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SNL’s Trump Impersonator Alec Baldwin Takes Plea Deal, Will Attend Anger Management Class

At a Manhattan court hearing this week, Alec Baldwin, 60, noted comedic actor and Saturday Night Live Trump impersonator, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of harassment stemming from a Nov. 2, 2018 parking spot incident and will attend a one-day anger management class as punishment. He had also

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Bad Recipe: CT Driver Baked On Vanilla Extract Arrested For DUI

New Canaan (CT)  police have arrested and charged a woman for driving under the influence of … vanilla extract. The CT Post reports that police were called to the intersection of Grove and Pine streets after receiving a report about a car stopped in the road, its female driver still behind

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Citing Decorum, Maine Reps Ban Videos, Photographs Of Colleagues During Floor Sessions, Though “Selfies” Are Fine

The Portland Press Herald reports that the Maine House of Representatives voted this week to ban house members from "taking photographs or videos of one another during floor sessions." The House's 91-53 vote was nearly split down party lines, the PPH reports, with Democrats in support

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Japan Supreme Court Declares “Sterilization” Constitutional; Required Before Legal Recognition Of Gender Change

The Supreme Court of Japan has declared a Japanese law constitutional that requires people who seek legal recognition of their gender change to first undergo surgical sterilization. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that the court ruling "was intended to prevent 'problems' in parent-child relations that could lead

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Battling Drug Crisis, NH Fire Dept. Launching “Mobile Opioid Response Unit”

WMUR is reporting the capital city fire department is launching a new "mobile opioid response unit" that will follow ambulances responding to heroin-related calls in order to help overdose victims in particular find the treatment and rehabilitation they need. The Concord fire department unit will initially be funded

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Maine School District Reinstates High School “Harvest Break” To Aid Farmers

The Presque Isle (ME) school district's board of directors has voted 12-2 to reinstate a traditional autumn harvest break in the school year allowing students to help the region's farmers with harvesting their crops. The break was canceled in 2017. Citing a shortage of entry-level workers

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Old NH Law Permitting Teaching “Lord’s Prayer” In Grade Schools Called “Hidden Virus” By State Rep, Faces Repeal

New Hampshire state Rep. Amanda Bouldin, a Democrat, is supporting a bill in the NH legislator that will repeal an obscure 1975 law that authorizes elementary school teachers to lead students – who may participate voluntarily – in the recitation of the "Lord's Prayer," a traditional Christian prayer

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Massachusetts HS History Assignment Asking Students To Determine If Trump Is/Is Not “Fascist” Irks Some, Raises Serious Doubts About Critical Thinking Goal

A history class assignment asking students to analyze President Donald Trump to determine if he qualified to be called a fascist has irked some parents of students in Haverhill High School (HHS). The Eagle-Tribune reports that the assignment was given by "veteran history teacher Shaun Ashworth" and essentially