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LA high school coach held over student sex Feb 23rd 2012, 13:52 By Samantha Tata, NBCLosAngeles.com A 27-year-old athletic assistant at Poly Tech High School was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, police said. Investigators found that Jose Rosario Alvarez was involved in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student who attends an LAUSD school different than the one where Alvarez worked, police said. The relationship was conducted in person and over the Internet. Alvarez was booked for unlawful sex with a minor and is being held on $20,000 bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center. He has been removed by LAUSD pending further investigations by the district. Alvarez's arrest came the same day that a substitute teacher in the LAUSD and Inglewood Unified School District was sought on an arrest warrant in connection with sexual misconduct. 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The identities of the seven killed have not been released pending formal notification of next of kin. Bystanders catch toddler tossed from burning home Feb 23rd 2012, 13:32 By NBCNewYork.com A desperate mother threw her baby out the second-floor window of a Queens, N.Y., home that was engulfed by a suspicious blaze early Thursday, fire authorities and witnesses said. The child, who couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 years old, landed safely in the arms of civilians who gathered on the sidewalk next to the flaming building, said Dan Delargy, one of the first FDNY responders with Ladder 155. Delargy said the baby came flying out the window as he was walking in the front door of the Jamaica home. For more, visit NBCNewYork.com "As we were getting set up, the lady couldn't wait for us and she dropped her baby out the window," Delargy said. "She was hanging out as far as she could and there were civilians walking by and they caught the baby." The child is expected to be fine. Nine people, including three firefighters, were sent to the hospital with minor smoke-related injuries, the FDNY said. Fire officials got the call of the blaze at the private home on Rockaway Boulevard just before 3 a.m. The fire was contained to the second floor. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, but officials are considering it suspicious. Captain Anthony Varriale said the blaze appears to be intentionally set. The fire began in a public hallway of the home, Varriale said, which is an automatic warning sign. Such a starting place tends to suggest arson because there is no source that would contribute to such intense flames so quickly, he said. The investigation is ongoing. More content from msnbc.com and NBC News Cops: Girl, 9, forced to run until she died Firms to use 'Facebook score' to screen applicants? Third-grade girl shot at school; boy held Devil in the details: Santorum hardly alone in belief in Satan Are Latino voters a missed 2012 opportunity for Republicans? Marine makes last stand in foreclosed home State trooper shot dead near Bremerton, Wash. Feb 23rd 2012, 12:00 By msnbc.com news services, NBC News and msnbc.com staff BREMERTON, Wash. -- A Washington state trooper was found shot to death following a traffic stop early Thursday. State Patrol spokesman Monte Simpson said the shooting occurred just outside the Kitsap County town of Gorst, about 10 miles southwest of Bremerton, shortly before 1 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET). He said the suspect was still at large. There was no suggestion of a connection, but on Wednesday in Bremerton an 8-year-old girl was critically wounded by a gunshot. 8-year-old girl critically wounded in Wash. school shooting Armin Jahr Elementary School was just letting out for the day when the victim was shot at about 1:29 p.m. local time (4:29 p.m. ET), Bremerton police said. A Bremerton Police Department statement said a student had a firearm in his backpack that apparently discharged, striking the victim. 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