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Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials

May 22 San Francisco Examiner: "California must clarify its murky medical marijuana laws The legal status of medical marijuana is an ongoing puzzle. In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, which legalized the cultivation of medical pot by people suffering from medical ailments or their caregivers. But marijuana, legal or ...

FILE - In this April 4, 1996 file photo, Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, is escorted into the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont. Harvard alumni attending their 50th class reunion are getting updates on classmates _ including Kaczynski, who graduated in 1962. In an alumni directory, he lists his occupation as “prisoner” and under awards lists “eight life sentences.”(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book

Harvard University alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates — including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Kaczynski graduated in 1962 and is locked up in the federal Supermax prison in Colorado for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978 and ...

In this photo taken Monday May 21, 2012, Paul Palecek, who was molested as a Franciscan seminary student back in the 1960's poses at his home in Folsom, Calif., Palecek is one of two dozen former students who have accused the Rev. Mario Cimmarrusti of molestation while they attended St. Anthony's, a seminary boarding school for young boys who hoped to join the close-knit Catholic order. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Franciscan files tell abuse story

Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. The priest told him it would help draw the fever out. More than a ...

FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain

Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama. At the same time, Romney said that if ...

Bryant signs laws affecting students and veterans

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Wednesday that requires kindergarteners or first-graders to be tested for dyslexia, a reading disorder that can sometimes go undiagnosed for years and leave children struggling to learn. The matter is intensely personal for Bryant. He was in fourth grade before a caring teacher ...

Conan O'Brien to talk about comedy at JFK Library

Late-night TV talk show host Conan O'Brien is coming home to Boston to discuss his life and work during a special forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. O'Brien, a Brookline native and Harvard graduate, will also discuss the art of comedy with The Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning film ...

President Barack Obama leaves Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, as he returns from the NATO summit in Chicago and Jopin, Mo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to graduates: 'A new feeling about America'

President Barack Obama declared Wednesday the world has a "new feeling about America" and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes into a commencement speech to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy. "We can say with confidence and pride: The United States is stronger, safer and more ...

Obama redoubles fundraising efforts to keep edge

President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling fundraising efforts as Republican rival Mitt Romney and Republican-leaning independent groups are raking in cash before the November election. Obama still has a significant edge, but it's shrinking rapidly. Gone is the 10-to-1 cash advantage that Obama held at the end of ...

Demolition nears for historic dorm on UGA campus

Construction crews have fenced off a historic dormitory at the University of Georgia to prepare for its demolition. Demolition of 159-bed Rutherford Hall will probably begin in the first full week of June, university spokesman Tom Jackson told The Athens Banner-Herald (http://bit.ly/KnQwac ). In November, a Board of Regents' committee ...

Ind. teen wins elite chance for Italy opera study

At a young age, Jessica True took parts in local musical theater and began dreaming of being the "next star on Broadway." But the Bloomington High School North student's acting career wasn't taking off as she had hoped. "I would get call-back auditions, so they liked me, but I just ...

US Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry

From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry. Summer's 1977 hit "I Feel Love" is joining the Grateful Dead's famous 1977 Barton Hall concert as sounds ...

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 1992 file photo, Grateful Dead lead singer Jerry Garcia performs at the Oakland, Calif., Coliseum. The Grateful Dead's famous 1977 Barton Hall concert is joining Donna Summer's hit "I Feel Love" as sounds of cultural significance, among 25 additions that are being announced Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by the Library of Congress as part of its National Recording Registry. (AP Photo/Kristy McDonald, File)

Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry

From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry. Summer's 1977 hit "I Feel Love" is joining the Grateful Dead's famous 1977 Barton Hall concert as sounds ...

6-year-olds wander from Pa. school to museum

Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are investigating an impromptu field trip of sorts that occurred when two 6-year-old students wandered away from their school and walked to the city's Children's Museum a few blocks away. District spokeswoman Ebony Pugh says she can't specify what sort of discipline officials at Martin Luther ...

Principal suspended over student trip

There have been further repercussions from reported chaperone drinking on a senior trip by Signal Mountain students. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/Lft6RQ ), the Hamilton County Schools suspended Signal Mountain High School Principal Tom McCullough. The unpaid suspension on Friday came two days after McCullough publicly announced ...

Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests

Tens of thousands of students marched through the streets of Montreal to mark 100 days since the movement against higher tuition fees began. Tuesday's protest came after Quebec's provincial government passed emergency legislation intended to end Canada's most sustained student demonstrations ever. The peaceful protest turned more violent in the ...

Iowa City schools served some recalled lettuce

Lettuce that had been recalled over fears of listeria contamination was served at Iowa City Community School District schools. The district says in a news release that officials were notified about the recall on Monday, after much of the lettuce had already been served. The rest won't be used. Federal ...

Air logistics center to partner with Georgia Tech

The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center plans to enter into an education partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology. Center Commander Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon and university President G.P. "Bud" Peterson plan to sign an education partnership agreement Wednesday. The collaboration is meant to enhance study in areas like science ...

UGA, Emory get $1.6M grant to study brains

Researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University are sharing a $1.6 million federal grant to use a newly developed brain map to see how cocaine exposure in the womb affects children's brains. The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health is based on a next-generation brain atlas ...

Youth choir to perform at graduation ceremony

The Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences choir is scheduled to perform at the spring graduation ceremony for Everest Institute's downtown campus. The program will be held Wednesday evening at the Fillmore theater. Highlights from the 40-student choir of third- through eighth-graders include their version of "Detroit State of Mind." ...

RIC to hold reception for actress Viola Davis

Rhode Island College is holding a special reception for one of its graduates, Academy Award-nominated actress Viola Davis. The reception is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the president's house. The college says 10 students from its theater program and current and former faculty members are also attending the reception. Davis, ...