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• Hartford officials: Boy with weapons not bullied (AP)
• Pa. school nixes Biden rally for Dem candidate (AP)
• Teen charged in Mass. bullying case heads to trial (AP)
• School Official Wants Gays Dead (The Advocate)
• Live Chat: IE Business School Admissions (BusinessWeek)
• Dept of Ed: Some bullying violates federal law (AP)

Hartford officials: Boy with weapons not bullied (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - Hartford school officials say a 12-year-old boy caught with a BB gun and a folding knife in his backpack was not bullied in school.

Pa. school nixes Biden rally for Dem candidate (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT AP - A congressional candidate accused a suburban school district of playing politics by canceling a visit from Democratic Vice President Joe Biden days before the midterm election, a decision a school spokeswoman blamed on logistics.

Teen charged in Mass. bullying case heads to trial (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday scheduled a March trial for a teenager accused of having sexual contact with a younger classmate, who hanged herself after what prosecutors call relentless bullying from the teen's ex-girlfriend and four other students.

School Official Wants Gays Dead (The Advocate) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT The Advocate - While schools across the country are taking action against bullying and suicide, a board member of an Arkansas school district is using his Facebook page to encourage "queers" and "fags" to kill themselves.

Live Chat: IE Business School Admissions (BusinessWeek) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT BusinessWeek - Guest: Lisa Bevill, director of international MBA admissions at IE Business School

Dept of Ed: Some bullying violates federal law (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:59 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Department of Education is warning schools: Tolerating or failing to adequately address ethnic, sexual or gender-based harassment could put them in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws.

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