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The Collin County school district of Lovejoy has only 3,400 students, but it has some pretty big ideas.Next month, it’s going to start acting like a…

The factory in northern Greece once produced glue for ceramic tiles. But when the country's economy collapsed and workers lost their jobs, they took it over to make environmentally friendly laundry products. Workers do everything from accounting to driving. Their effort is a hit with left-wing groups, but it's not showing up in workers' paychecks.

Aubrey Plaza stars as an overachieving high school valedictorian who prepares for sex like studying for an AP exam. Writer and director Maggie Carey says that when she was looking to finance the independent film, she'd describe it as "a dirty Sixteen Candles."

The price of gold has dropped nearly 30 percent from December. Will that spell trouble for pawn brokers who hold gold as collateral?

Another juror in the George Zimmerman case is speaking out. A woman identified as Maddy is telling ABC News that Zimmerman "got away with murder" in killing teen Trayvon Martin.

Mass demonstrations are expected in Egyptian cities Friday amid fears of an imminent crackdown by security forces on supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi. The military chief who ousted Morsi urged Egyptians to come out in force to give the army a mandate to deal with "violence and terror." Muslim Brotherhood leaders have called for rival protests, after accusing the military chief of calling for civil war.

On Thursday, the French parliament got rid of an old law from the 1880s that made insulting the president in public an automatic criminal offense. That's good news for former President Nicolas Sarkozy. He apparently called his successor, President Francois Hollande, a "ridiculous little fat man who dyes his hair."

A group of men in Germany tried to beat the summer heat by converting an open-top BMW into a pool — complete with tiki decorations and still drivable. The fun dried up when they passed a motorcycle cop. They pulled over, abandoned the vehicle and jumped into a nearby river. The investigation is still ongoing, but the police did say this car pool probably didn't have a road permit.

Four more women — including a retired Navy rear admiral — came forward Thursday to accuse Mayor Bob Filner of unwanted sexual advances. His fellow Democrats have called on Filner to resign.

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