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LANCASTER, Calif. Two teenage boys were arrested Friday for allegedly planning a "Columbine" type attack on Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, according to police. An investigation began on Wednesday when a student contacted the vice principal and said two former classmates were planning a "Columbine-type assault" on the campus, according to the Lancaster Sheriff's Station. The suspects are both teenagers. One enrolled at Littlerock High School and was taken into custody. The other boy, who had a Gothic-type symbol carved into his arm, submitted to an interview with his probation officer nearby. [snip]

Pat Arnold, the creator of Margaret Mouse, wants kids to know it doesn't matter what they look like on the outside - it is what's inside that counts. "Margaret is not pretty; she has stringy hair, buck teeth and thick glasses, but her heart is made of gold," said Arnold, who writes under the pen name Cherokee Wyatt. "I want kids to know that it just doesn't matter." The homely little mouse wears a yellow dress bearing some of Arnold's most important words of wisdom, "Pretty is as pretty does." Margaret Mouse will be making an appearance at the Heartsounds...

Her father challenged her to make a "perfect" score on the SAT. And this spring Amitha Harichandran, a Quartz Hill High School junior, met his challenge, bringing home a 1,600, the highest possible score on the SAT I: Reasoning Test. The junior scored 800 on the math and verbal portions of the test. Amitha said the score came after she took classes and practice tests for the aptitude and skills exam used for college entrance. "She's been a pretty good student throughout. She met my challenge," said Wijey Harichandran, her father. "She threw the challenge back at me." The 16-year-old...