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ATLANTA – Relatives of civil rights leader Julian Bond say they’re honoring his wishes to be cremated and his ashes spread in the Gulf of Mexico. Family members say a burial at sea will occur at 2 p.m. CDT Saturday in the Gulf in a private ceremony. Bond died last …

Diversité is a word high school French teacher Linda Misja knows well. Hanging in her Pennsylvania public school classroom is a poster that reads: “Everyone is different. Respect the differences.” Sadly, leaders of the state’s largest teachers union aren’t kindred spirits. They’re holding hostage $2,000 of Misja’s pay until she …

NEW YORK – “Straight Outta Compton” easily maintained its box-office lead with an estimated $26.8 million in ticket sales over a sleepy late summer weekend at North American multiplexes, according to studio estimates Sunday. Universal’s N.W.A biopic, a much buzzed-about hit, dominated over the late August releases that often characterize …