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State GOP chair: McCain 'kind of like Jesus
Georgia Republican Party chairwoman Sue Everhart said Saturday that the party's presumed presidential nominee has a lot in common with Jesus Christ.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution – 3 hours, 12 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Georgia: Atlanta
Georgia Republican Party chairwoman Sue Everhart said Saturday that the party's presumed presidential nominee has a lot in common with Jesus Christ.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution – 3 hours, 12 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Georgia: Atlanta
Lockport Common Council okays plans to demolish condemned ramp
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) - Nobody investigates like News 4, and here's an update on one of Luke Moretti's investigations in Niagara County.
WIVB - TV – 3 hours, 56 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: Buffalo
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) - Nobody investigates like News 4, and here's an update on one of Luke Moretti's investigations in Niagara County.
WIVB - TV – 3 hours, 56 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: Buffalo
Size matters in veterinary medicine
When Darren Loula and Katie Waddington met in a Pre-Vet Freshman Interest Group at the University of Missouri, the city girl interested in small animals and the country boy who worked with farm animals had little in common, and their paths seemed divergent.
ColumbiaTribune.com – 4 hours, 31 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Missouri: Columbia-Jefferson City
When Darren Loula and Katie Waddington met in a Pre-Vet Freshman Interest Group at the University of Missouri, the city girl interested in small animals and the country boy who worked with farm animals had little in common, and their paths seemed divergent.
ColumbiaTribune.com – 4 hours, 31 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Missouri: Columbia-Jefferson City
Lawsuit accusing principal rejected
Jury rules in favor of Fairhope Elementary's Terry Beasley in sexual harassment case.Rejecting allegations of sexual harassment by a former special education teacher, a federal jury in Mobile on Friday ruled in favor of Fairhope Elementary School Principal Terry Beasley and the Baldwin County Board of Education. Dressed in a gray suit and bow tie, Beasley gave his attorney a bear hug after the verdict and shook hands with other lawyers on the defense team. "I'm glad our court system works, and I'm glad the truth prevailed," Beasley said outside the courtroom. Ellen Ross, who filed the lawsuit in 2006 after what she alleged were years of unwanted propositions and inappropriate physical contact, stared stoically as each count came back in favor of Beasley."It's disappointing, but I've got my dignity back after I stood up to someone who violated me," she said afterward. Ross's attorney, Mary Pilcher, said it was too soon to make a decision about appealing. The jury found in favor of Beasley on allegations that his harassment created a hostile work environment; that he committed assault and battery by grabbing Ross's breasts and other body parts; that he invaded her privacy; and that he committed acts of outrage. The three-man, five-woman panel also found in favor of the school system on the sole allegation of retaliating against Ross after she complained of the principal's behavior. Schools Superintendent Faron Hollinger, who testified during the weeklong civil trial in U.S. District Court, praised the jury's verdict. "That's what the courts are for, to resolve those sorts of conflicts," he said. The plaintiff's lawyers introduced evidence that the school system reprimanded Beasley for telling inappropriate jokes, a fact they argued made Ross's allegations more credible. Ross testified that Beasley's overtures became more aggressive beginning in 2002. In sessions with her therapist in September 2003, according to testimony, Ross revealed for the first time to anyone that Beasley had propositioned her. Beasley's behavior became physical the following year, Ross told jurors, when he grabbed her breast in the summer of that year and on a separate occasion grabbed her breast and buttocks. Another time, she testified, Beasley touched her breast and groin area. Ross testified that the harassment destroyed her career; she took a medical leave in December 2004 because of chronic back pain but said she did not come back because of the harassment. She said it also wrecked her 25-year marriage to Jay Ross ‐ the attorney for Mobile County and city of Daphne ‐ from whom she now is separated. AdvertisementRoss did not im mediately report the encounters, even to her husband. Her initial reports to Julia Summerlin, then the president of the Baldwin County school board and a counselor who was treating her, included only one touching incident and were much less detailed than the allegations she ultimately made in court. Ross also left out important details when interviewed by a former FBI agent that the school system hired to investigate the matter. The defense seized on that as evidence that Ross was lying. As school system lawyer Mark Boardman put it during closing arguments, "She gave out the information with an eye-dropper." But Pilcher said it is common for sexual harassment victims to be hesitant to speak out and they often do not give the most detailed descriptions of events when they finally do broach the subject. "It's embarrassing. It's humiliating," she said during closing arguments. Bob Campbell, Beasley's attorney, ripped Ross during his closing argument. He said "bizarre testimony" made it a difficult case to try. While Ross's allegations hung over Beasley for four long years, he had no effective way to fight back, Campbell told jurors. "This lady is not only the producer of this awful play, she's also the director," he said. "She's also the actress and the marketing director." The claim against the school system revolved around allegations that the school system failed to repair a copier machine in her classroom, took away use of a secondary resource room and transferred her best aide. All of those actions, she claimed, were retaliation for her complaints against Beasley. School officials testified that all of those decisions were made for legitimate reasons, and Boardman stressed in his closing argument that they did not affect Ross's employment status because she already had taken leave by the time she reported the allegations. "We tried to get her to come back to work," he said. "We offered her four options that were not under the supervision of Terry Beasley."
