Massachusetts passes anti-bullying law

The definition of bullying in the law includes harassment over the Internet, or "cyber-bullying," as well as telephone harassment and the more obvious physical aggression or creation of a "hostile environment."
Nine students have been charged in the bullying of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince, who hanged herself January 14 after what officials say was a merciless bullying campaign at South Hadley High School.
The local district attorney, Elizabeth Scheibel, says the children made Prince's last day "tortuous."
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