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When did it become a teacher’s job to stop a bullet for your child?

By Charlie Gaare

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16-year-old girl stabbed to death at Connecticut high school

A 16-year-old girl has been stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school and a teenage boy has been taken into custody, the Associated Press reports. Police say the boy was taken into custody Friday after emergency responders were called…

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Pa. school stabbing leaves several injured; suspect in police custody

Reports of a stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pa., has left six to as many as 20 people injured. A male student reportedly entered the school, about 20 miles from Pittsburgh, before classes started on Wednesday morning…

By Ellen Rolfes

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Science Aug 24

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Politics Aug 24

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Economy Aug 23

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