- On Thursday, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced a new mandate that schools notify all parents within 72 hours if a teacher is removed from a classroom for allegations of sexual misconduct with students.
(Huffington Post)- During a morning news conference Monday, board member Tamar Galatzan said the disgusting and tragic recent sex-abuse cases have tarnished the law because of bureaucratic problems within LAUSD.
(Daily Breeze)- The new policy follows calls by San Fernando Valley school board members Tamar Galatzan and Nury Martinez to change how the district notifies parents about abuse allegations. This is definitely a move in the right direction, Galatzan said.
(KTLA.com)- Parents will be notified within 72 hours when a teacher at their childs school has been accused of sexual misconduct under a policy adopted Thursday by Los Angeles Unified officials.
(Los Angeles Daily News)- Six weeks after the molestation scandal broke at Miramonte Elementary, three LAUSD board members called Monday for the dismissal process for teachers arrested for sex abuse or other misconduct.
(Contra Costa Times)- The official LAUSD Facebook page and YouTube account are taking off as well, because nothing helps us move on from horrific sex-abuse allegations like feel-good photos of science projects and won decathlons, she adds, sarcastically.
(Education Week)- but said they do not absolve the district of blame for the recent spate of sex abuse cases.
(NBC Los Angeles)- The second will standardize the process of informing parents about sex abuse allegations needs to stop balancing their budget on the backs of our kids at LAUSD.
(Huffington Post)- and resolutions on employee dismissal procedures after recent sex-abuse cases have rocked the district.
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- ABC News has learned that the Internal Revenue Service never conducted an investigation into South Carolina Governor Nikki Haleys involvement in a Sikh temples finances.
(YAHOO!)- COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday rebuffed House Democrats' call for her to waive confidentiality in a possible ethics investigation, calling questions about work she did for a pair of her pre-gubernatorial employers a "waste of time.
(Anderson Independent-Mail)- The Charleston Post and Courier closes the loop on the last 24-hour cycle of the South Carolina rumor mill: The Internal Revenue Service determined last fall that an investigation of the Sikh Religious Society where Gov.
(Politico.com)- Nikki Haley was accused of having extramarital affairs with lawsuit – she is hiding behind a confidentiality provision which guarantees that any investigation into her actions will be conducted in secret.
(FITSNews)- Nikki Haley on charges of tax fraud as early as this week. A highly ranked federal official has also privately confirmed rumblings of an investigation and possible indictment of the governor, though the official was not aware of the specific timeframe.
(DAILY KOS)- Nikki Haley. Fifth Circuit Judge Casey Manning has yet to make If Dean decides the complaint deserves an investigation then she would refer it to the committee for a vote on whether to proceed.
(Free Times)- Nikki Haley and the state Department of Archives and History Ard paid more than $60,000 in civil fines and reimbursements as a result.
(Island Packet Online)- According to this investigation, our state suffers from a lack of public Rounding out this long line of corrupt S.C. politicians is Gov. Nikki Haley, who has been hit with a corruption lawsuit for her dealings with an engineering firm.
(USC Gamecock)- Gov. Ken Ard resigned Friday amid a criminal investigation into whether he spent campaign money on personal items. Ard stepped down at 10 a.m. Friday in a letter given to Gov. Nikki Haley and state Senate leaders.
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- Controversial TV anchor Keith Olbermann has been replaced at Current TV by an equally controversial player — Eliot Spitzer.
(New York Daily News)- Keith Olbermann has been fired by Current TV, the network announced Friday. He will be replaced by former New York governor and CNN host Eliot Spitzer.
(Huffington Post)- New York, NY - March 30, 2012 - Current TVs Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer launches tonight at 8p ET. Former Governor Spitzer will offer up his opinion of the days news and then invite guests to discuss, analyze and debate.
(The Futon Critic)- Eliot Spitzers second try at cable news success started unexpectedly on Friday with the debut of his new show Viewpoint on Current.
