Schools Face Spotlight in Annual Crime Report
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction releases its annual school violence report with Wake County showing 2.9 crimes per 1,000 students and Guilford and Orange counties at 8.9. The larger Guilford district recorded 503 incidents to Orange’s 50, while statewide 6,896 students committed crimes at school last year. The study notes reporting practices affect rates and covers suspensions and expulsions, not overall safety ratings.
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Guilford
Sylvia Massey
GOP blocks lobbying reform in Senate vote
Washington Republicans today blocked a lobbying reform bill that would require greater disclosure and ban gifts to lawmakers. Senators voted 52 to 46 to sustain a GOP filibuster, jeopardizing the last major item on Clinton's agenda and failing to reach the two thirds needed to end debate.
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School sued over tuition in Craven County case
A 14-year-old girl faces enrollment barriers at Craven County public schools unless her aunt pays 750 tuition or 300 for legal guardianship. Kaye Brown filed Sept 29 in Craven County Superior Court seeking a temporary restraining order to let the girl attend West Craven Middle School while the suit proceeds. The suit argues the policy violates the right to a free public education and notes a second similar case at the school this year.
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Craven County
Kaye Brown
Hope
Brown
West Craven Middle School
North Carolina
Willie Perry
West Craven
Perry
Jacksonville
Jack Hansel
Pamlico Sound Legal Services
Haiti gun raids stall disarmament plan for Aristide return
Haiti's program to disarm violent factions stalls with no weapons seized on Wednesday and about 4000 total guns confiscated. A buy back has yielded about 300 weapons mostly tear gas grenades, while army spokesman Col. Barry Willey notes limited progress. The Nation reports U S officials aided FRAPH to balance Aristide's pro democracy push, with Emmanuel Constant citing a balancing aim.
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Army
Barry Willey
Willey
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Married adults report better sex and more activity
A 1992 University of Chicago NORC survey of 3432 Americans finds married people age 18 to 59 report more frequent sex, higher orgasm rates, and stronger relationship persistence than singles. Men show high orgasm incidence. few report same-sex orientation.
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University of Chicago
National Opinion Research Center
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State University of New York
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Alfred Kinsey
Masters & Johnson
Kinsey
Joseph Cantania
University of California
National Institutes of Health
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New York Daily News
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