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A Black and reportedly autistic man touted as the youngest scholar of color to serve as a chair at the University of Cambridge was accused of plagiarism before authorities say he took his own life last week. If that were the only headline following professor Jason Arday’s death at age 41, then it would be tragic enough. However, the feeding frenzy that followed the plagiarism allegations, the way Arday was hounded relentlessly online and in print regarding his credentials and biography, and the way his story became an opportunity for the left and right alike to promote their own beliefs...

NASHUA - A Nashua High School South headmaster whose military history was being investigated by the school district has resigned. Robert McDowell, the ninth-grade headmaster at the school, sent in a letter of resignation late Wednesday night, Superintendent Joseph Giuliano said Thursday. Giuliano and Principal Tim Kelley had been investigating McDowell’s military past since late last week, when Kelley received a copy of a January 2002 letter signed by McDowell to the Secretary of the Navy. In the letter, McDowell, a Portsmouth resident, requested an “other than honorable” discharge and announced his resignation from the Navy, Kelley said. In the...

There never was much doubt that Larry Eustachy, Mike Price and George O'Leary would slip back into the college coaching ranks, despite their transgressions. The surprise comes from where they landed and how soon. Barely 10 months after Eustachy's fall from grace at Iowa State, he popped up at Southern Mississippi, saying he is "a recovering alcoholic" but is ready to jump back into the high-pressure world of college basketball. Mike Price, fired for an indiscreet visit to a strip club before he even started at Alabama, grabbed a job several notches down in football stature and salary at Texas-El...