| City of Murrieta to allow temporary homeless shelters |
| posted on February 07, 2010 08:19:39 PM
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Councilman Rick Gibbs said, "We all know there are people out there who are in crisis. |
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| Dog rescued from manhole in Menifee |
| posted on February 05, 2010 08:06:33 PM
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Firefighters from CAL Fire recently rescued a 2-year-old female pit bull that was stuck in a manhole in Menifee. |
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| Hiring of a new publisher marks internal shift within Village News publications |
| posted on February 05, 2010 03:47:12 PM
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A veteran media executive who began his 35-year newspaper career as a Texarkana police reporter has been hired as publisher of Village News Inc., which was launched 12 years ago in the Fallbrook area and has steadily expanded its staff, circulation area and product offerings. |
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| Southwest Riverside groups give attention to homelessness; shelters may be on the way |
| posted on February 05, 2010 12:02:46 AM
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"We hope to come up with one big picture on how to move forward with finding a permanent solution," Caruso said. |
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| Man sentenced to 12 years for alcohol-related crash that killed a woman and her 12-year-old daughter |
| posted on February 02, 2010 11:48:37 PM
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A Murrieta man who caused an alcohol-related crash that killed a woman and her 10-year-old daughter was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, the maximum under the law. |
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| MSJC in Menifee to host Murrieta-based author Feb. 11 |
| posted on February 01, 2010 02:48:02 AM
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Linda Wisdom, 59, and a Murrieta resident of 20 years, is the author of more than 80 fiction books. |
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| Menifee man charged in crash that killed friend |
| posted on January 30, 2010 02:42:24 AM
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A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder in the death of his friend who was thrown from a pickup that crashed in Menifee last month. |
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| School district down on oral sex |
| posted on January 29, 2010 10:18:59 PM
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Picking this weeka s Stupid Thing of the Week was a toughie, what with the anti-ACORN undercover pimp guy being arrested for messing with a U.S. Senatora s phone system being in the running. |
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| Reference book with term 'oral sex' to be re-shelved |
| posted on January 29, 2010 02:16:32 PM
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The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary will return to fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms at Oak Meadows Elementary School, a committee of Menifee Union School District parents, teachers and administrators decided Tuesday. |
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| Bell Mountain Middle School student wins Menifee district spelling bee |
| posted on January 29, 2010 05:56:25 AM
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Caroline spelled against 55 other students in grades four through eight in the Menifee Union School District. |
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| Dictionary definition raises ruckus at Menifee school |
| posted on January 28, 2010 06:03:00 AM
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It may be the last word in spelling bees and Scrabble, but Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary now faces a new if unlikely notoriety: being too sexy for its own good. |
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| 'Oral Sex' Definition Prompts Dictionary Ban In Southern California Schools |
| posted on January 27, 2010 01:54:45 PM
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Loading ... Dictionaries have been banned from classrooms in southern California schools after a parent complained about a child reading the definition for "oral sex." Merriam Webster's 10th edition, which has been used for the past few years in fourth and fifth grade classrooms in Menifee Union school district, has been pulled from shelves over ... |
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| California School District Bans Dictiona |
| posted on January 27, 2010 05:41:03 AM
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A California school district has added a new book to the controversial list of literature that is considered unfit for young eyes. |
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| CA school district bans the dictionary. Seriously. |
| posted on January 27, 2010 01:31:29 AM
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Uh oh, I see the word 'vagina' *faints* I know we covered this in yesterday's What We Missed, but I just had to give it a bit more ink. |
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| Controversy growing over Menifee district decision to remove dictionary |
| posted on January 26, 2010 05:31:00 AM
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"One of the misconceptions is that all dictionaries are being banned from our district," Cadmus said. |
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| Dictionary pulled from California classroom over sexual definitions |
| posted on January 26, 2010 01:15:31 AM
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A school in southwestern California has pulled some dictionaries from classroom shelves after parents complained their grade-school children were learning about sexual words, reportedly including the term "oral sex." But some Canadian education experts say removing a dictionary from classrooms is not the answer. |
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| Dictionaries Pulled from CA School Shelves Due To Graphic Words |
| posted on January 25, 2010 09:04:25 PM
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No Sex Please! We're Just Kids! : Perhaps it's not that surprising that a mother in Menifee, California, asked the Menifee Union School District to ban all copies of the 10th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary after her child stumbled across the term "oral sex." What is surprising, indeed horrifying, is that district officials ... |
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| 'Oral sex' definition sees dictionary ban |
| posted on January 25, 2010 08:50:31 AM
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A parent's complaint over a 'sexually graphic' definition has seen dictionaries removed from southern Californian schools 'Sexually graphic' ... Merriam Webster dictionary Dictionaries have been removed from classrooms in southern California schools after a parent complained about a child reading the definition for "oral sex". Merriam Webster's ... |
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| 'Oral sex' definition prompts school district to pull dictionaries |
| posted on January 24, 2010 01:56:29 PM
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A school district in Riverside County has pulled the Merriam-Webster's 10th edition dictionary from school shelves because it includes the term "oral sex." The Menifee Union School District took the action last week after a parent complained about the dictionary. |
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| SoCal district pulls dictionaries over sex term |
| posted on January 24, 2010 01:33:30 AM
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MENIFEE, Calif. - A Southern California school district has pulled dictionaries from classrooms because a parent complained when a child came across the term "oral sex." District officials said Friday that the Menifee Union School District - which serves 9,000 kindergartners through eight graders in Riverside County - is forming a committee to ... |
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