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...that an in-house audit by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation's second largest union, found corruption and embezzlement in dozens of its locals across the nation. The boss of one local that includes New York City's school crossing guards and cafeteria workers has been indicted for draining over $2 million from the union's coffers. AFSCME's leadership says such corruption has become possible through a recent decentralization that has given much of the power back to the locals - undoing decades' worth of power consolidation, which was originally enacted largely...
...ready never debuted, but Jobs brought loyalists to their feet with an offhand remark that he will drop "interim" from his title and be the permanent iCEO (i for Internet). Meanwhile, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the throngs seemed almost as mesmerized by the cafeteria's curly fries as they were by the newest generation of high-definition TVs. The star of both shows is the iGadget, getting smaller and smarter each year...
Perhaps the principal at Columbine was naive in believing that everything at his school was running smoothly. The reports about how some Columbine students flicked catsup packets or tossed bottles at these kids in the cafeteria, and how others teased Harris and Klebold, show there was a distinct lack of acceptance of people for who they are. It's possible that if the individuality of Harris and Klebold had been channeled in the right direction, none of this would have happened. The school principal needs to take another long, hard look at what is going on beneath the surface...
...soon as possible; they wouldn't let Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold take away their school. So the district, with the help of 137 contractors who donated some of their services, completed six months of construction in six weeks, replacing bloody carpeting with tiles and rebuilding the bomb-scarred cafeteria. Meanwhile, DeAngelis so effectively convinced students and parents of the school's safety that enrollment rose to 1983 students--18 more than last year...
...saying they had to hide the issue from their children. I understand. Some of us may be hiding it from our own little kids as well. But I don't think we should hide the shocking images and stories from ourselves. The concept of a kid in a school cafeteria with a gun is one that should disquiet...