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Student sends high school bomb threat over Twitter
A female minor tweeted a bomb threat to a Connecticut high school through another student, according to an electronic alert sent to parents from the school system.
5 hurt in chemical blast at South Carolina State
Those in the building at the time were decontaminated. The school said no activities will be conducted in the building or a nearby annex while the buildings were inspected. ...South Dakota basketball game followed by food poisoning
Food poisoning, possibly linked to tacos, struck about 50 people following a high school basketball game in Pierre, South Dakota, says state health department. ...Utah I-15 standoff ends after 9 hours
A 9-hour standoff that prompted a school lockdown in southeastern Utah ended peacefully when an armed man released two children to authorities and surrendered....
Tracking Student Bus Riders
Huntsville City Schools in Alabama will soon be tracking which students are riding on school buses and where they’re getting on and off....
Heavy Facebook Users Less Happy
A new academic study suggests that social media tools like Facebook can affect how we perceive the happiness of others....14 arrested at Massachusetts college post-game gathering
Fourteen people were arrested at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, when police in riot gear dispersed a rambunctious crowd February 5....South Carolina college student charged with fire bombings
A senior at the University of South Carolina was arrested and accused of throwing seven explosive devices at buildings on campus and in downtown Columbia, South Carolina....San Francisco tracing viral outbreak
The highly contagious disease that has sickened 325 students and 30 staff members at St. Ignatius College Preparatory Academy might have been brought onto campus by a person....