al.com - Everything Alabama – 6 hours, 26 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Alabama: Mobile
Jury rules in favor of Fairhope Elementary's Terry Beasley in sexual harassment case.Rejecting allegations of sexual harassment by a former special education teacher, a federal jury in Mobile on Friday ruled in favor of Fairhope Elementary School Principal Terry Beasley and the Baldwin County Board of Education. Dressed in a gray suit and bow tie, Beasley gave his attorney a bear hug after the verdict and shook hands with other lawyers on the defense team. "I'm glad our court system works, and I'm glad the truth prevailed," Beasley said outside the courtroom. Ellen Ross, who filed the lawsuit in 2006 after what she alleged were years of unwanted propositions and inappropriate physical contact, stared stoically as each count came back in favor of Beasley."It's disappointing, but I've got my dignity back after I stood up to someone who violated me," she said afterward. Ross's attorney, Mary Pilcher, said it was too soon to make a decision about appealing. The jury found in favor of Beasley on allegations that his harassment created a hostile work environment; that he committed assault and battery by grabbing Ross's breasts and other body parts; that he invaded her privacy; and that he committed acts of outrage. The three-man, five-woman panel also found in favor of the school system on the sole allegation of retaliating against Ross after she complained of the principal's behavior. Schools Superintendent Faron Hollinger, who testified during the weeklong civil trial in U.S. District Court, praised the jury's verdict. "That's what the courts are for, to resolve those sorts of conflicts," he said. The plaintiff's lawyers introduced evidence that the school system reprimanded Beasley for telling inappropriate jokes, a fact they argued made Ross's allegations more credible. Ross testified that Beasley's overtures became more aggressive beginning in 2002. In sessions with her therapist in September 2003, according to testimony, Ross revealed for the first time to anyone that Beasley had propositioned her. Beasley's behavior became physical the following year, Ross told jurors, when he grabbed her breast in the summer of that year and on a separate occasion grabbed her breast and buttocks. Another time, she testified, Beasley touched her breast and groin area. Ross testified that the harassment destroyed her career; she took a medical leave in December 2004 because of chronic back pain but said she did not come back because of the harassment. She said it also wrecked her 25-year marriage to Jay Ross ‐ the attorney for Mobile County and city of Daphne ‐ from whom she now is separated. AdvertisementRoss did not im mediately report the encounters, even to her husband. Her initial reports to Julia Summerlin, then the president of the Baldwin County school board and a counselor who was treating her, included only one touching incident and were much less detailed than the allegations she ultimately made in court. Ross also left out important details when interviewed by a former FBI agent that the school system hired to investigate the matter. The defense seized on that as evidence that Ross was lying. As school system lawyer Mark Boardman put it during closing arguments, "She gave out the information with an eye-dropper." But Pilcher said it is common for sexual harassment victims to be hesitant to speak out and they often do not give the most detailed descriptions of events when they finally do broach the subject. "It's embarrassing. It's humiliating," she said during closing arguments. Bob Campbell, Beasley's attorney, ripped Ross during his closing argument. He said "bizarre testimony" made it a difficult case to try. While Ross's allegations hung over Beasley for four long years, he had no effective way to fight back, Campbell told jurors. "This lady is not only the producer of this awful play, she's also the director," he said. "She's also the actress and the marketing director." The claim against the school system revolved around allegations that the school system failed to repair a copier machine in her classroom, took away use of a secondary resource room and transferred her best aide. All of those actions, she claimed, were retaliation for her complaints against Beasley. School officials testified that all of those decisions were made for legitimate reasons, and Boardman stressed in his closing argument that they did not affect Ross's employment status because she already had taken leave by the time she reported the allegations. "We tried to get her to come back to work," he said. "We offered her four options that were not under the supervision of Terry Beasley."
