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Staff to be removed during probe at LA school (AP)

Yolanda Sanchez talks about what she describes as documented child abuse of her son, outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP – The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night.


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From bad to worse: Fans boo Knicks during fifth straight loss

The chants ranged from “Fire D’Antoni” to “Phil Jackson” to “Let’s go Giants.” This is what happens when fans are bored and frustrated. The Knicks specialize is doing this to their paying customers.

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Immigration courtrooms silent during ICE review (AP)

In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo Jesus Gerardo Noriega, front, poses for his picture at the family home in Aurora, Colo.  Jesus, 21, faced deportation last year after he was arrested for driving with no license plate light. Noriega's family brought him to the United States from Mexico when he was 9. His parents and three brothers live here legally, and he graduated from high school here. He learned in December that the case against him was being closed. U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP – In a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country — perhaps indefinitely — so officials can reduce an overwhelming backlog by focusing mainly on detainees with criminal backgrounds or who are deemed threats to national security.


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Syrian defectors hold fire during Arab mission (AP)

AP – The rebel Free Syrian Army says it has stopped its offensive against government targets during a month-long mission by Arab League monitors.

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Cop shot in face during robbery in Brooklyn: cops

A police officer cop was shot in the face and badly wounded while responding to a call of a robbery in Brooklyn early Monday, police said.

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‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ still No.1 at the box office, ‘The  Muppets’ comes in second during slow movie weekend 

The latest “Twilight” movie still cast the longest shadow with $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year’s slowest weekends at the box office.

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Pakistan says NATO ignored its pleas during attack (AP)

People offer funeral prayers of Saturday's NATO attack victims in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, Nov 27, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters and fighter jets of firing on two army checkpoints in the country's northwest and killing 24 soldiers. Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP – The NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers went on for almost two hours and continued even after Pakistani commanders had pleaded with coalition forces to stop, the army claimed Monday in charges that could further inflame anger in Pakistan.


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