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A fed up teacher's post about disrespectful students and their parents is going viral. On March 28, Julie Marburger, a teacher in Texas, had had enough. She posted several photos on Facebook, including a lengthy post describing an experience with a parent who criticized her for disciplining a student child. "Teachers are some of the most kind and giving people I have ever met, yet they get treated so disrespectfully from all sides. Most parents can't stand to spend more than a couple hours a day with their kid, but we spend 8 with yours and 140 others just like...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Charlie Weis was looking for something he recognized as winning football. He finally saw it ... just not enough of it. Purdue extended the worst start in Notre Dame history to five losses when Curtis Painter threw two touchdown passes and Chris Summers hit four field goals in a 33-19 win on Saturday. The Irish fell behind 23-0 at the half, and Weis let his players know he's tired of playing catch-up. "This time, I was maybe a little more rough at halftime," he said. "I'd had about enough. It was a collective effort. Offense,...

Eagles' Reid to take leave until mid-March Associated Press PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles coach Andy Reid will leave the team for a month to deal with family issues, a decision that comes less than two weeks after two sons got into separate legal trouble on the same day. The team said Reid's leave of absence will last through mid-March. Eagles president Joe Banner was to hold an afternoon news conference to discuss the matter. Reid is also the team's head of football operations. If he does not rejoin the Eagles until the middle of next month, he will miss the NFL...