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US high school graduation rate ticks up to 82 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's high school graduation rate has reached 82 percent, a new high. The Education Department says the rate for the 2013-14 school year is the highest since it started using a new, uniform measure in 2010. Still, the numbers show nearly 1 in 5 students leaving high school without a diploma.…
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Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appealing child porn sentence

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is appealing his more than 15-year prison sentence for having sex with underage prostitutes and possessing child pornography. Fogle's attorney, Ron Elberger, said Tuesday that he will appeal the sentence, but he declined to discuss it in detail. He filed a notice of appeal Monday in federal…
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Charges against Bergdahl being referred for court-martial

WASHINGTON (AP) - The attorney for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released in exchange for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay, says the soldier's case has been referred for trial by a general court-martial. Attorney Eugene Fidell says the convening authority did not follow the advice of the preliminary hearing officer who had recommended that…
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