Teacher in LA molest case paid to resign

The decision to pay $40,000 to a former third-grade teacher who has been charged with committing lewd acts on students was the most immediate way to guarantee he would not be a threat to any other student, school officials said Friday. Mark Berndt was offered the settlement — the equivalent of approximately five months of [...]

Mississippi voting on ‘personhood’ amendment

ShareThis Mississippi voting on ‘personhood’ amendment. (CNN) — Mississippi voters are casting ballots Tuesday on an amendment to the state constitution that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception. Initiative 26 would define personhood as “every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” Citizens for Legitimate [...]