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The Boilermaker volleyball team kicks off the Big Ten season against a pair of ranked foes this weekend. Purdue will face off with No. 16 Michigan State on Friday and No. 8 Michigan on Sunday, a match during which several Boilermaker alumni will return home to Belin Court. More …

An overdue law reform will remove the ability for criminal cowboys to set up a private school. Sir Geoffrey Palmer, president of the Law Commission, issued a report on Private Schools and the Law yesterday which found the sector had been governed by legislation that was “past its use-by date”. More …

Part 1 of “It’s a dog’s life” appeared in Sunday’s Item and concerned the trials of Clarysa and Jacqueline, who are struggling right now with problems, are down on their luck, and wound up in the Picayune Animal Shelter, which is itself having problems because of a dirth of funding. More …

Despite harrowing reports that hit the Internet on Tuesday afternoon, Jaclyn Smith is fine and in Los Angeles, A ccess Hollywood can confirm. The former “Charlie’s Angels” star is in Los Angeles, her publicist, Jay Schwartz, confirmed to Access. More …

The Charle’s Angels star takes to the Internet to knockdown reports that she attempted suicide in Honduras More …

Budding classroom Clark Kents found there was stress in chasing headlines and keeping to deadlines when they put together a newspaper front page. This year’s Newspapers in Education’s Design a Front Page competition received 218 entries from primary and intermediate schools around New Zealand. More …

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NEW YORK, Sept 17 — The only obsession more intense than the one other rappers have with Jay-Z is the one Jay-Z has with them. That he’s an object of admiration, envy and scorn is obvious. His influence has become part of hip-hop’s DNA, his legacy something every new rapper must synthesize and address. At least that’s what he reckons. The Jay-Z of “The Blueprint 3” (Roc Nation), which was … More …

The only obsession more intense than the one other rappers have with Jay-Z is the one Jay-Z has with them. More …

Peabody-Burns Invitational Thursday GIRLS Team scores — Clearwater 25, Remington 62, Bennington 77, Sedgwick 108, Hesston 111, Hutchinson Trinity 143, Peabody-Burns, Marion, Halstead no team score. More …

Sugg MS football downs Madison LISBON FALLS — Jordan Torres ran for 144 yards on 25 carries leading the Sugg Middle School football team to a 38-6 victory over Madison on Thursday. More …

In this week’s Pulse Report the streets are buzzing about Drake battling rumors of having a ghostwriter, Jay-Z running the charts while Kanye West deals with VMA backlash, Raekwon revealing a record deal with Diddy that almost happened, Rick Ross… [Visit SOHH.com for more information] More …

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 (UPI) — Actress and model Jaclyn Smith is assuring fans via Twitter that she wasn’t shot and killed in Honduras Tuesday, contrary to rumors claiming she was. More …

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Obviously Drake’s “Forever” featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem is one of the hottest collabos rap fans have heard this summer. But can the track’s hot stars also produce a hot video? Eh. Depends on who you ask. The video for the rhyming one-up fest premiered today, and the opinions are pretty mixed. No doubt, [...] More …