Sharon High adopts portfolio based exams in Boston suburb
In Sharon Massachusetts final exams end as midterms fade away. Students will be assessed via portfolios or projects reflecting months of work. Teachers and education experts say the shift marks a broader move toward evaluating understanding over isolated facts. Some students welcome relief from stress while others worry about college level testing.
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Boston
Richard Elmore
Harvard
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McDonald’s worker arrested for marijuana dealing at drive-thru
Monroe police say Mence Powell, 15, a corporate McDonald’s employee, sold marijuana through the drive-thru while taking orders with a beeper and handing drugs with meals. He allegedly sold within 1,500 feet of a school near the restaurant across from an elementary school. Officer Daniel Brennan cited that orders of Big Macs or Quarter Pounders were used to conceal drug distribution, even in Happy Meals.
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Monroe
McDonald's
Daniel Brennan
Gas Valve Incident Injures Two at Orlando Restaurant
Two workers were critically injured when a gas valve was opened at a restaurant in an outlet mall in Orlando Florida. A cleaner near an oven accidentally opened a pipe valve not connected to any system, and a second worker opened a hot oven to check a food order, igniting a fireball that sent hundreds fleeing the scene.
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Orlando Regional Medical Center
Feds say Jahn Doe No 2 not a bombing suspect
Federal prosecutors in Denver say John Doe No 2 is not connected to the Oklahoma City bombing. The man pictured in widespread sketches is identified as Army private Todd Bunting who rented a truck the day after the attack. Probers still seek another man who may have been with Timothy McVeigh when renting the truck.
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Oklahoma City
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U.S. District Court
Todd Bunting
Junction City
Kan
Timothy McVeigh
Rind
McVeigh
Tom Kessinger
Robert Kline
Kessinger
Expert's take on JonBenet murder challenged
Sources close to the JonBenet Ramsey case questioned FBI profiler John Douglas's conclusion that John and Patsy Ramsey did not kill their daughter. They note Douglas had only a photocopy of the ransom note and limited other evidence before his Dateline NBC interview. The Ramseys hired him a week after discovering the girl in their wine cellar.
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California crime rate hits 1968 level in Lungren address
California Attorney General Dan Lungren credited the three strikes law and police partnership for a 12.3 percent drop in the 1996 crime rate, the fourth straight annual decline. He said 500 fewer homicides than 1995 and 1,609 lives saved during the four-year trend, with many prisoners seeking the harsher law.
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Dan Lungren
California
Lungren
Jury request fuels speculation in Simpson case
In Santa Monica on the third day of deliberations in the wrongful death trial jurors asked for an eye loupe and a test tube image. Judge Fujisaki provided the loupe. jurors study focuses on photos of shoes linked to the crime scene and blood vial handling amid claims of planted blood and possible photo fraud.
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Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
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Robert Groden
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Nicole Simpson
Goldman
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Public drama at salon over Simpson trial fades
In Los Angeles at A Kut Above unisex salon, young African American stylists discuss O J Simpson and a range of issues from police brutality to interracial marriage as the civil trial unfolds. A sense of fatigue and desire to move on contrasts with earlier intense public debate.
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Mercy
Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson civil verdict debate and poll shift noted
The AP poll shows 18 percent of whites and 58 percent of blacks support the verdict while 25 percent remain unsure. The jurors weigh whether Simpson is liable for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman killings, using a preponderance standard. Fujisaki orders Simpson to release financial documents to aid damage award calculations.
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OJ Simpson trial bias claim from retired detectives
New York interviews with Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter promote their book about the Simpson case. They say the first trial was doomed by bias and that prosecutors hid key evidence while the Bronco chase transcript shows Lange urging Simpson to drop his guard. The detectives argue Simpson had tools and motive not revealed to the jury.
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O.J. Sampson
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Los Angeles
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Jurors in Simpson case ponder verdict in Spartan quarters
The jury, seven women and five men, is sequestered in a windowless room near the courtroom. They work 8:20 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with breaks, keep private notes, and handle 700 pieces of evidence. Alternates and jurors travel in unmarked vans, receive 85 dollars daily, and face restricted contact.
Labs Learn From Blunders in First OJ Case
Los Angeles police blunders from the OJ Simpson trial prompted U.S. crime labs to tighten standards. Dennis Fung’s testimony on mishandled evidence spurred reforms and expanded budgets, with San Francisco buying a $300,000 scanning microscope as part of a $500,000 enhanced equipment push for 1997.
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