February 21st, 2006
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A high school theater student who wanted a lead role in a school production is accused of spiking a rival’s drink with a chemical. “When she was about to take a drink, there was an unusual odor like chlorine or bleach,” says a cop. “She didn’t take a drink.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/reg. req.) | CBS11 no-registration story )
February 19th, 2006
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The question of whether to keep a principal who was suspended after being accused of using school computers to send pornographic pictures is causing mixed emotions in north Georgia.
Pictures of nude women were sent to five faculty members at Union County High School in an e-mail with the caption, “It is large breast appreciation week once again.”
The porn was sent to colleagues on school computers during school hours in Blairsville, Ga.
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February 18th, 2006
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“My personal children go to that school, and it’s been hard to watch as a mom,” said Jennifer Silva, the teacher suspended in the taping incident.
The alleged incident happened February 2. Silva, who was struggling to control her class at Alexander Elementary School, reportedly told the students that if they didn’t pipe down, she would tape their mouths shut. Gina Lovett’s daughter witnessed it all.
“After a few more minutes after chatting, Ms. Silva just grabbed the tape off the desk,” said Lovett.
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February 17th, 2006
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One nurse said she was slapped in the face with a frozen trout after a patient brought several of them into the hospital as a gift to staff.
Ms Jennings then said “give us a kiss” while moving the fish’s mouth, the hearing was told.
She is also alleged to have behaved inappropriately with other female colleagues and one male nurse.
The sexual harassment was said to have included reaching inside their uniforms, asking questions about their private lives, and putting sweet wrappers down a nurse’s top.
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February 12th, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — There is great embarrassment in your future.
A box of X-rated fortune cookies was mistakenly delivered to a fundraiser hosted by a Brooklyn politician.
The 350 cookies stuffed with “the most graphically lurid” fortunes got mixed up in a batch of 1,750 cookies ordered for the Chinese New Year event, Borough President Marty Markowitz said Friday. Some guests “were stunned, to say the least.”
Source: CNN
Debra Schwarz and her two dogs are taking the long way home. The really long way. The three are stranded in Eugene, with no available transportation.
So Schwarz, 46, has decided to walk home to Wichita Falls, Texas, pulling a large cart she built herself and covered with handwritten tirades against people she believes have done her wrong.
The only problem is, she hasn’t gotten very far. Every time she hits the road, the police stop her.
Her 4-foot-wide, 7-foot-long cart is a traffic hazard, police said, and puts Schwarz and her dogs, Lucky and Junior, at risk of being hit by a car.
Source: ABC13.com
NEW YORK – A school bus driver faces child endangerment charges for masterminding a bullying system among middle school students that included a pecking order of abuse, authorities said.
Michael Cianci allegedly encouraged students in his “Death Cheese Club” — named for the yellow school bus — to use headlocks on other students and push them around.
“It was ’Lord of the Flies’ with adult supervision,” said William Smith, a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Source: NBC
Angry families stormed fences at Hong Kong Disneyland and tossed their children over gates Thursday after the theme park sold out for an eighth consecutive day, according to a Local 6 News report.
The uproar outside Disney’s theme park followed similar chaos on Wednesday when hundreds of disgruntled visitors, many having made the trip from mainland China, were furious that their Lunar New Year vacation to Hong Kong was ruined.
Source: Local6
Drivers have been warned about caffeine excess after a man was jailed for leading police on a 50-mile car chase after drinking 20 cans of Red Bull.
Peter Edwards, 48, from King’s Lynn, was jailed for four months on Friday after Norwich Crown Court heard he was pursued across Cambs and Norfolk.
His car was seen “swerving from side to side” across the A10, the court heard.
Source: BBC News
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