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Around 60 percent of Americans use social media. Giving up social media for Lent allows people to disconnect from the virtual world, which is wise to do from time to time to prevent you from being disconnected from the real world. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

North Carolina House Passes Social Media Privacy Bill

A bill forbidding employers and universities from accessing private email or social media accounts of workers and students has passed the North Carolina House.

2013/05/16

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UNCSA Students Heading To Haiti To Aid Orphanage

Ten high school students from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts are taking their talents to an orphanage in Haiti this summer.

2013/05/11

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Police: Bluffton Teen Told Teacher He Had Weapons

Police say no one has been hurt after a 17-year-old Bluffton High School student came to school and told a teacher he had weapons.

2013/05/01

File photo of the home court for the University of North Carolina's basketball team in Chapel Hill, N.C. (credit: Getty Images)

Probe Finds UNC Academic Fraud Started Earlier

A months-long investigation of academic fraud at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill finds the problems go back a decade earlier than an earlier probe uncovered.

2012/12/20

File photo of a kid using a computer. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Kids Cyberbullying Teachers Outlawed

Nearly two dozen new laws taking effect on Saturday include one that extends a North Carolina crime against cyberbullying to also protect school employees.

2012/11/30

Teacher Writes ‘You Can’t Be A Democrat & Go To Heaven’ On Chalkboard

A complaint has been filed against a teacher accused of writing anti-Democrat rhetoric on her classroom chalkboard.

2012/11/28

File photo of school bus that was in an accident. (Credit: Larry W. Smith/Getty Images)

Bus Driver Charged With DUI After Crash

A Lexington County school bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence after a crash that involved three buses.

2012/04/20

Two youths wear their pants with underwear showing on April 23, 2009 in Riviera Beach, Fla. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Students Wearing Saggy Pants At School

Supporters of a proposal that would prohibit students from dressing in an “indecent manner” at school say they would like to revisit the measure should it become law and make it stricter.

2012/04/04

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Cops: 9th Grade Teacher Gave Student Drugs To Sell

Authorities say an English teacher in Gaston County was arrested after she gave prescription drugs to a student to sell and they split the money.

2012/03/31

File photo of a woman being searched near her bra, in this instance by the TSA. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

NC High Court To Hear Case Of School Bra Search

The case of a teenager who had to untuck her shirt and pull out her bra with her thumb as part of a search for pills at an alternative school in North Carolina is headed to the state Supreme Court.

2012/02/11

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