TACOMA, Washington (AP) -- A woman admitted Monday that she coached her two children to fake retardation starting when they were 4 and 8 years old so she could collect Social Security benefits on their behalf.Rosie Costello, 46, admitted in U.S. District Court that she collected more than $280,000 in benefits, beginning in the mid-1980s. […]
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Mother coached children to fake retardation
For want of a dentist
WASHINGTON - Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday.A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him.If his mother had been insured.If his family had not lost its Medicaid.If Medicaid dentists weren't so hard to find.If his mother hadn't been focused on getting a dentist for his brother, who had six rotted teeth.By the […]
Italian teacher cuts off noisy kid's tongue
Milan - An Italian teacher has been suspended by her school in Milan after cutting off the tongue of a lively 7-year-old child with a pair of scissors, daily Corriere della Sera reported Tuesday. The boy has since had his tongue stitched back but is afraid to go back to school. His parents say he […]
Bus Driver Leaps Off Bus to Save Girl
A city bus driver is lauded as a hero after he leapt off his bus and snatched a 3-year-old girl from traffic. The bus security cameras show the girl getting off the bus with a cheery ''Bye!'' and walking straight into traffic on a busy street. Chris Leslie, 38, is pictured streaking out the door […]
US: Spanker protection bill dies in Senate
A bill to make it easier to spank kids in school is facing suspension in the state Senate.The chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee, Jean Schodorf, R-Wichita, and the bill's author, Phil Journey, R-Haysville, said they think the bill is done for, at least for the current session.Senate Bill 280 would have shielded educators from […]
Oh fuuuuck meeee> U.S. schools weigh extending their hours
BOSTON - School principal Robin Harris used to see the clock on her office wall as the enemy, its steady ticking a reminder that time was not on her side. ADVERTISEMENT But these days Harris smiles when the clock hits 1:55 p.m. There are still two more hours in the school day - two more […]
Germany: Melissa Busekros Has Been Moved to an Undisclosed Location
This month we explained to you what happened to the 15 year old German girl, Melissa, who was being homeschooled, how she was removed from her parent's home by 15 police officers and social workers, and placed into a psychiatric unit at the Nuremburg clinic for school-phobia (the account can be read at http://www.hslda.org/elert/arc... ).We […]
US: Teens convicted for exploiting... themselves
Teenagers taking risque photos of themselves are prosecuted for violating child pornography laws.Combine unsupervised teenagers, digital cameras and e-mail, and, given sufficient time, you'll end up with risque photographs on a computer somewhere.There's a problem with that: Technically, those images constitute child pornography. That's what 16-year-old Amber and 17-year-old Jeremy, her boyfriend, both residents of […]
UK: Students given exam with answers
Students at an Aberdeen university were left bewildered when they were given an exam with the answers attached.Dozens of final-year business students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) received a marker's version of the exam paper by mistake.However, students alerted invigilators to the mistake and will sit a rescheduled exam.An RGU spokeswoman told the BBC Scotland […]
CPR, 911 call for youth were delayed - staff believed boy feigned sleep while unconscious
When a youth at the Bowling Brook Preparatory School lost consciousness last week while being restrained by staff, workers delayed administering CPR or calling for an ambulance because they believed he was pretending to be asleep, according to a report sent by the school to the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.When the paramedics were finally […]
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