YAHOO INC ANNOUNCES IT'S BUYING ONLINE BLOGGING SERVICE TUMBLR FOR $1.1 BIL **

DEAL WILL USE ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF YAHOO'S $5.4 BIL IN CASH AND MARKETABLE **

YAHOO SAYS TUMBLR WILL BE INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED AS A SEPARATE BUSINESS **

WAVE OF ATTACKS ACROSS IRAQ LEAVES MORE THAN 85 DEAD **

ATTACKS ON MON OCCURRED IN MOSTLY SHIITE AND SUNNI AREAS **

LATEST ROUND OF VIOLENCE PUSHES THE DEATH TOLL OVER THE PAST WEEK TO MORE **

ASSOCIATED PRESS CHIEF GARY PRUITT CALLING ON PRES OBAMA TO "REIN IN" AN **

PRUITT CALLED THE ACTIONS "ABUSIVE" AND A VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT **

PRUITT SAYS THE AP HASN'T RULED OUT LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE JUSTICE DEPT **

COMMENTS COME AFTER IT WAS REVEALED LAST WEEK THE OBAMA ADMIN HAD SECRETLY **

JUSTICE DEPT HAS NOT EXPLAINED WHY IT SOUGHT THE RECORDS **

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY VOWING BETTER SECURITY AT U.S. DIPLOMATIC POSTS **

KERRY SAYS HE'S FULLY COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING AND EXPANDING ON **

THAT ATTACK LEFT FOUR AMERICANS DEAD, INCLUDING AMB CHRIS STEVENS **

N KOREA FIRES TWO SHORT-RANGE PROJECTILES INTO WATERS OFF ITS EASTERN COAST **

IT'S THE SIXTH TEST LAUNCH BY PYONGYANG IN THREE DAYS **

N KOREA SAYS THE TESTS ARE AIMED AT INCREASING DETERRENCE AGAINST AN ENEMY **

LATEST TEST COMES AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AFTER N **

THE SPATE OF ATTACKS ARE ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINED BOUTS OF SECTARIAN **

AIR FORCE SAYS IT WILL TEST LAUNCH AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ON **

THE UNARMED MINUTEMAN 3 MISSILE WILL BLAST OFF FROM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE **

Texas honors student jailed for missing too much school…do you agree with the punishment?

Texas honors student Diane Tran, 17, was thrown in jail for 24 hours because she missed too many days of school. The 11th grader’s only alleged crime is truancy, a misdemeanor.

So why has Tran been missing school? She has been working two jobs to support her siblings since her parents divorced and moved away. She works full-time for a day cleaner and part-time for a wedding planner…all while taking advanced classes.

The judge who sentenced the teen to jail time says the case is bigger than Tran:”If you let one run loose, what are you gonna do with the rest of ‘em? Let them go too? A little stay in the jail for one night is not a death sentence.”

So what do you think? Should the judge have sent the 11th grader to jail? Post your thoughts!









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