(Huffington Post)- Sputtering rage muppet Keith Olbermann has finally been fired from Al Gores Current TV, Brian Stelter reports. He spent less than a year at the network, which took him on after he was similarly canned by MSNBC in 2011, and wont make a goodbye statement.
(Gawker)- Eliot Spitzer will replace Olbermann starting Friday night Id like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV. Editorially, Countdown had never been better, Olbermann tweeted.
(MSN)- Current TV made a fairly embarrassing faux pas: It promoted the wrong Twitter ID for the mercurial Olbermanns replacement, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.
(CNET News)- 5:42 p.m. | Updated Current TV said Friday afternoon that it had terminated the contract of its lead anchor, Keith Olbermann, scarcely a year after he was hired to reboot the fledgling channel in his progressive political image.
(Article.nationalreview.com)- Current TV said Friday afternoon it had terminated the contract since Mr. Spitzer will start his new show, "Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer," on Friday night. This will be Mr. Spitzer's second shot at an 8 p.m.
(CNBC)- Current TV announced this afternoon that it had fired lead anchor Keith Olbermann and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer would take over his time slot, Politico reported.
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- Robert Greenwald and his Brave New Foundation debuted their feature-length film "Koch Brothers Exposed" in New York on Thursday night. (The DVD is available here; see the two-minute trailer for the film on the last page of this article.
(Salon)- Libertarians say its like watching dear friends in an ugly divorce, as the billionaire Koch brothers try to take control of the highly regarded Cato Institute. The head of Cato says the Kochs are out to politicize the think tank.
(NPR News)- The American Energy Alliance that is launching a $3.6 million ad campaign blasting President Obama over rising gasoline prices has—surprise!—strong ties to oil-and-chemical billionaires, Charles and David Koch.
(DAILY KOS)- The American Energy Alliance -- a group with reported ties to the conservative Koch Brothers -- has launched a $3 million-plus TV ad campaign hitting President Obama on higher gas prices. The campaign -- at a buy of $3.
(MSNBC Firstread)- WASHINGTON -- On Friday evening, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling that could begin the process of revealing the identities of secret donors to groups connected to Karl Rove and the Koch brothers.
(Democratic Underground.com)- But a group of filmmakers behind an anti-Koch documentary may be a little red today after they were caught leaving the brothers a voicemail -- a voicemail that was a result of them messing up and thinking they had already hung up.
(YAHOO!)- Do all roads lead to Koch? Conservative activists will rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow to encourage the overturn of the Affordable Care Act. The "Hands Off My Health Care" protest—which will feature the likes of Rep.
(DAILY KOS)- Documentarian Robert Greenwald screened a portion of his upcoming documentary, Koch Brothers Exposed, at a lunch in midtown hosted by The Common Good today. In the documentary, Mr.
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- One of the few things Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner let slip about his series Season 5 premiere was that star January Jones was not in it.
(Hollywood Reporter)- The Season 5 premiere of Mad Men marked a few firsts for the AMC series. Not only did the show see a record high of 3.5 million viewers, but Megan (Jessica Pare) became the new Mrs.
(Huffington Post)- After a year and a half hiatus, Season 5 of AMCs Mad Men is set to premiere on March 25.
(YAHOO!)- Mad Men resumed Sunday night with a two-hour premiere that quickly answered lingering questions from season four. Don and Megan did indeed get married. Joan had her baby and kept it; shes home on maternity leave.
(TheWrap)- "Mad Men" sang and danced its way back on TV Sunday night with a two hour premiere that reminded us just how much we've missed their depraved and droll ways. Let's relive the top seven moments (spoilers below, of course): 7.
(ABC News)- AMCs Season 5 premiere of Mad Men scored the shows biggest audience yet, as 3.5 million viewers tuned in after the shows 17-month absence. Bing: Mad Men fashion The shows two-hour premiere, beginning at 9 p.m., was the first in the history of Mad Men.
