MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) -- A scorpion stung David Sullivan on the back of his right leg, just below the knee, then crawled up and down his left leg, he thinks, before getting him again in the shin.Not what he was expecting on his flight home from Chicago to Vermont.Sullivan, a 46-year-old builder from Stowe, was […]
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Scorpion on a plane -- passenger gets pantful of pain
Coach Allegedly Hit Kids' Groins, Showed Porn
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A former basketball coach at a Monument charter school in Colorado is being accused of dozens of counts of child abuse, sexual assault and other crimes.The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that Gregory Lynn Burr, 28, is accused of regularly hitting players in the groin, exposing them to pornography, and pouring water […]
Leaders urge overhaul of the U.S. education system
Education and business leaders urged an overhaul of the U.S. school system, including ending high school at the 10th grade for many students. Current teaching is failing to prepare young Americans for the global economy, members of a bipartisan panel said Thursday.Beginning teachers should earn more, according to the group, and money for this idea […]
NY toasts Subway Superman after death-defying rescue
WESLEY Autrey is a hero. For once the word cheapened by overuse is the only one that is appropriate.Mr Autrey was standing on the platform of a New York subway station with his two daughters when he noticed a young man having a fit. He put a pen in the man's mouth to keep him […]
NASA found life on Mars - and killed it
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have found alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them, a scientist is theorizing. The Viking space probes of 1976-77 were looking for the wrong kind of life, so they didn't recognize it, a geology professor at Washington State […]
U.S. Army sorry for asking deceased to re-enlist
The U.S. Army said Friday that it will apologize to the families of deceased and wounded officers that it mistakenly encouraged to re-enlist via letters sent out in late December.About 75 families of deceased officers and 200 families of wounded officers received such letters sent to more than 5,100 officers between Dec. 26 and 28, […]
US: Statement may allow government to open mail
WASHINGTON - A signing statement attached to postal legislation by President Bush last month may have opened the way for the government to open mail without a warrant. The White House denies any change in policy.The law requires government agents to get warrants to open first-class letters. But when he signed the postal reform act, […]
US: Boy dies imitating Saddam
A 10 year-old boy accidentally killed himself imitating Saddam Hussein's hanging after watching the video clip on television, the Houston Chronicle reported on Thursday.The boy tied a slipknot around his neck while on a bunk bed on New Year's eve, the paper reported.The boy's mother told police that he watched a report on Saddam's death […]
Student Held In Fatal School Shooting
A teenager was shot to death in a high school hallway Wednesday as classes resumed after the winter break, and police arrested a fellow student found wandering a neighborhood a few miles away, authorities said. Police said the suspected gunman fled the scene, CBS affiliate KIRO reports, but he was later found and taken into […]
Surgery to stunt girl's growth sparks debate
In a case fraught with ethical questions, the parents of a severely mentally and physically disabled child have stunted her growth to keep their little "pillow angel" a manageable and more portable size.Posted by: RebelnerdSource Article
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