November 2011
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December 2010
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Author of How-To Guide for Pedophilia Arrested
CNN:
The man behind a controversial book considered a “how-to” guide for pedophiles was arrested in Colorado, officials in Florida said Monday.
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Greaves and his book, “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct,” gained national attention earlier this year after Amazon.com defended selling the book on its website...
September 2010
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Blagojevich Wants Guilty Verdict Thrown Out
NY Times:
Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, wants a federal judge to throw out his conviction for lying to federal agents, the single count the jury found him guilty of in August.
“The very manner in which prosecutors brought this case to trial before the court was dishonest, improper and constituted ‘judge shopping,’ ” the motion said. “It kick-started the...
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Man Gets 90 Days For Murder
WABC:
Officer Andrew Kelly plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Kelly’s attorney said his client did a lot of soul searching, and wanted to avoid both families a painful and long trial.
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“He apologizes with me, and then I accept his apology, so I believe he was sorry for what he done,” Pastor Varius Valnord, the...
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Georgia Mayor Bans Baggy Pants
CNN:
The mayor of Dublin, Georgia, is expected to sign an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits the wearing of saggy pants. Violators face fines up to $200.
The amendment to the municipality’s indecent exposure ordinance will be put into immediate effect at the city council meeting, Mayor Phil Best told CNN.
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The mayor said after about a year of fielding complaints, he put the ...
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On the Proposed Qur'an Burnings
CNN:
In protest of what it calls a religion “of the devil,” a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The Dove World Outreach Center says it is hosting the event to remember 9/11 victims and take a stand against Islam. With promotions on its...
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Christian Church Built at Ground Zero
ABC:
NEW YORK (WABC) — Florida televangelist Bill Keller began the first service of his new 9/11 Christian church at ground zero on Sunday.
“The reports that this is a hate-filled situation has blown me away. We’re not here to preach hate, we’re here to preach the truth of the bible,” Keller said.
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“If they want to go there and preach the lies of...
August 2010
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"Subway Bandit" Arrested
WBTV:
FORT MILL, SC (WBTV) - Officials in York County have arrested a Fort Mill man who they are calling the “Subway Bandit” and he is wanted as a suspect in 17 burglaries throughout York County.
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The sheriff’s office says he is wanted for 17 burglaries in and around York County including the following locations:
Subway, 302 Springcrest Drive, Fort Mill,
Subway,...
May 2010
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Seven Girls "Run Away Together"
KHOU:
KINGWOOD, Texas – The disappearances of seven teenage girls in less than two months have prompted a concerned parent to question the system that labels them “runaways.”
If the police department of Kingwood, Texas, have not figured out that seven girls within a 14,000-acre community didn’t run away, then it needs to start intensive logic training. It doesn’t make...
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"Prince Of Pot" Pleads Guilty To...Manufacturing...
CNN:
A man known as Canada’s “prince of pot” pleaded guilty Monday in a deal with prosecutors that could send him to prison in the United States for five years.
Marijuana activist Marc Emery pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, to a single count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana following an 18-month investigation into the seed-selling...
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Thousands Pour Into Phoinex For Immigration...
CNN:
They came from Los Angeles and San Diego, and Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Chicago, Seattle and, of course, Arizona — a river of humanity flooding the Phoenix streets to protest the state’s controversial immigration law.
The Arizona legislature passed the bill earlier this year and the state’s Republican governor, Jan Brewer, signed it. In two more months, unless the...
Another Case of "Wild Animal Does What Wild...
KTLA:
SAN BERNARDINO — A 2-year-old boy mauled by a family pit bull in San Bernardino has died.
The boy was in the backyard when the dog attacked him for some unknown reason, according to Lt. David Harp of the San Bernardino Police Department.
I’ve done two stories about pets killing their owners already. But that doesn’t even cover the worst of it. When will people...
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Elementary Schooler Expelled
KATU:
The syringe had been found by a boy near a dumpster close to his residence. He broke off the needle, but about 1/16th of an inch of it remained in place. During afternoon recess, the boy and four other students were together on the playground and one of those other students was touched on the arm with some part of the syringe. A playground monitor saw the syringe and alerted the...
