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(Columbia, SC) South Carolina lawmakers want to prevent violence in teen relationships but won't allow a new school program aimed at curbing such abuse to mention gay and lesbian partnerships. State representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to bar any mention of homosexual relationships in the new program for middle and high school students. The move was pushed by lawmakers who said they don't want schools teaching about gay relationships and said they doubt those partnerships have high levels of abuse. 'I do not want the Department of Education or school districts teaching our children in grades six through 12 about same-sex relationships,' said Rep. Greg Delleney, a Chester Republican who pushed to make the violence prevention program apply only to heterosexual relationships. 'I'm sure it would develop into that.'.... Bill sponsor Rep. Joan Brady said excluding gay relationships is fine and declared that, 'Traditional domestic violence occurs in a man-woman, boy-girl situation.'

The history of popular music in the 20th century is old news. It begins, depending on who you believe, with Scott Joplin and ragtime. Or maybe when the Original Dixieland Jazz Band first performed in 1916. At that point, the story marches through Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and the swing era to bebop, then to R&B, followed by Elvis and the Beatles, then free jazz, maybe a little nod to disco, and wraps up with punk, grunge and hip-hop. Class dismissed. Or not. There's always some smart aleck in the back of the room with a hand up, looking to make trouble. Yes, Mr. Wald, what's your point?

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Jobs are already scarce, and now a new group of prospective employees is about to hit the streets looking for work -- high school and college students who are trying to make money over the summer.

Yolasthenia Francois, Brittany Atwell, Breanna Green and Shaneel Hudson, all Fort Lauderdale High students, celebrate winning Broad Prize college scholarships.

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Handcuffs, tape and isolation are tools used on children with behavioral disorders in some classrooms. Restraint and isolation techniques are sometimes necessary to prevent students from harming themselves and others. But some educators argue for emphasizing prevention.

A gory video meant to shock teenagers into avoiding pregnancy by showing a girl giving birth on a school field while ogling children taunt her is capturing plenty of attention from web users.

LEGAL Affairs Minister Peter Taylor yesterday described as 'a turning point' improvements in operations at the Registrar General's Office; chief of which is upgrades to the computer system which facilitates issuing of electronic birth certificates in minutes rather than hours.

William Owen finally got his party. Owen's hiring as president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey was formally commemorated Wednesday -- nearly two years after he took over leadership of the sprawling institution.