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To: steve harris who wrote (57478)	4/6/2006 5:38:52 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 93284

Moody's may downgrade Media General ratings (Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert) Marketwatch.com ^ \| April 6, 2006 \| Ruth Mantell SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service after Thursday's closing bell placed Media General Inc.'s (MEG) ratings on review for possible downgrade in response to the company's announced plan to acquire four NBC television stations for $600 million in cash. Moody's will focus on the timing and execution risks associated with plans to reduce leverage through divestitures and cash generated from operations, as well as the effect that the company's capital spending for 2006 and 2007 will have on the ability to deleverage.

To: steve harris who wrote (57478)	4/6/2006 5:43:56 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 93284

Girl, 5, Forced To Apologize For Hugging Classmate Parents Looking For New School For Girl April 5, 2006 thebostonchannel.com MAYNARD, Mass. -- A family in Maynard is outraged after their 5-year-old daughter was forced to write a letter denouncing hugging after a classmate embraced her. NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that Brenda Brier and Michael Marino pulled their daughter, Savannah, out of school early Wednesday. The couple was angry after a meeting with officials at the Greenmeadow Elementary School in Maynard, where Savannah is in kindergarten. At issue is a hug Savannah said she got on the playground from a friend named Sophie. Savannah hugged Sophie back. The hugs resulted in Savannah having to write a letter, complete with teacher corrections, that read, "I touch Sophie because she touch me and I didn't like it because she was hugging me. I didn't like when she hugged me." "She said, 'I'm really sad that I got in trouble for hugging,'" Brier said. "I can understand if boys are playing rough or kids are pulling each other around -- that's one thing. But when kids are being affectionate, I mean hugging, hey, they shouldn't be disciplined over it and they shouldn't be lying in letters making the kid say the opposite that they don't like to hug," Marino said. School Superintendent Mark Masterson told NewsCenter 5 there was a "dispute of the facts between a hug and a lifting of a child off the floor." The superintendent said the school reported "one girl bear hugged another girl and lifted her off the ground. The aide who was monitoring told the teacher. The teacher asked several students to write a note to their parents and describe what happened." Savannah said she did not lift her classmate off the ground. "They're trying to accuse her now, basically," Brier said. Savannah's parents said it should have never gone this far, and want an apology from the school. The family said they are so upset they'll start looking for a new school for their daughter to attend.