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Alliance School Closes Early Due To Illness In Students

St. Agnes Academy in western Nebraska’s Alliance has closed for the Christmas holiday early due to illness.

Scottsbluff radio station KNEB-AM reports that the school closed Thursday on the recommendation of a local doctor because of the spread of influenza in town.

The radio station says 12 of the elementary school’s 137 students were sick Thursday. KNEB says several of the school’s staff members, including the principal, have been sick.

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Marine General Scales Back Punishment In Urination Case

A Marine general will scale back the punishment announced by a military judge who presided at a court-martial of a Marine who pled guilty to urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with them in Afghanistan.

The judge announced a sentence for Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin of 30 days confinement, reduction in rank by three grades, a $2,000 fine and other punishments.

The Marine Corps said Chamblin pleaded guilty to wrongful desecration, failure to properly supervise junior Marines and posing for photos with battlefield casualties.

Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, who is overseeing the Chamblin case, agreed before the court-martial to limit his punishment to the loss of $500 in pay and reduction in rank by one grade.

Man Enters School And Chokes Student

Authorities in northern Idaho have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of entering a classroom and putting one young student into a chokehold.

The warrant signed Thursday by a Lewis County Magistrate Judge names 36-year-old Byron Scott Edwards of Reubens.

Authorities want to question Edwards about his role in an incident at Highland School in the small town of Craigmont Monday.

The guardian of a fifth-grader criticized school officials this week after she says Edwards entered a classroom, harassed children and put her grandson in a chokehold.

Jerry Peery said other parents called police after hearing what happened.

Meanwhile, Edwards is being held in the jail in neighboring Nez Perce County on a $30,000 bond. He was arrested Tuesday on a felony warrant issued out of Oregon.

Florida Teen Arrested For Status Update Threatening To Shoot Everyone At School

Police have arrested a Florida teen who they say posted a Facebook message threatening to “bring a gun to school tomorrow and shoot everyone.”

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s office said Thursday night that they received a tip from a parent who saw the threat from the 13-year-old student.

Neither the teen nor his school has been identified.

A sheriff’s spokesman says the student did not have access to any weapons. No schools were evacuated or locked down, but security at area schools had already been increased as a result of the mass shooting at a Connecticut school last Friday. The student is charged with a single second-degree felony charge of making a written threat.

Authorities say he is being held at the Juvenile Detention Center in Fort Pierce.

Instagram Backs Away From Brawl On Terms Of Service

Instagram has abandoned wording in its new terms-of-service agreement that sparked outcry from users concerned it meant their photos could appear in advertisements.

In a blog post late Thursday, the popular mobile photo-sharing service says it has reverted to language in the advertising section of its terms of service that appeared when it was launched in October 2010.

Instagram is now owned by Facebook Inc. and maintains that it would like to experiment with different forms of advertising to make money.

Its blog post says that it will now ask users’ permission to introduce possible ad products only after they are fully developed.

The outcry to the changes announced earlier this week led the company to clarify that it has no plans to put users’ photos in ads.

Gun Laws Occupy The Minds Of Lawmakers

State lawmakers and governors have wasted little time proposing new laws or offering opinions about existing gun regulations in the days after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Many Democratic legislators want to tighten gun restrictions, from requiring background checks for all sales to limiting the kinds of weapons and ammunition that can be manufactured.

Many Republicans are taking a wait-and-see approach, while others want to arm teachers and school authorities.

Officials from both sides say the best policy solutions must involve conversations about mental health.

Whatever the outcome, a key political question is whether the current public outcry carries over into genuine pressure for lawmakers to act.

The National Rifle Association, meanwhile, has remained mostly silent since the shooting. The group has promised a Friday news conference.

Fatal Accident Claims A Minnesota Man’s Life Near Maxwell

At least two people in Nebraska have died in crashes that were blamed on poor driving conditions during the snowstorm.

Investigators say 63-year-old Michael Hughes, of New Hope, Minn., was killed just before 1 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 80, near the village of Maxwell.

A dispatcher for the Nebraska State Patrol in North Platte says Hughes was a passenger in a vehicle that rear-ended a semi. His wife, 60-year-old Janet M. Hughes, was treated at a local hospital and released.

The second accident was reported at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday in Grand Island. Authorities say 34-year-old Hussein Ahmed of Grand Island was struck by a semi tractor-trailer on Highway 34 after he lost control of his car. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Authorities say both crashes were weather-related.

Weather: 7-Day Forecast, Chance Of Snow On Christmas Day

Today: Sunny, with a high near 36. Wind chill values as low as -7. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 2. Wind chill values as low as -5. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values as low as -5. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 3. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Christmas Day: A slight chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 18.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 5.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27.

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