Non-IT News Thread
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California High School Exit Exam: New Bill Awards Diplomas to Students Who Failed Exam
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that awards diplomas to students who failed the exit exam since 2004. It also suspends the exam as a graduation requirement for current students.
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Curiosity rover: The reward for 'whale watching' on Mars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34490337 -
Ankara explosions leave more than 80 dead - officials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34495161 -
Two die in two US university shootings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34487997 -
John McCone: CIA Says Former Director Withheld Facts From Probe Into Death of John F. Kennedy
A recently declassified CIA report concluded McCone left out relevant information in his testimony to the Warren Commission, news outlets reported. McCone died in 1991.
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Randy Quaid: Actor and Wife Arrested Trying to Cross Into US From Canada, Police Say
Quaid and his wife, Evi, claimed asylum in Canada in 2010. They were arrested on Friday evening while trying to cross into Vermont, Vermont State Police said.
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Montcalm County, Michigan: Deputy Shot With Crossbow While Serving Arrest Warrant, Police Say
A man suspected of a felony was fatally shot by police Friday after he shot a deputy who was attempting to arrest him with a crossbow. The deputy is hospitalized and in stable condition, police say.
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Alcatraz: Inmates Said to Have Died While Attempting Escape in 1962 May Still Be Alive, Report Says
John and Clarence Anglin, thought to have drowned in June 1962, may have survived, their nephews David and Ken Widner claim on upcoming History Channel special "Alcatraz: Search for the Truth."
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University of Texas: Students to Carry Sex Toys to Protest Campus Gun Laws
Protestors used the hashtag #CocksNotGlocks to encourage students to carry sex toys to class next fall, when a bill to allow concealed carry of handguns on campus takes effect.
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Southwest Airlines: Multiple Flights Experience Delays Due to Technological Glitch, Carrier Says
The issue is forcing airline employees to process some travelers manually, leading to delays on fewer than 100 of the airline's 3,600 scheduled flights, the airline said in a statement.
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Guatemalan mayor lynched by crowd over attack on rival
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34504264Burned alive in the street. Police "arrived too late" to save him.
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South Korea to control history textbooks used in schools
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Iran's digital start-ups signal changing times
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@scottalanmiller said:
South Korea to control history textbooks used in schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34504142The US is more insidious about it, but all governments do this to some degree or another.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
South Korea to control history textbooks used in schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34504142The US is more insidious about it, but all governments do this to some degree or another.
Great book about that, actually, Lies My Teacher Told Me. It is written by a textbook author who actually won a court case in the US that was very encouraging. It's discouraging that he had to go to court to do it, but the court ended up protecting Mississippi children, to some degree, from this. It's an interesting read (the book itself is a history book) both because of the court and political factors but also the content itself.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
South Korea to control history textbooks used in schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34504142The US is more insidious about it, but all governments do this to some degree or another.
Great book about that, actually, Lies My Teacher Told Me. It is written by a textbook author who actually won a court case in the US that was very encouraging. It's discouraging that he had to go to court to do it, but the court ended up protecting Mississippi children, to some degree, from this. It's an interesting read (the book itself is a history book) both because of the court and political factors but also the content itself.
I've finally purchased this book. I'll break out the Kindle tonight and start reading it.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
South Korea to control history textbooks used in schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34504142The US is more insidious about it, but all governments do this to some degree or another.
It's waaaay worse in the South, always has been. Churches still control or have great influence over literally everything here.
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We'll leave him alone as long as he stays in Canada.
