she was last seen at a bar called froggy bottoms early saturday morning. the bar employee nicholas holbert gave her a ride home. he is a registered sex offender and has been questioned twice. police confirming he is now no longer a person of interest in the missing woman case. all right. how do you raise academic standards in america s schools? by lowering the bar, apparently. eight years ago, the los angeles board of education adopted this ambitious plan to have all high school students take college prep classes. then plan that plan is about to take effect this fall. it requires all incoming freshmen to pass those classes to graduate but officials are now back tracking saying they might have aimed too high and possibly face a flood of dropouts. they ve now proposed to reduce graduation requirements and allow students to pass with d s instead of c s. great! talk about taking a bite out of crime. take a look at this guy trying to rob a pawnshop in california when the owner s dog