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Officials with the Texas School Safety Center and Tyler ISD updated John Tyler High School parents and community members about the safety and security changes and reviews taking place at the school during a community meeting Thursday night.
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She had come alone to the Richmond High School homecoming dance, gorgeous in a sparkling purple dress and faux diamond baubles. The DJ played salsa, meringue, rap. When the teenager disappeared, her friends thought she had gone home early.
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A fatal stabbing at John Tyler High School Wednesday morning and other alleged disturbances at the campus left some with concerns about security at the school.
health.msn.com
Graphic images of diseased body parts could become the norm on packaging
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An Iowa high school football coach died Wednesday after he was shot inside the school as athletes were lifting weights, the district superintendent told CNN.
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Congress struck its strongest anti-smoking blow in decades, voting to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, curtail ads and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people.
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The U.S. Senate today delivered a truly historic victory for America's children and health by approving legislation to grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco products.
www.nytimes.com
Doctors, parents, schools, children — everyone has a stake when bullies are involved.
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Police say two Springbrook High School students plotted to set off explosives in the Silver Spring school, assault a school counselor and principal and set off an explosion using the school's natural gas lines, after allegedly sending the school a threatening e-mail on April 20, the 10-year anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School.
governor.state.tx.us
As a precautionary measure, Gov. Rick Perry today increased his request of antiviral medication to 25 percent (850,000 courses) of the Texas allotment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile to be prepositioned in the state. This request will augment the more than 840,000 courses of antiviral medication on hand in Texas following a purchase authorized by the 80th Legislature and Gov. Perry in 2007.
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A study published online in the journal BMC Public Health finds that states adhering to the federal government's stringent tobacco sales laws and those that impose high cigarette taxes have lower smoking rates among teenagers than states that do not, HealthDay News reports.
www.usnews.com
To protect schools better, students need to feel more comfortable to speak out, researchers say.
www.statesman.com
About 200 University of Texas and Texas State University students gathered at the Capitol today, the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, to protest House Bill 1893, which would allow students to carry concealed handguns on campuses in Texas. The bill is sponsored by state Rep. Joe Driver, R-Garland.