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New students at the University of Missouri will be required to participate in a tracking program designed to measure and enforce class attendance, according to a new report from The Kansas City Star. Despite privacy concerns, officials defended the decision as one to the benefit of students, as the school's athletics department has already been using the same app, SpotterEdu, to track certain student-athletes.

An updated survey from Gallup, which it has conducted every 10 years since 1955, shows that only 39% of Catholics and 45% of Protestants attend church weekly. Back in 1955, about 75% of Catholics went to Mass every week. For the Protestants, about 42% went to church weekly.

TRUMP IS PEAKING – AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME! As reported earlier– THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ENTHUSIASM FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON! Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held rallies in Cleveland this past weekend. Hillary Clinton had a few hundred people show up.

Obama’s and Biden’s campaign events have been marked recently by less than impressive attendance. Meanwhile, attendance at Mitt’s events have been overwhelming. Here is a couple of pictures of his recent visit to Chillicothe, Ohio. Well, it turns out there is a reason for Obama’s less than overwhelming attendance. It seems that his campaign is purposely limiting tickets: “We have plenty of time for big rallies,” a campaign spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said between the rallies on Thursday. “Our focus right now is on exciting our supporters and winning over undecided voters and the smaller and medium-size events are the best...

Nationwide estimates of Tax Day Tea Party protest crowds Wow!  We're gathering crowd estimates for the April 15 Tax Day Tea Party protests nationwide as fast as we can.  Thank you for your patience and assistance as we work to document this historic event. Scroll down to our latest tally of the total attendance at the Tax Day Tea Parties.  After review of reports from only 408 Tea Parties out of 813 we have identified so far, the estimated national turnout already adds up to roughly 500,000 - 650,000+.  These estimates already include many of the largest Tea Party protests,...

When students return to Chelsea High School next month, they'll get more than an impeccable attendance record if they make it to class each day: They'll get cash. Under a new plan, a student who misses not a single day per quarter will receive $25 in an account - redeemable upon graduation. In doing so, the school joins a number of districts throughout the country turning to incentives to boost test scores, GPAs, and student turnout. Some schools, like Chelsea High, are focused solely on attendance. Officials there maintain that they can't carry out their mission if a student is...