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More high-tech cheating - and rationalizing

Jun. 19, 2009
Forget crib notes inked on arms under shirt sleeves - that's old school. Cheating has gone high-tech, with more than a third of the nation's teenagers saying they use cell phones to boost test scores or grades, and at least half admitting using the Internet...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch