| Ivory Coast says striking teachers' salaries can rise Posted: 01 May 2015 04:25 PM PDT  Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara used the May 1 Labour Day holiday Friday to announce that civil servants' salaries can finally increase after more than two decades. His announcement comes at a time when the west African nation's schools are paralysed by a teachers' strike -- they will be among the beneficiaries of the new move. "The salaries of all civil servants will be unfrozen from today," Ouattara told several hundred people at a ceremony to mark May 1. Civil servants' pay has been frozen in Ivory Coast since the mid-1980s.
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| College Students Join Freddie Gray Protests Posted: 01 May 2015 06:26 AM PDT  The death of Freddie Gray—the young black man who died mysteriously after being taken into police custody in Baltimore—has inspired protests in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and even outside the U.S. Embassy in London. College students are driving many of the protests. Thursday evening on the University of Michigan campus, for instance, hundreds of students gathered for a candlelight vigil to stand in solidarity with the protests across the country triggered by Gray's death but also to protest police brutality in general. "It's really important for me to show solidarity, to be active in the fight, to show that we care, and that we're paying attention—and that we want something to change," said Lauren Seale, a 24-year-old medical student.
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| Colleges that have produced the most NFL Draft picks in the last 20 years Posted: 30 Apr 2015 02:25 AM PDT  Photo by Scott Huber Matthew Stafford went No. 1 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. High schools like Long Beach Poly (Calif.) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) have many alumni that have been taken in the NFL Draft. Long Beach Poly has had 16 in the past 20 years, while St. Thomas Aquinas has produced 19. While we focus on high school sports, we still have an interest in following athletes throughout their careers. Here are the colleges that have produced the most NFL Draft picks over the the past 20 years, not counting 2015. 1. Florida State - 124 Round 1 picks: 30 Highest overall pick: Andre Wadsworth, No. 3 (1998) - Florida Christian (Miami) High School Round 2 picks: 18 NFL connection: Tampa Bay has drafted eight players from Florida State since 1994. 2. Ohio State - 123 Round 1 picks: 31 Highest overall pick: Orlando Pace, No. 1 (1997) - Sandusky (Ohio) High School Dan Wilkinson, No. 1 (1994) - Dunbar (Dayton, Ohio) High School Round 2 picks: 22 NFL connection: St. Louis has drafted nine players from Ohio State since 1994. 3. USC - 113 Round 1 picks: 25 Highest overall pick: Carson Palmer, No. 1 (2003) - Santa Margarita (Calif.) High School Keyshawn Johnson, No. 1 (1996) - Dorsey (Los Angeles) High School Round 2 picks: 48 NFL connection: Jacksonville has drafted seven players from USC since 1994. 4. Miami (FL) - 111 Round 1 picks: 33 Highest overall pick: Andre Johnson, No. 3 (2003) - Miami (Fla.) High School Round 2 picks: 22 NFL connection: Baltimore and Cleveland have drafted seven Miami players since 1994. 5. Florida - 107 Round 1 picks: 23 Highest overall pick: Gerard Warren, No. 3 (2001) - Union County (Lake Butler, Fla.) High School Round 2 picks: 32 NFL connection: Chicago has drafted nine Florida players since 1994. 5. Georgia - 107 Round 1 picks: 17 Highest overall pick: Matthew Stafford, No. 1 (2009) - Highland Park (Dallas) High School Round 2 picks: 26 NFL connection: Cincinnati has drafted eight Georgia players since 1994. 7. Tennessee - 106 Round 1 picks: 20 Highest overall pick: Peyton Manning, No. 1 (1998) - Newman (New Orleans) High School Round 2 picks: 36 NFL connection: Kansas City has drafted seven Tennessee players since 1994. 8. Nebraska - 99 Round 1 picks: 9 Highest overall pick: Ndamukong Suh, No. 3 (2010) - Grant (Portland, Ore.) High Shool Round 2 picks: 32 NFL connection: St. Louis has drafted eight Nebraska players since 1994. 9. LSU - 98 Round 1 picks: 19 Highest overall pick: JaMarcus Russell, No. 1 (2007) - Williamson (Mobile, Ala.) High School Round 2 picks: 32 NFL connection: Dallas and Seattle have drafted six players from LSU since 1994. 10. Notre Dame - 97 Round 1 picks: 11 Highest overall pick: Bryant Young, No. 7 (1994) - Bloom (Chicago Heights, Ill.) High School Round 2 picks: 18 NFL connection: San Francisco has drafted six Notre Dame players since 1994. 11. Alabama - 96 Round 1 picks: 21 Highest overall pick: Trent Richardson, No. 3 (2012) - Escambia (Pensacola, Fla.) High School Marcell Dareus, No. 3 (2011) - Huffman (Birmingham, Ala.) High School Chris Samuels, No. 3 (2000) - Shaw (Mobile, Ala.) High School Round 2 picks: 32 NFL connection: Baltimore has drafted seven Alabama players since 1994. 12. Oklahoma - 87 Round 1 picks: 14 Highest overall pick: Sam Bradford, No. 1 (2010) - Putnam City North (Oklahoma City) High School Round 2 picks: 26 NFL connection: Baltimore has drafted six Oklahoma players since 1994. 13. Wisconsin - 84 Round 1 picks: 13 Highest overall pick: Joe Thomas, No. 3 (2007) - Brookfield Central (Wis.) High School Round 2 picks: 18 NFL connection: Dallas, New Orleans and the New York Giants each have drafted five players from Wisconsin since 1994. 14. Penn State - 83 Round 1 picks: 16 Highest overall pick: Courtney Brown, No. 1 (2000) - Macedonia High School (S.C.), now closed Ki-Jana Carter, No. 1 (1995) - Westerville South (Ohio) High School Round 2 picks: 10 NFL connection: Indianapolis has drafted six players from Penn State since 1994. 15. Michigan - 82 Round 1 picks: 16 Highest overall pick: Jake Long, No. 1 (2008) - Lapeer East (Mich.) High School Round 2 picks: 14 NFL connection: New England has drafted seven players from Michigan since 1994. 20 More schools 16. Virginia Tech - 80 17. California - 78 17. North Carolina - 78 19. Colorado - 71 20. Texas - 71 20. Texas A&M - 71 22. Iowa - 68 23. Clemson - 67 23. Oregon - 67 25. Arizona State - 66 26. Stanford - 65 27. Auburn - 64 28. Michigan State - 61 29. Virginia - 59 30. UCLA - 57 31. Arkansas - 55 32. South Carolina - 54 33. Kansas State - 52 33. Washington - 52 35. Arizona - 50
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