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• Los Angeles defends school closure after apparent email hoax
• Gun and bomb attack threat closes Los Angeles schools in likely hoax
• Two Colorado girls, 16, detained over high school threat
• Over 1,000 college students will compete to design the best Hyperloop pod
• Los Angeles threat most likely a hoax, federal officials say
• Where Teachers Are Still Allowed to Spank Students
• LA did not consult with FBI on decision to close schools: source
• NYC also received threat to schools, judged 'non-credible'
• Trump's Scottish love affair sours as court to rule on wind farm
• Prepare to Find Internships As a Community College Student
• Agencies Spent $4.4 Billion on Self-Promotion, Violating Federal Rules
• How To Thrive After College: 3 Obvious But Underrated Skills

Los Angeles defends school closure after apparent email hoax Posted: 15 Dec 2015 04:40 PM PST Los Angeles city officials defended their decision to shut down all public schools on Tuesday in response to an email threat that appears to have been a hoax. The drastic measure was ordered as a precaution, triggered in part by the December 2 attacks in nearby San Bernardino that left 14 people dead, said Ramon Cortines, the superintendent of Los Angeles schools -- the second-largest school district in the US with 640,000 students. A similar threat was also made against New York City schools, but officials there said they deemed it not credible from the onset and accused Los Angeles school officials of badly overreacting.

Gun and bomb attack threat closes Los Angeles schools in likely hoax Posted: 15 Dec 2015 04:19 PM PST Los Angeles shut more than 1,000 public schools on Tuesday over a threatened attack with bombs and assault rifles, sending hundreds of thousands of students home as city leaders were criticized for overreacting to what federal officials later said was likely a hoax. The emailed threat, which authorities said was "routed through Germany" but likely originated locally, was made nearly two weeks after a married couple inspired by Islamic State killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at a county office building 60 miles (100 km) away in San Bernardino. "Based on past circumstance, I could not take the chance," Los Angeles School Superintendent Ramon Cortines told a news conference.

Two Colorado girls, 16, detained over high school threat Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Two 16-year-old girls in Colorado have been detained on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder following a threat to students and staff at a Denver-area high school, authorities said on Tuesday. News of the development at Mountain Vista High School emerged as authorities nationwide grapple with how to handle such threats, and Los Angeles shut more than 1,000 public schools over a threatened gun and bomb attack. Sergeant Lori Bronner, spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Colorado, said police became aware of the suspected plot on Saturday.

Over 1,000 college students will compete to design the best Hyperloop pod Posted: 15 Dec 2015 12:44 PM PST On Tuesday, Elon Musk's SpaceX announced the design teams that would be taking part in a two-day Hyperloop design competition at Texas A&M University at the end of January. SpaceX helped select the 124 student engineering teams from hundreds of entries. The team from Poland's Lodz University of Technology is called Hyperlodz.

Los Angeles threat most likely a hoax, federal officials say Posted: 15 Dec 2015 12:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat that led to the closing of all public schools in Los Angeles on Tuesday is most likely a hoax, several federal officials said. The officials, who asked not to be named, echoed an assessment by New York Police Commissioner William Bratton that the decision Los Angeles authorities took to shut the school system was an over reaction. (Reporting by Mark Hosenball; Writing by Tim Ahmann; Editing by Eric Beech)

Where Teachers Are Still Allowed to Spank Students Posted: 15 Dec 2015 10:01 AM PST "But I wasn't chewing any gum," the 10-year-old begged, insisting he was innocent. "You're a liar!" the adult reportedly responded. "Now you're really going to get it because you keep lying to me."

LA did not consult with FBI on decision to close schools: source Posted: 15 Dec 2015 09:35 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Los Angeles authorities did not consult the FBI before deciding to close public schools on Tuesday, a law enforcement source told Reuters. Authorities are investigating a threat made to Los Angeles schools, and the source said they are looking at the possibility a bomb was planted. (Reporting by Mark Hosenball; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

NYC also received threat to schools, judged 'non-credible' Posted: 15 Dec 2015 09:22 AM PST New York City received a threat Tuesday to its public schools but it was not deemed credible, the mayor said, hours after Los Angeles shut down its public school system over an unspecified threat. New York police chief Bill Bratton said the threat was "almost similar" to the one received by authorities in Los Angeles.

Trump's Scottish love affair sours as court to rule on wind farm Posted: 15 Dec 2015 09:08 AM PST By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top court will decide on Wednesday whether to back U.S. Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump's bid to stop wind farms being built near his luxury Scottish golf resort amid a growing spat with politicians in his mother's homeland. The decision comes after a week in which his call to deny Muslims entry to the United States has resulted in his being stripped of two Scottish honorary positions, prompted a record petition calling for him to be banned from Britain, and drawn a rebuke from Prime Minister David Cameron and others. Former Scottish nationalist leader Alex Salmond even described the property tycoon, who is leading the polls to be the Republican candidate in 2016, as "crazy".

Prepare to Find Internships As a Community College Student Posted: 15 Dec 2015 07:00 AM PST A community college education can help students increase their career options, but it's not enough to simply attend classes and get a degree. Students need work experience -- that's related to their field of interest -- to boost their chances of finding employment after graduation. "Internships and getting some kind of work experience is one the most critical ways to get that foothold into the world of work," says Tim Aldinger, director of workforce development services at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, a nonprofit that offers a variety of services for the schools and students.

Agencies Spent $4.4 Billion on Self-Promotion, Violating Federal Rules Posted: 15 Dec 2015 06:30 AM PST The Obama administration got its hand slapped last year with the revelation that government agencies had spent literally billions of dollars promoting themselves with the public and news media in contravention of federal rules against just such activities. A Congressional Research Service study revealed that the administration had spent at minimum a total of $4.4 billion on outside advertising contracts between fiscal 2009 and 2013 – including $419 million for the Pentagon, $197.4 million for the Department of Health and Human Services and $128.8 million for the Department of Education. More recently, The Washington Post reported that an agency of DHS had contracted with the Edelman public relations firm "to refine their agency messaging" with reporters.

How To Thrive After College: 3 Obvious But Underrated Skills Posted: 15 Dec 2015 12:20 AM PST Employers and educators can't quite agree on what a college education should accomplish. A new study highlights three areas of divergence, regarding topics such as problem-solving, communication skills ...

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