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Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have agreed to three
presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, the
two campaigns said Thursday.

“The campaigns have come to the earliest agreement on
presidential debates reached in any general election in
recent history,” campaign officials said in a joint statement.

The three, 90-minute debates are sponsored by the Commission
on Presidential Debates, based in Arlington, Va.  The first
presidential debate will be Sept. 26 at the University of
Mississippi in Oxford on the topics of foreign policy and
national security.  The lone debate between vice presidential
candidates will be Oct. 2 at Washington University in
St. Louis.

The second  presidential debate is scheduled for Oct. 7 at
Belmont university in Nashville. It will be a town hall debate
format.  The final meeting between the two major-party
presidential nominees is Oct. 15 at Hofstra University in
Hempstead, N.Y., focusing on domestic and economic policy.

Do you think three presidential debates are enough?

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           Court upholds spitting teacher reprimand
The Italian Supreme Court has upheld a reprimand issued by a
lower court to a teacher who spat in the direction of the
school principal.  The decision upheld a Palermo appeals
court ruling that the teacher, identified as Antonino R.,
acted improperly when he spat three times in the direction
of the female principal during a teacher’s meeting at a
Palermo training institute, ANSA reported Wednesday. The
teacher had argued his spitting was an expression of his
opinion about the “oppressive” behavior of the principal.
He also claimed his spit could not have reached the
principal because his mouth was dry from the heated argument
that led to the incident.  However, the judges said in their
decision that it was was “irrelevant whether or not the spit
reached the head teacher” or whether his dry mouth “would
have made its execution more problematic.”  “The fact
remains that there was spitting, and it was directed at the
principal,” the judges said.  The court said spitting is
not a “legitimate” means of “critical expression.”
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           Student bikes 1,450 miles to school
A freshman at the University of Miami said he made the entire
1,450-mile journey to the school from his suburban Chicago
home on his bicycle.  Jamshed Jehangir, 18, said it took him
17 days to make the trek to the Miami campus from Downers
Grove, Ill., sometimes in heavy rain and winds of up to
30 miles per hour, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.
“The best feeling is getting here,” Jehangir said. “The
ride is great but it’s amazing when you look back on it.”
Jehangir said he was slowed down for half a day by the
remnants of Tropical Storm Fay in Florida.  “‘It got pretty
bad today being blown around everywhere,” the studio music
and jazz major said.  He said he had to travel light to make
the lengthy trek by bike so the remainder of his belongings
were sent to the campus by his mother via FedEx.
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                Nude pool plans raise concerns
A Town ‘n’ Country, Fla., apartment complex has raised
concerns with its announcement that it will soon have a
clothing-optional pool and spa area.  The Eden, an apartment
complex that is switching to condominiums, said on its Web
site that nudity will be allowed in a “private European/South
Beach style swimming pool and spa area,” the St. Petersburg
(Fla.) Times reported Wednesday.  The complex said only
residents over the ages of 18 will be issued pass cards for
the area and it is having walls put in to seal the
clothing-optional area off away from public view.  However,
residents of nearby communities have expressed concern about
the complex’s plans and its proximity to Alonso High School,
which is about one mile away.  “It would seem to me that the
process has failed in that there has not been greater
notification to the surrounding communities about this
possibility,” former homeowner president Brian Ross said.
Debbie Carter, spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County
Sheriff’s Office, said the complex’s plans do not violate
any laws.  “It looks like they’re taking every necessary
precaution,” she said. “They’re going to have walls and
everything else. Unless they’re committing crimes out there,
I don’t see this as a law enforcement issue.”
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reader Comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What are your thoughts on corporal punishment in schools?

“Should never have been removed in first place!!!!!!!!!!”

“I believe punishment should be done at home.  What happen
to teachers, teaching and parents, parenting.”

“Not enough of it”