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A Texas school superintendent sent lewd photos to an undercover officer posing online as a 15-year-old girl he planned to meet with, authorities said. Michael Keith Stevens, 47, superintendent of the Itasca Independent School District, was arrested Thursday and accused of online solicitation of a minor, according to court records. Itasca Independent School District is about 55 miles south of Dallas. (snip) Stevens was one of seven people arrested after an undercover operation with more than a dozen local law enforcement agencies. Officers posed as teens ages 13, 14 and 15 and communicated online, Harris County Precinct 1 Constable...

TIGHAR is able to share details of our search for a conclusive answer to the Earhart mystery thanks to the international agreement signed in Washington, DC on March 20, 2012. The Republic of Kiribati, the sovereign nation of which Nikumaroro is a part, has granted TIGHAR the exclusive right to conduct research, search, and recovery operations related to the Earhart disappearance within the national borders of Kiribati. No one is authorized to undertake Earhart related search, recovery of artifacts or research within the boundaries of Kiribati (including Nikumaroro) without authorization from both the government of Kiribati and TIGHAR.

A 6th grade boy in the small town of Itasca, TX, about 40 miles south of Fort Worth and just north of Hillsboro TX off I-35, was ordered out of class and into in-school suspension after showing up on the first day of school because his hair is considered too long. The Itasca Middle School handbook outlines student conduct and behavior including a dress code which details length of hair for both boys and girls. Girls are allowed to have hair of any length; however, boys are not allowed to have hair longer than shoulder length. 12 year old Kenneth...