al.com - Everything Alabama – 6 hours, 26 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Alabama: Mobile
Wipeout: Crashes common in NASCAR All-Star race
There's no need for an explosive pre-race show for the NASCAR All-Star event tonight. There will be enough fireworks ... and tempers ... and grinding sheet metal during the race, which pays the winner $1 million. (Credit: "By Dustin Long, dlong@news-record.com")
News-Record.com – 10 hours, 31 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: North Carolina: Greensboro
There's no need for an explosive pre-race show for the NASCAR All-Star event tonight. There will be enough fireworks ... and tempers ... and grinding sheet metal during the race, which pays the winner $1 million. (Credit: "By Dustin Long, dlong@news-record.com")
News-Record.com – 10 hours, 31 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: North Carolina: Greensboro
Woeful tale of big black dogs
If it's a three-dog night and all your dogs are adopted, odds are good none of them is big with black fur.Walter Hetzel, director of the Temple Animal Services, said it is common knowledge among animal control professionals that it is difficult to find homes for large black dogs.
Temple Daily Telegram – 13 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: Waco-Temple-Bryan
If it's a three-dog night and all your dogs are adopted, odds are good none of them is big with black fur.Walter Hetzel, director of the Temple Animal Services, said it is common knowledge among animal control professionals that it is difficult to find homes for large black dogs.
Temple Daily Telegram – 13 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: Waco-Temple-Bryan
Bouchard-Taylor Vision for a new Quebec
- The commission's findings n Rebutting common misunderstandings nThe English-French issue n A dissident on the panel
Canada.com – 14 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
- The commission's findings n Rebutting common misunderstandings nThe English-French issue n A dissident on the panel
Canada.com – 14 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
Common fallacies are shot down
How do Quebecers get it wrong? Let the commissioners countthe ways.
Canada.com – 14 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
How do Quebecers get it wrong? Let the commissioners countthe ways.
Canada.com – 14 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
Ottawa to label common toxins
The federal government announced yesterday it intends to slapa 'toxic' label on many chemicals used in everyday products, fromchewing gum to cosmetics, as well as in controversial devices suchas silicone breast implants, because they are either harmful tohuman health or to the environment.
Canada.com – 14 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
The federal government announced yesterday it intends to slapa 'toxic' label on many chemicals used in everyday products, fromchewing gum to cosmetics, as well as in controversial devices suchas silicone breast implants, because they are either harmful tohuman health or to the environment.
Canada.com – 14 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Canada: Quebec
Hurricane Floyd Time Capsule
For those of us who lived through hurricane Floyd back in 1999, we know floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters.During the floods many schools in the east closed for weeks.In 1999 thousands in the east spent nights some sheltered in local schools--riding out the floods--not knowing when they could return to their homes."I wouldn't say it was the toughest but it was one of the years that stands out the most,” said Rebecca Morton, a 4th grade teacher at Elmhurst ElementaryAccording to Morton the category four hurricane and the flood forced Pitt County Schools to close for three weeks."We had to use water out of the tub and bottled water,” said Thomas Lawler, a JH Rose High School senior. “I remember it pretty well."The students who couldn't go home did something different.Morton had the idea of having her 4th grade students put their hopes and dreams into time capsules. It was to be opened this year when they became seniors.For Lawler it was forgetting the hurricane that was a top priority.While for others it was relationships.And even stardom."Unfortunately I said that I was going to be a skater in the X-Games,” said Chase Hachmeister, aJH Rose High School senior. “So I don't think that's coming true."At least 34 of the original 46 students will be going to college this fall.
WNCT.com – 14 hours, 50 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: North Carolina: Greenville-New Bern-Washington
For those of us who lived through hurricane Floyd back in 1999, we know floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters.During the floods many schools in the east closed for weeks.In 1999 thousands in the east spent nights some sheltered in local schools--riding out the floods--not knowing when they could return to their homes."I wouldn't say it was the toughest but it was one of the years that stands out the most,” said Rebecca Morton, a 4th grade teacher at Elmhurst ElementaryAccording to Morton the category four hurricane and the flood forced Pitt County Schools to close for three weeks."We had to use water out of the tub and bottled water,” said Thomas Lawler, a JH Rose High School senior. “I remember it pretty well."The students who couldn't go home did something different.Morton had the idea of having her 4th grade students put their hopes and dreams into time capsules. It was to be opened this year when they became seniors.For Lawler it was forgetting the hurricane that was a top priority.While for others it was relationships.And even stardom."Unfortunately I said that I was going to be a skater in the X-Games,” said Chase Hachmeister, aJH Rose High School senior. “So I don't think that's coming true."At least 34 of the original 46 students will be going to college this fall.
WNCT.com – 14 hours, 50 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: North Carolina: Greenville-New Bern-Washington