A couple days ago I made a post about the Cash for Clunkers program. Well as soon as it came, it has gone.

“Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular ‘cash for clunkers’ program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases.”

“he Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle.”

“The congressional officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.”

From the start of the program on July 24th up until last night, 22,782 vehicles had been purchased almost $96 million was spent through the program. Dealers raised concern about huge backlogs in the system, which prompted officials to suspend the program.

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A recent graduate of Pembroke Pines Charter High in Florida is taking legal action against her former school’s principal for allegedly violating her First Amendment rights. The student was suspended for posting negative comments on the Internet about a teacher, after school, on her own computer.

“The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court, on behalf of Katherine Evans, 18, of Pembroke Pines.

The drama began in November 2007 when Evans, a senior at the school, created a Facebook page that criticized her Advanced Placement English teacher, Sarah Phelps, as “he worst teacher I’ve ever met.”

Evans, who also posted a yearbook photo of Phelps, sought comments from other students to express their ”feelings of hatred” toward the teacher.”

Now although it might not be in good taste, the girl did it on her own time and her own computer, and never made direct contact with the teacher, so how would this lead to a suspension?

“But when Peter Bayer, the school’s principal, learned of the posting, he suspended Evans for “bullying and cyber bullying harassment towards a staff member.”

Evans had to stay out of school for three days, she was removed from her AP classes and forced into ”lesser-weighted honors classes,” according to the lawsuit.

The ACLU claims that Evans First Amendment rights — “the free and unfettered exchange of ideas and opinions in the public arena — were violated.”

Since then, Evans has graduated and moved on to college, but she still wants the suspension removed from her academic record.

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