(MSN)- After Mad Men kicked off its Season 5 premiere with an era-setting scene of civil rights activists protesting on Madison Avenue, many critics found the opening B story to be uncharacteristically cheesy and obvious for the series.
(Hollywood Reporter)- "Mad Men" season 5 returns and Joan has given birth to Roger's baby. The season opener begins with a very tired and moody Joan dealing with new motherhood while her husband, the doctor, is doing his duty for the country in Viet Nam.
(Examiner)- "Mad Men" season 5 picks up where they left off almost a year and a half ago and unless you've watched the previous episodes recently, there's a good chance you've forgotten where the characters were headed when season 4 came to a close.
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- We didnt get this through Wikileaks, but we just acquired an internal Al Jazeera memo to staff indicating a serious downsizing of the DC-based news operations of Al Jazeera English.
(Atlantic Online)- From April 15th, we will no longer be opting-in with presentation from the DC Centre into news bulletins, the memo from Al Jazeera English managing director Al Anstey reads.
(Politico.com)- President Nicolas Sarkozy had objected strongly to airing the images.
(Denver Post)- Al Jazeera has launched the Al Jazeera English news app for iPhone. This app offers popular sections of the Al Jazeera English website, including: Breaking News, Opinion, Features, and same-day access to full-length programmes.
(Fone Arena)- Al-Jazeera English became the first international news channel to ever win a Howard Scripps Award on Friday.
(TheWrap)- PARIS, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The video filmed by Mohamed Merah during his three killing acts in the southwestern France was mailed to the Qatar Al-Jazeeras Paris TV station, local media Le Parisien said in an exclusive report Monday.
(Xinhua News Agency)- President Nicolas Sarkozy had objected strongly to the idea of airing the images.
(Sydney Morning Herald)- "Syria: Songs of Defiance" is a new documentary on Syria, going inside the lives of anti-government demonstrators, shot entirely on an Al Jazeera English correspondent's iPhone. It airs Wednesday starting at 4:30 p.m.
(Denver Post)- A documentary by Al Jazeera English won the Jack Howard Award for Television/Cable In-Depth Reporting today.
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- Take a deep breath. Grab your reading glasses. And start checking those lottery tickets. Shortly before 11 p.m., the winning Mega Millions numbers were drawn for Friday nights record-breaking jackpot, estimated at $640 million.
(NJ.com)- To see the winning numbers revealed live, you should seek out your local television affiliate broadcasting the drawing. Check the Mega Millions website and pick your state under Where To Play to learn which local affiliate to watch.
(Huffington Post)- March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Lottery players have until 9:59 p.m.
(YAHOO!)- Lottery ticket lines swelled as Americans wagered nearly $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: a less than 1 percent chance to join the 1 percent Friday night, March 30, as the winner of a record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot.
(Pioneer Press)- Tonight at 11:00 p.m. E.T., the winning numbers of a record tickets via the Web on Sunday, March 25. As of Thursday, march 29, $425,000 worth of lottery tickets had been sold online, most of them Mega Millions tickets.
(Time)- Hoping to match the March 30, 2012 Mega Millions winning numbers? Lottery results are showing the jackpot has reached a staggering $640,000,000 fueled by players buying online lottery tickets along with strong retail sales.
(Examiner)- (KFSN) -- According to the MEGA Millions record $640 million with a cash option of $462 million. This shatters the previous world record for lotteries set on Thursday of $540 million -- the cash option is $462 million..
(Abc Local Web)- And maybe they were smart to do so: Bluebird was among the nearly 30 stores that sold a 5-for-6 ticket. Fridays Winning $390 million -- was won in the March 6, 2007, Mega Millions drawing.
(msnbc.com)- May the Mega Millions odds be ever in my favor After all, somebody has to win. The winning numbers will be announced on Friday, March 30 at 11 p.m. ET.
(Huffington Post)- March 30, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The Mega Millions jackpot hit a world-record is currently working with a recent big-money winning lottery couple. Their lifestyle is changing. So has their phone number. But they have a plan despite predictable aggravation.
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