| Sheriff fires deputy for tossing teen across classroom Posted: 28 Oct 2015 10:46 AM PDT  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A deputy who flipped a disruptive student out of her desk and tossed her across her math class floor was fired on Wednesday. The sheriff called his actions "unacceptable," and said videos recorded by her classmates show the girl posed no danger to anyone.
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| Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI Posted: 28 Oct 2015 09:41 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in a hush-money scheme, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends he serve no more than six months in prison and averting a trial in the case.
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| Wave hit Canada boat on 1 side while passengers on left side Posted: 28 Oct 2015 05:05 AM PDT  TOFINO, British Columbia (AP) — Passengers were crowded on the left side of the top deck of a whale-watching boat when it was struck by a wave from the right side, causing the vessel to capsize and send 27 people into the water off Vancouver Island, an investigator said.
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| Officer fired for violating policy in South Carolina classroom arrest Posted: 28 Oct 2015 10:44 AM PDT  By Harriet McLeod COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - The white sheriff's deputy caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in Columbia, South Carolina, has been fired, a sheriff said on Wednesday. Deputy Ben Fields violated agency policy when he picked up the teenage girl and threw her across a classroom as he attempted to make an arrest, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told a news conference. Videos filmed by students showed Fields, 34, slam a 16-year-old girl to the ground and drag her across a classroom at Spring Valley High School on Monday after she apparently refused to hand her mobile phone to a teacher or leave the room.
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| Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty in hush-money case Posted: 28 Oct 2015 09:55 AM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski and Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal financial crime in a hush-money case stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct, marking the dramatic downfall of a once powerful politician. In exchange for the guilty plea, federal prosecutors recommended a sentence of zero to six months imprisonment, although the judge could sentence Hastert to up to five years in prison and fine him $250,000. Hastert, a Republican who led the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, told U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin that he knew that what he was doing was wrong.
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| Violent South Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police Posted: 28 Oct 2015 10:41 AM PDT  Almost 31,000 "school resource officers" or other law enforcement officers are stationed at U.S. public schools, with another 13,060 sworn law enforcement officers spending at least part of their time at schools, according to U.S. Department of Education data. Americans have grown accustomed to the presence of armed and uniformed officers in schools since the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and numerous school shootings since.
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