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US limits visa program that prompted Hershey protests

abc27.com

by Ali Lanyon

November 8, 2011

The State Department is limiting participation in a troubled exchange program and putting a moratorium on new businesses becoming sponsors for thousands of foreign college students who use the program to visit the United States.

The department says future participation will be limited to the "2011 actual participant levels." Foreign students working at a plant that serves the Hershey company walked out this summer in protest of working conditions and wages.

Job Outlook For Graduates Best In Years

ABC30

by Liz Harrison

May 19, 2007

Thousands of valley college students will be celebrating a major accomplishment this weekend. But after the graduation parties, it's time to start looking for a job.

Perhaps the last thing on the minds of these social science graduates at Fresno State is diving into the workforce. But the stark reality is most of them now have to support themselves.

Diabetic teen upset with TSA screeners at Salt Lake City Airport

abc4.com

by Don Hudson

May 7, 2012

A Colorado teen is upset with screeners at Salt Lake City International Airport. The type one diabetic says TSA agents were abrupt, rude and were responsible for breaking her $10,000 insulin pump. A pump she has to have to survive.

Savannah Barry is mad and on a mission. She wants travelers to be warned before they walk through TSA security. "They need to get with the program and have some education across the board for TSA." After participating in a DECA conference in Salt Lake City with several classmates last week, Savannah, who is a type one diabetic and wears an insulin pump 24 hours a day, says she ran into TSA agents who were not prepared to deal with her medical situation.

Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store

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by The Time Officers Arrived the Suspect Had Been Subdued by Employees and Shoppers. Police Had High Praise for Gun Carrying Man Who Ended the Hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis Said

April 26, 2012

A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.

Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people." Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."

Straz Center's Patel Conservatory hosts huge ballet competition

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January 15, 2012

TAMPA - Dancers from all over the globe will be coming to the Tampa area the weekend of January 20 to 22 for the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition.

Many young dancers from across the country have joined the Patel Conservatory's pre-professional ballet program where they train for about eight hours per day, and homeschool in order to finish their high school education.

Teen arrested after videotaping police confrontation; what are your rights?

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October 1, 2012

There's a question of constitutional rights that's increasingly being raised around the country.

The family of a New Jersey teenager is suing a local police department claiming officers arrested the boy simply because he was videotaping a confrontation with cops. 15-year-old Austin DeCaro never imagined his habit of taking his camcorder everywhere would come in so handy on an evening several months ago. "He got out of a car and said, 'All of you get on the curb,' and none of us knew what to do, so I flipped on my camera," said Austin DeCaro, a teenage videographer, "I saw this random guy telling us to sit on the curb and I didn't know if he was a cop or not. I decided I should record it."

Woodlands teen, 17, named one of US' most influential people under age 30 by Forbes Magazine

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by Erik Barajas

January 9, 2012

Forbes Magazine recently released its list of the most influential and inspirational people in the country under 30, and a 17-year-old from The Woodlands is on it.

"Originally, inventing was something I did just for fun, it was something that I enjoyed. But once I learned that most of the world lives in poverty, I wanted to do something about that," he said. Javier is home schooled, something his parents decided to do because of their own educational experiences.

Occupy Fresno protesters arrested, return to park

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by Tommy Tran

November 7, 2011

FRESNO -- The Sheriff's Department has moved in for the second time in two days to arrest Occupy Fresno protestors.

Deputies urged protesters to leave Courthouse Park peacefully, but Occupy Fresno demonstrators remained defiant while being put into handcuffs. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office says eight people were arrested around 1 a.m. Monday morning. More than 40 deputies in riot gear spent time surrounding the group.

Teacher penalizes students for saying "bless you"

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September 29, 2011

A Northern California teacher says he doesn't want to hear a common courtesy in his classroom.

He's even lowering students' grades if they say "bless you" after someone sneezes. Steve Cuckovich says the practice is disrespectful and disruptive. He's banned saying "bless you" in his high school health class in Vacaville. He even knocked 25 points from one student's grade for saying the phrase in class.

San Mateo County DA vows to prosecute too touchy SFO security pat downs

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November 16, 2010

The San Mateo district attorney's office has a warning for all TSA personnel at SFO -- anyone inappropriately touching a passenger during a security pat down will be prosecuted.

Incoming San Mateo DA Steve Wagstaffe says any complaints of inappropriate touching during an airport security pat down will land on his desk. "The case would be reviewed and if we could prove the elements of it, that it was inappropriately done with a sexual or lewd intent, that person would be prosecuted," he said. The charge -- sexual battery.

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