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Oil Leak (Late)
I know that I’m pretty late with my opinion on the issue of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, but I’m still going to spread it.
Why is this happening? Why has this not been stopped yet? Why does every plan that the government or BP come up with have an insanely stupid name? Top Hat? Hot Tap? Top Kill?
I may just be uninformed, but why can’t someone just stop this? Why is it...
December 2009
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Girl Killed While Trying To Catch Bus
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) — A high school student was hit and killed by a car as she tried to catch her school bus Friday morning.
According to officials, Hernandez-Huapilla and a friend were running west across the street, toward the bus, when the accident happened. Authorities said it was dark and raining at the time of the crash.
Buses today are equipped with so many features that...
October 2009
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Four Beat Homeless Man
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Police said all four suspects in a videotaped attack on a homeless man are now in police custody.
On Tuesday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of Brandon Edwards and William Sleight, both 19, in the July 2008 attack.
Now this is an attack that really hits close to home.
I don’t understand why beating up homeless people is so fun for...
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Lil' Wayne Expected To Spend A Year In Jail
NEW YORK (CNN) — Hip-hop artist Lil Wayne pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.
He was arrested in July 2007. Police officers said [Wayne] and another man were smoking marijuana on a street, and the officers found a .40-caliber pistol in [Wayne]’s possession.
This really shows the intelligence level...
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Toddler "Vandalises" Automobile
The Story: A two-year-old girl was investigated for vandalizing a neighbor’s car after she hit it with a stick, a story by the Daily Mail reported.
This is an example of an old, lonely hermit looking for some attention. What is wrong with someone who calls the police of a two-year-old girl? This is just ridiculous, and there’s nothing else to it. There was no reason for this police...
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Pet Bear Kills Woman
(Oct. 5) — A 37-year-old Pennsylvania woman died Sunday after being mauled by her pet black bear, authorities said.
Kelly Ann Walz was attacked when she entered the bear’s cage to feed the 350-pound animal and clean its cage, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The bear lived in a 15-by-15-foot steel and concrete enclosure on Walz’s property in Ross Township.
Shocker! Do...
September 2009
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Gangs, Sex, Test Scores Adressed At Hispanic-Only...
GAINESVILLE (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― A Gainesville student says she and her Hispanic classmates were singled out for an assembly about poor test scores, gangs and sex.
Why would they do this? Why are school officials so stupid? They lack any kind of common sense; otherwise, they would have known that this would cause controversy. I don’t even know what to say to anyone right now, except that I...
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No Chrarges Filed For False Rape Accusations
NEW YORK (CNN) — Criminal charges will not be filed against the 18-year-old college freshman who falsely accused five men of raping her in a dormitory bathroom at Hofstra University, an official said Friday.
How can someone vouch for the death penalty for rape charges? Especially after a case like this?
Women like this make me sick. These women discredit real rape victims. They make...
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Red Skins Booed At By Dim-Wits
The Redskins have a request for the fans who sat through their 9-7 victory against the Rams on Sunday. They’d like them to stop booing, no matter how many times uncreative offensive play-calling causes their offense to stall inside the red zone. An understandable request, but they may get a more positive response if they stop calling their fans “dimwits” when making it in the...
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Cops Relax While On Supposed Drug Raid
The Story: In the midst of a drug raid on a house that apparently took nine full hours and cost $4,000, cops apparently were distracted by Wii bowling. Reports say they started the game up within 20 minutes of entering the house and spent hours playing it.
This is another sad example of an abuse of power by police officers. There is practically nothing that makes me more angry than power-mad...
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Administrators Force Religion Onto Students, Get...
(Sept. 18) — A judge has ruled in favour of two Florida school administrators who faced contempt charges for saying a prayer at a school luncheon, according to a group that helped represent them.
This was probably not the first offence, either. These administrators have probably been praying over the announcements, at sports games, award ceremonies, etc. These men are forcing their personal...
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One Of The Best Disruptions Of All Time
(CNN) — The reaction to Kanye West’s hijacking of the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards came quickly and unequivocally.
