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Outfitting a classroom at your own expense is the dirty little secret of the teaching profession. Informal studies suggest that these modestly paid public servants spend $200 to $1,200 annually. "There's probably not a teacher in America who doesn't do it," observes Mattie Tyson, principal of Chicago's James Weldon Johnson Elementary School...
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...VEGAS: Well, at least Mike Tyson is off the streets. The Nevada Athletic Commission has given Tyson his old job back after the fighter promised to behave. And as hard as it is to apply the term "charity case" to a convicted rapist, the strange saga of Mike Tyson -- bolstered by the testimony of Muhammad Ali and Magic Johnson -- may actually have softened a few hearts Monday. "There are only a few punishments worse than being denied a right to make a living," Ali said in a statement. (Ali was banned for three and a half years for refusing...
...Maybe it's the money. After making $100 million since his release from prison, Tyson owes the IRS $13 million. But the commission doesn't want to be thought of as pushovers. "I want to warn you, from my view, this will be your last chance," Chairman Elias Ghanem told Tyson after he gave him the good news. "You will either conduct yourself in accordance with our rules and regulations, or you will probably never fight again in Nevada." Probably? Man, those guys are tough...
...Tyson is depressed and lacking self-esteem but most likely won't "snap" again as he did when he bit Evander Holyfield's ears in a June 1997 title fight, according to a psychiatric report prepared for the Nevada Athletic Commission and released yesterday. It concludes by saying that while there is no way to predict future behavior, doctors believe Tyson is "mentally fit to return to boxing, to comply with the rules and regulations, and to do so without repetition of June...