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January 19, 2007
Topics police, woman, cnn, colleges, quotes, pretty, military, dead, body, money, family, women and school
Police is searching for a Montana woman named Esther Reed, who allegedly assumed identity of another missing South Carolina woman Brooke Henson, to get admission into two Ivy League colleges - Harvard and Columbia. Brooke Henson's family in South Carolina was overjoyed when police told them Brooke was found after ten years and was living in Manhattan. However, the family's joy was short lived when they discovered the truth.
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September 8, 2006
Topics personal, colleges, college, student, university, school, emotions, smart, coach, job, free, phone, life, family, body and help
Some students in universities have a full time job, and a family life besides dealing with the demands of college. So, Northeastern University has decided to offer personal coaches to their students. Heather Parsons a student at the university who was been helped by personal coach, Chris Tilghman tells the AP, "It was so easy, taking a step back from the emotions surrounding the issue. . . Hearing a third person made all the difference. "
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July 14, 2006
Spitting in public is common in India, but doing so on the public, cost an Indian police constable in southern Andhra Pradesh state half of his salary. The officer had served for seven years in the force. Police said Friday that K. R. Rao spat on students demonstrating against a rise in tuition fees for engineering colleges this week, provoking further protests by outraged parents and their children in Warangal town.
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June 5, 2006
Nearly 1 in 5 students at two Ivy League schools say they have purposely injured themselves by cutting, burning or by other means. This is turning out to be a disturbing phenomenon that psychologists say they are hearing about more often. For some young people, self-abuse is an extreme coping mechanism that seems to help relieve stress; for others it's a way to make deep emotional wounds more visible.
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March 26, 2006
Topics mcdonalds, teachers, education, schools, school, colleges, philadelphia, pot, smoking, film, led, kids, business, health and people
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is still in the business of shocking people. The director who ate nothing but McDonald's meals for his Oscar-nominated film, "Super Size Me," gave a profanity-laced, politically incorrect speech at a suburban Philadelphia high school. His lecture was part of Hatboro-Horsham High School's first-ever health fair. During his speech, Spurlock joked about the intelligence of McDonald's employees, about "retarded kids in the back wearing helmets" and teachers smoking pot in the balcony.
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