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Romney: School Prank May 'Have Gone Too Far'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:07:29 CDT

Mitt Romney offered an apology of sorts this morning for the forcible haircut he allegedly gave a classmate in high school. "Back in high school, I did some dumb things, and if anybody was hurt by that or offended, obviously I apologize," he said in a hastily arranged radio interview,...

Romney Bullied, Cut Hair of High School Classmate

Kevin Spak — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:11:23 CDT

Mitt Romney led the charge in a bullying incident while he was a senior at a prestigious Michigan boarding school, five independent witnesses tell the Washington Post . The target was one John Lauber, a soft-spoken new kid at the school who was often teased for his presumed homosexuality. What set...

Introducing ... the 'Prom-Posal'

John Johnson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:21:05 CDT

It's like an arms race out there when it comes to prom invites, apparently. They're getting so elaborate that the Des Moines Register says they're called "prom-posals." It rounds up local examples, including one kid who paid for an airplane banner to ask his girlfriend to the big dance. "It’s...

6 Boys May Not Graduate Over Facebook Kiss Photos

Rob Quinn — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:00:00 CDT

Some of the stricter Catholic school principals in the Philippines have taken to going through students' Facebook pages—and they're not liking what they see. But a court has overturned one school's decision to ban five girls from high school graduation ceremonies because they posed for photos in bikinis at...

Florida Students Walk Out in Trayvon Protests

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:30:00 CDT

Protests over the shooting of Trayvon Martin continued today as hundreds of students walked out of class at several South Florida high schools. At one, students formed the initials T and M on an athletic field, reports MSNBC . (Click the link to see video.) "For the most part they...

Students Joked Fired Teacher Might Snap

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:01:03 CST

Shane Schumerth was an "awkward man" who didn't seem to fit in, Episcopal High School students say, and when he was fired yesterday morning and escorted off the Jacksonville campus, some of the students joked that he would return to campus and do something. And he did: Police say the...

Fired Fla. Teacher Kills Principal, Self

Rob Quinn — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:18:00 CST

A teacher fired from a private Florida high school returned several hours later with an assault rifle hidden in a guitar case and killed the school's headmistress before taking his own life. Students say the Spanish teacher, 28-year-old Shane Schumert, had been ignoring the subject this semester, and was spending...

Man Opens Fire on Baseball Players at Ariz. High School

Rob Quinn — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:03:00 CST

An Arizona man has been busted for firing a high-powered rifle at high school baseball players, police said. A Willcox High School student suffered minor injuries when the gunman shot at his car as the teen was driving with a teammate to fetch a bucket of balls near the baseball...

New Theory on Mystery Tic Illness: Blame Facebook

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:03 CST

Erin Brockovich is testing soil samples to see whether there might be a toxic link to a mysterious illness hitting teens in upstate New York, but a neurology professor has a different culprit in mind: Facebook and other forms of social media. He thinks the victims—more than a dozen...