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Cyndy Stewart said she was shocked when her son showed her a symbol that "sanctions intolerance" in his SAIL High School yearbook. The page included a Confederate flag and the phrases: "Long Live General Lee. Redneck and Proud!! The South Will Rise!!" Stewart said it's "defeating and condescending" to students of color and sends a bad message to all students regardless of race.She and another parent asked the School Board on Tuesday to create stricter policies on offensive materials in student publications."It's 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education," said Stewart, who teaches school in Georgia. "It doesn't make...

Controversial Confederate flag is missing City has studied whether to remove Confederate banner MICHELLE CROUCH Staff Writer Charlotte Observer The Confederate battle flag that flies over the graves of Confederate soldiers at city-owned Elmwood Cemetery has been stolen, its owners said. The theft comes as a city committee weighs whether to recommend removing the flag after several months of discussion and debate. The committee is expected to make a decision Friday. "We hate that this happened," said Rich Woods, commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans unit that owns the flag. "You have to wonder about the timing." The flag's...