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Swim club accused of racial discrimination against kids
A Philadelphia-area day care center said Thursday that members of a private swim club made racist comments about the center’s children, and the club then canceled their swimming privileges. The Creative Steps Day Care children — ages kindergarten through seventh grade — went to the Valley Swim Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, on June 29. The day center’s director, Alethea Wright, had contracted to use the club once a week
Young woman describes beating at hands of paramilitary
A 19-year-old woman who was wounded by Iranian paramilitary forces with clubs escaped with her camera and shared her photos with CNN — after tricking a paramilitary soldier into thinking she had given him the images on a disk. The woman — whose identity is being withheld by CNN — said Sunday that on the previous day “the streets were full of guards and policemen.” “They were hitting everyone, and everywhere was fire because of the tear gas they throw at us,” she said. She was walking to Freedom Square in Tehran with a group of fellow demonstrators, but the Basij — voluntary paramilitary forces that answer to the government — wouldn’t let them get through, she said
Review: ‘Year One’ almost a zero
Comedy isn’t evolutionary. Hollywood has been plundering ancient history for yuks at least since Buster Keaton’s day, and there’s little in "Year One" to suggest we’ve progressed much over the last 90 years.
U.S. Open 2009 – Bethpage Black
The U.S. Open has a reputation for testing the world’s best golfers with the most demanding courses. The competition is designed to challenge, traditionally favoring courses that feature brutal rough and narrow fairways.
Why Are So Many Female Florida Teachers Sleeping With Male Students?
If you’re the parent of a teen-aged boy in Florida, you probably muttered “not again” while reading your morning newspaper this week. There on the front page was yet another case of an adult female teacher being arrested for admitting to having had sex with an underage male student
Wolfsburg win first German league title
Wolfsburg sparked wild celebrations when they clinched their first German Bundesliga crown after thrashing beaten UEFA Cup finalists Werder Bremen 5-1 on Saturday. The game was effectively settled after 26 minutes when Sebastian Proedl’s own goal put the hosts 3-0 up after strikes from Zvejezdan Misimovic after six minutes and Grafite on 15.
Bullying: Suicides Put a Spotlight on a Schoolyard Problem
Last month two 11-year-old boys committed suicide within 10 days of each other.
Growing Old with Autism: The Silent Struggle
Noah, my younger brother, does not talk.
When Companies Opt for Pay Cuts Instead of Layoffs
In early February, Casino Mogul Steve Wynn took a stand on layoffs. The gaming industry is flailing — Nevada regulators recently formed a task force on bankruptcies — but when it came to cutting costs by cutting employees, Wynn wouldn’t hear of it