A "flash fire" broke out last week inside a Phillips Academy residence hall, triggering two overhead sprinklers that caused significant water damage to portions of the building, according to Andover fire Chief ...

Traditionally, it's considered a smart teaching strategy to put abstract math concepts into concrete, "real world" terms for our students. For example, teaching fractions as portions of a pizza. Surprisingly,...

Isolated rain and thunderstorms are possible early today across western portions of Oklahoma. via NewsOK.com

8.30.06: People v. Eric Delgado , Denver, CO -- Beware of playing tape recordings for a jury. Criminal cases often include audio- or video-taped interviews. Many times, these recordings are not clear – either because of the quality of sound, the presence of static or interference, or even the size of the courtroom making listening difficult. I am watching a capable prosecutor try to punctuate his Closing Argument in a Sexual Assault on a Child case by playing portions of the Defendant's a...

Ah, the perils of technology. Yet again, attorneys have inadvertently leaked sensitive information about a client, in this case AT&T, which is charged in a lawsuit with facilitating a federal wiretapping program. The 25-page legal brief filed in the case was striped with thick black lines that were intended to obscure portions of three pages and render them unreadable. More...