafeteria.

Group: Troubled Ga. district loses accreditation

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:06:26 +0000

A Georgia county school district lost its accreditation Thursday, an unusual move blamed in part on what has been called a “dysfunctional” school board.

Group: Ga. district 3rd in years to lose standing

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:23:21 +0000

Authorities say a Georgia county’s school district has become the third in the nation in 40 years to lose its accreditation.

3 arrested in 2 Texas school threats

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:26:56 +0000

Police have arrested three people in two separate incidents of alleged threats of violence at schools.

Swedish government makes it illegal for schools to teach religious doctrine as if it were true

Reina — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:08:06 +0000

The Swedish government has announced plans to clamp down hard on religious education. It will soon become illegal even for private faith schools to teach religious doctrines as if they were...

Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:45:41 +0000

A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, and a suspect was taken into custody moments later on a nearby street, authorities...

Deputy: 16-year-old dies in Tenn. school shooting

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:42:25 +0000

A law enforcement official says a 16-year-old student has died after a shooting in a Knoxville, Tenn. high school cafeteria.

1 wounded in shooting at Tenn. school

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:40 +0000

Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody after a shooting in the cafeteria of a Knoxville, Tenn. high school.

Report: 1 wounded in shooting at Tenn. school

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:15:07 +0000

Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody after a shooting at a Knoxville, Tenn. high school.