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Drudge's Play of Bus Beating Draws Critics

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 15, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – A fight on a school bus in Illinois is generating lots of attention across the country. A videotape of the incident shows black teens beating a white classmate while some onlookers cheer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Police are investigating but have backed off an... Read full story »

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