Posts Tagged ‘finds’
Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings (AP)
AP – A jury on Sunday found three members of an Afghan family guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as “cold-blooded, shameful murders” resulting from a “twisted concept of honor,” ending a case that shocked and riveted Canadians.
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NASA finds 26 new planets
The known universe just got a little bigger.
Scientists at NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler mission announced the discovery of 26 planets in 11 differet solar systems on Thursday, Reuters reports.
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Council finds states weakening teacher tenure (AP)
AP – America’s public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren’t performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether, according to an analysis being released Wednesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
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Ship search finds 12th body, captain’s documents (AP)
AP – Divers plumbing the capsized Costa Concordia’s murky depths pulled out the body of a woman in a life vest Saturday, while scuba-diving police swam through the captain’s cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the cruise liner after it was gashed by a rocky reef on the Tuscan coast.
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Dustin Hoffman finds ‘Luck’ on television
Dustin Hoffman, the latest in a growing army of major movie actors who are doing television shows or series, says the reason is that movies no longer let actors do “their best work.”
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King James finds his queen: LeBron gets engaged
LeBron James proposed to his long-time girlfriend Savannah Brinson at a party to celebrate New Year’s Eve and his 27th birthday, which was Friday, The Associated Press reports.
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Audit: NYC city not monitoring school food contracts Controller finds $400,000 in waste
The city spends a lot of cheddar on overpriced school food, a city controller’s audit has found.
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