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President Barack Obama reacts to CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as she shouts at him from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." The commander in chief congratulated the ...

Arrests made in backlog of NC college's crimes

Police have made eight arrests in connection with the backlog of cases found at Elizabeth City State University, a situation that led to the resignation of the school's chancellor and police chief. Elizabeth City police called in to help the campus police also reported Friday that 37 cases were closed ...

First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.  Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to improve low performing schools  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

First lady to students: 'I have failed at things'

Failure is OK, but continuing to work hard is more important, Michelle Obama said Friday. That was the message the first lady delivered to students at an elementary school where the arts are being used to help boost student performance. The school is located in Anacostia, one of the city's ...

Milwaukee teacher accused in student sex assault

Milwaukee police say a female high school teacher is in custody for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy. Police Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer says the teacher is a 28-year-old woman, who works at Messmer High School. The boy is a student there. Stanmeyer says the alleged assault happened Thursday evening in ...

Ex-Ga. PTA president sentenced in embezzlement

The former president of an elementary school PTA and educational foundation has been sentenced to jail and probation for stealing at least $80,000 from the groups. Fulton County District Attorney's spokeswoman Yvette Jones says 48-year-old Maryam Arjomand pleaded guilty Thursday to forgery and theft by taking. Jones says Arjomand, of ...

Teen to be tried as adult over school bomb

A 16-year-old boy accused of bringing an explosive device to his Lafayette high school was charged Friday with first-degree attempted murder and will be prosecuted as an adult. Andrew de Bartolome also is charged with use of explosives, possession of an explosive or incendiary device and menacing, all felonies, the ...

SoCal school's ex-PTA head charged with theft

The former president of a local Southern California PTA has been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing $20,000 raised from children's candy bar sales. The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/10Y5pFJ ) says Patricia Gledhill pleaded not guilty earlier this month to two felony counts. Gledhill was PTA president last year for ...

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to new graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy to display honor and moral courage to contain what has become a growing epidemic. Obama spoke at the commissioning ceremony for 1,047 midshipmen, telling ...

Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, right, speaks to a crowd of college students and supporters at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 2, 2013. Hayden Higgins, left, rides a Rock The Bike "One Bike/One Speaker," a bicycle that generated power for the sound system at the rally. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Clarification: Fossil Fuels-Divestment story

In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies. The story should have made clear that the vote was held only among undergraduates and that of the ballots cast, 72 percent ...

LI police reopening probe into 1986 student death

Police on Long Island are reopening the investigation into the 1986 death of a teenage rabbinical student who was bludgeoned in his dormitory room. Nassau County police are holding a press conference on Tuesday to discuss the case. The body of Chaim Weiss was found in his bed at a ...

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