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A Grocery Mess
This afternoon while leaving the grocery store, I came across an older lady waiting for her paratransit ride. Paratransit is a service that helps people with disabilities go shopping, visit friends and generally have equal access to public transportation. This lady was utilizing the service to take her groceries home. After a few minutes, the…
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Appeals court rejects anti-gay graduate student’s bid for reversal of her expulsion
Appeals court rejects anti-gay graduate student’s bid for reversal of her expulsion ATLANTA — The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by a U.S. district judge who ruled Augusta State University may expel a graduate student who refused to comply with graduate degree program requirements citing her Christian beliefs that homosexuality…
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Error-Plagued History Book publisher Bypasses Legislative Review
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A year after Virginia overhauled its review process to improve the quality of textbooks used in public school classrooms, the publisher whose error-plagued history books helped spur the change is refusing to submit its offerings for state Department of Education scrutiny. The Washington Post says Five Ponds Press plans to introduce…