The Venice High School student newspaper The Oarsman spent months investigating a teacher's past relationship and messy breakup with actor Edward Furlong ("Terminator 2") -- then was barred from running the story by the principal, who cited privacy concerns. The students, who were guided on the story by L.A. Times investigative reporter Glenn Bunting, call it censorship in a Times story. Furlong was 16 or 17 when the affair began, and the teacher was 29. They met when she was his stand-in on the movie.

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