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Daily Five: Custer’s Last Stand, Muppets in Haddam, Test Your Teen Should Fail

Five things to know for Wednesday, August 8, 2012.

 

1. Weather: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10 p.m. with a low around 70.

2. Dunkin Donuts: was closed this week. The reason? A new well. Word on the street (okay, on Facebook) is that they plan to re-open today. Can anyone confirm they were able to get a morning coffee or donut?

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3. Teen Pregnancy Test Required: A public charter school in Louisiana, according to a report in the Huffington Post, is requiring students “suspected of being pregnant” to take a pregnancy test at a school-chosen physician. Students that are pregnant will be “no longer be permitted to take classes on campus and must either transfer to another school or begin a home school program.”

Effective approach to preventing teen pregnancy or a violation of rights? You decide.

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4. Let’s Go to the Movies: (PG) On Vacation in Los Angeles will be playing at the tonight at 6 p.m. Who doesn’t love a good muppet movie?

5. Custer’s Last Stand for Sale: No, really. The tiny 7.7-acre Montana town of Garryowen, where U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in 1876 against Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, is for sale at auction with a starting bid price of $250,000.

Any history buffs out there want to own a piece of history?


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