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deep cuts: Daddy Yankee's new video, Tucson Unified School District gets rid of ethnic studies and Paulina Rubio gets divorced

Daddy Yankee starts parties (and fires) in his latest music video, "Lovumba."
(Harold Cunningham/Getty) When Sarah Bustamantes, a 12-year-old middle school student sprayed perfume on herself after being teased that she "smelled," her teacher called the school's police. Her school is one of hundreds in Texas that are using their own police forces to deal with misbehavior. In 2010 police gave nearly 300,000 misdemeanor tickets to schoolkids as young as six in Texas. "We've taken childhood behaviour and made it criminal," said Kady Simpkins, Sarah's lawyer.
Can Amber Rose quiet the haters with "Fame," her debut single featuring boyfriend Wiz Khalifa?
A Tucson, Arizona school district has voted to dismantle its ethnic studies program after $1 million in future funding was cut off. Despite efforts by a group of Mexican American Studies educators and students to challenge the state's judgment in court, the popular classes -- which has helped boost Latino graduation rates -- will end immediately.
(Ethan Miller/Getty) This week in celebrity relationships: Paulina Rubio and "Colate" Nicolás Vallejo Nájera plan to divorce, Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez get engaged and Demi Lovato may have broken up with Wilmer Valderrama.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty) Marijuana does not damage the lungs the way tobacco does, according to a 20-year study. The study, one of the longest and largest ever conducted, found that smoking a joint once a week doesn't harm the lungs. On average, cigarette smokers smoke about nine cigarettes daily, while average marijuana use was one joint or two a few times a month.
(Dan Kitwood/Getty) Wall Street bankers may finally have to take a pay cut after a year of dismal trading revenue. How bad is bad for these high rollers? In 2009 Goldman Sachs employees were making an average of $498,000 per year. In 2011 they made $385,000.
Mitt Romney's son Craig is the voice of a new Spanish-language ad targeting Latino voters in Florida. Despite Romney's stated intention to veto any kind of federal DREAM Act bill, the ad features a young Latina happily graduating from college.
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