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Bad Business!
3 weeks ago Former University of Montana quarterback Jason Washington has been sentenced to two years in prison on drug convictions stemming from his medical marijuana business.
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A Spectacular Speller!
March 25, 2013 Two-time spectacular speller Jackson Hall has quite a winning streak behind him, and he gained even more momentum at Saturday’s 48th annual Treasure State Spelling Bee.
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Science Can Be Fun for Students !
March 18, 2013 To get students interested and prepared for the 25th Annual Billings Clinic Research Center’s Science Expo, a workshop will be held at Barnes and Noble Booksellers located at 530 S. 24th Street in Billings on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Someone Needs Some Schoolin’
January 30, 2013 Love this quote from a Montana state legislator who wants teachers to be allowed to teach "alternative viewpoints" to evolution. No matter what your political leanings are we probably shouldn't be teaching what we don't know
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HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR KIDS?
December 15, 2012 After hearing about the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings, like most parents, my first thoughts were about my daughter and how I could keep her safe. She goes to a school that doesn't have a security system
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Did You Cheat When You Were in School? — Survey of the Day
New York City is just the latest school district to be rocked with a large-scale high school cheating scandal, this one involving state exams and cell phones.
Earlier this year there were also high profile cases of mass cheating in Houston and Long Island.
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Hank Williams, Jr. to Release ‘Old School, New Rules’ July 10
Hank Williams, Jr. has set a release date for his latest studio album, ‘Old School, New Rules.’ The new tunes — the entertainer’s first studio effort since his 2009 album ’127 Rose Avenue’ — will hit store shelves and digital retailers on July 10.
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High School Marching Band Surprises Lady Antebellum Onstage
A few weeks ago, Lady Antebellum surprised one of their biggest fans by appearing unexpectedly on the ‘Anderson’ show and singing a few acapella lines of ‘Need You Now.’ But last night (May 22) in Augusta Ga., the tables were turned with the high school marching band from Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley’s alma mater showed up to blow Lady A away.
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The Band Perry Make Surprise Visit to Hometown Elementary School
On Thursday, April 5, nearly 600 elementary students at East Tennessee’s Doak Elementary School got a surprise meet and greet with award-winning sibling trio the Band Perry. Though the students didn’t expect the visit from the ‘All Your Life’ singers, they certainly deserved it. The elementary school, which the Perrys attended when they were young, had just raised more than $40,000 for the American Cancer Society.
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Craig Morgan Donates Guitars to Tennessee Middle School
Craig Morgan has always enjoyed using his star power to do good deeds for others, so it came as no surprise that the singer made a generous donation to the music department of a local Tennessee school this week.
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Ohio School Is Paying Students For Showing Up In Class
Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio.
So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.
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Scotty McCreery Gets Accepted to College
It’s been a whirlwind and well-documented year for Scotty McCreery with his ‘American Idol‘ win, his No. 1 hit album ‘Clear As Day,’ his busy touring and interview schedule and the time he reserves for family and friends. He’s also going to continue to mix work with school, as he has applied to several colleges — and has just revealed that he’s been accepted to East Carolina. Must be fun to fill out those tedious applications and write those corresponding essays all the while being pranked while on tour with notorious jokester Brad Paisley.