Mississippi teachers lose licenses over cheating scheme
A dozen Mississippi teachers forfeited licenses for allegedly paying up to 1000 dollars to exam supervisors for extra time and help with answers in a 1998 cheating scheme at Philander Smith College in Little Rock. Investigators say 52 teachers from five states participated. the college faced no wrongdoing. Eight teachers surrendered licenses last week. four more had licenses suspended or revoked after contested charges, per Doris Smith.
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Wesleyan students seek gay studies professor amid protest
Wesleyan University in Middletown faced pressure to hire a full-time queer studies professor as its American studies department asks for a gay and lesbian studies post. On a board meeting day, Queer Alliance members staged a daylong protest in front of the admissions office with same sex couples kissing to highlight the demand.
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Pentagon backlog nears half million top secret clearances
Defense Department officials told Congress the security clearance backlog nears 500000 investigations. Initial top secret checks average 403 days, reinvestigations 470 days, delaying work for military civilian and contractor personnel.
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Napster to expand filtering as legal clash continues
Napster outlines a plan to distinguish copyrighted from noncopyrighted songs with a new screen starting this weekend. The system would block more songs as it grows, but the more it blocks, the higher the risk to usability. Legal wrangling between Boies and RIAA persists over how filtering will work, with no fixed start date or scope for the initial rollout.
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