Before filmmaker Lee Hirsch began shooting the documentary “Bully,” he walked into a school board meeting in Sioux City, Iowa, and asked for permission to film students and staff for months — while retaining full editorial control. Read full article > >

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The immense interest in Tim Tebow started when he was a home-schooled student who helped turned around his high school football team.

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VIERA, Fla. — This season, baseball and Washington will finally start to meet Stephen Strasburg — not just see him pitch but actually start to know him, both what he is now and what he likely will become. We will not meet the college phenom or the hyped Best Prospect Ever, nor will we encounter the thunderbolt rookie who struck out 14 in his debut then blew out his elbow 11 weeks later and missed a year. We will not see a silent, sequestered, pestered prodigy, both shy and chilly. All of those Strasburgs are gone. Read full article > >

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Despite Indiana’s having 12 of the nation’s 13 largest high school gyms, the demise of a signature basketball site illustrates the passing of the high school sport’s heyday in the Hoosier state.

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President Obama made a starkly personal appeal Friday for further investigation into the the shooting of an unarmed Florida high school student by a neighborhood watch guard, an incident he described as a “tragedy.” Read full article > >

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More high school students across the country are graduating on time but dropouts continue to be a significant national problem, creating a drag on the economy, according to a report to be issued Monday by a nonprofit group headed by former secretary of state Colin L. Powell. Read full article > >

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More high school students across the country are graduating on time but dropouts continue to be a significant national problem, creating a drag on the economy, according to a report to be issued Monday by a nonprofit group headed by former secretary of state Colin L. Powell. Read full article > >

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OMAHA — It took less than 24 hours for Norfolk State center Kyle O’Quinn to become one of the most recognizable names of the 2012 NCAA tournament. Posting a double-double while leading a No. 15 seed to an upset of a No. 2 seed will do that for you. Read full article > >

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NCAA tournament 2012: Kyle O’Quinn becomes the face of March Madness for Norfolk State

As 6-foot-10, 300-pound Renardo Sidney slumped on Mississippi State’s bench late Thursday night, face in hands during the Bulldogs’ 71-61 loss to Georgia in the SEC tournament first round , it was hard to believe this was the same player who was so celebrated as a high school freshman that he felt he never needed to play scholastic basketball to bolster his reputation or skills. Read full article > >

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As 6-foot-10, 300-pound Renardo Sidney slumped on Mississippi State’s bench late Thursday night, face in hands during the Bulldogs’ 71-61 loss to Georgia in the SEC tournament first round , it was hard to believe this was the same player who was so celebrated as a high school freshman that he felt he never needed to play scholastic basketball to bolster his reputation or skills. Read full article > >

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Mississippi State’s Renardo Sidney says he’s learned his lesson after life in the fast lane

As 6-foot-10, 300-pound Renardo Sidney slumped on Mississippi State’s bench late Thursday night, face in hands during the Bulldogs’ 71-61 loss to Georgia in the SEC tournament first round , it was hard to believe this was the same player who was so celebrated as a high school freshman that he felt he never needed to play scholastic basketball to bolster his reputation or skills. Read full article > >

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The parents are often panicked when they call the day-care center. They are moms who need a second job to pay the light bill; dads whose shifts changed at a restaurant; students with a class that continues into the evening. And now, they need a child to be put to bed not by a relative, but a staffer. Read full article > >

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Smoking during the teenage years stunts lung growth and accelerates the decline in their function that inevitably comes with age. At the same time, the habit damages blood vessels in ways that can later lead to a heart attack, stroke and aortic rupture. Read full article > >

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Surgeon General’s report takes aim at youth smoking

On Dec. 25, 1964, as Mitt Romney enjoyed his last Christmas break as a high school student in Michigan, two Mormon missionaries visited Darius Gray in Colorado Springs and asked him whether he had any last questions before joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read full article > >

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