Now of course KanYe West feels very foolish and regrets his actions. Even though Beyoncé did not win Best Female Video, she did win Video of the Year. KanYe, because of his outburst, was not at the award show...
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Sex Offender Caught Roaming School With Gun
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — Officials at a Volusia County elementary school have a lot of questions to answer after police arrested a sexual predator who had been roaming the school’s campus for two days. Kareen McNeal was arrested Thursday night and is being held without bond.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: United States education definitely needs reform. This is a...
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Women Face Trial For Super-Gluing Cheating Man's...
The Story: A Wisconsin judge ruled there is enough evidence for four women to stand trial for their roles in a staged motel tryst that ended with a man tied to a bed, his penis super-glued to his stomach, a lawyer for one of the women said Wednesday.
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The man’s wife and two of his girlfriends hatched a plot to lure him to a Stockbridge motel on July 30 and confront him after...
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Dog-Killer Speaks In Schools
PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 8) - Michael Vick, speaking to a group of Philadelphia high school students Tuesday, warned against the dangers of peer pressure and offered himself as a cautionary tale of what can happen when someone is a follower instead of a leader.
Whatever. Do whatever you want with Michael Vick. Let him become a role model for children.
He speaks about “resisting peer...
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Three Drive "Too Fast, Too Furiously"
HOLLY HILL — Three people were killed in a street racing crash Thursday that police called one of the most gruesome wrecks they had ever seen.
Police identified the three:
Rachael Wright, 17, Ormond Beach, a student at Seabreeze High School
Kathleen Floyd, 54, Ormond Beach
Jeremy Allison, 21, Ormond-by-the-Sea
Now, this is one of the saddest acts of stupidity that I’ve ever seen....
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Students Suspended From School For Improper Dress
INDIANAPOLIS — Another 14 students were suspended Thursday from Northwest High School in an ongoing rift between students and administrators over the school’s dress code.
This is not about respect, this is about control. The leaders of schools all have the same idea in mind. They just want to control. They want to be in control. I don’t know what it is about school officials,...
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NJ "Teacher" Sells Grades
TRENTON, N.J. (Sept. 1) — A New Jersey social studies teacher has been charged with accepting cash from students looking to improve their grades. Thirty-year-old Megan Laboy is accused of collecting more than $1,400 from Colts Neck High School students during the 2008-09 school year.
What a lazy get-away! How can she even tell people that she is a teacher, when she isn’t.
This woman...
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Students Charged With Harrasment For Wearing...
PITTSBURGH — A recent Penn Hills High School graduate who was banned from commencement ceremonies and prom after wearing a “not guilty” shirt to school was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union at an appeal hearing Tuesday.
Lawyers told Judge Robert Gallo that David Hood’s constitutional rights were violated in an incident that started with an argument with...
August 2009
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10-Year-Olds Can Handle Guns In Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin’s minimum age to be licensed to hunt is about to drop. 10-year-olds will be able to handle guns with adult supervision starting Tuesday. They’ll also get a discount on hunting licenses and stamps. Supporters said the new law will encourage more young people to get into hunting. Critics worry that 10 is too young for kids to know how to safely handle firearms.
At ten...
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ABC and NBC Refuse to Run Anti-Obama Health Care...
The Story: ABC and NBC have refused to run a national ad critical of President Obama’s health care reform plan. The commercial features a doctor who warns that a government-run health care system will lead to rationing and will disproportionately harm the quality of care for seniors on Medicare.
In my opinion, the only thing the League of American Voters has to worry about is how they are...
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Fake Cop Pulls Over Drivers
HUDSON — The small, quaint community of Hudson is still large enough for a police impersonator to hide.
This is the kind of thing that causes new laws to form. Now, because of this faux cop, people getting pulled over can now call 9-1-1 to ask exactly which officer, if any, is pulling them over (I mean, it’s not like 9-1-1 is used for anything important).
There are two sides to this....
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"Write-A-Hobo"
New Feature on EducatedHobo.Tumblr.com: “Write-A-Hobo”! It seems that a good bit of people don’t entirely agree on what the hobo is saying, so instead of having to post your thoughts on one person directly onto your blog for the world to see, you can simply send an E-mail.
It’s simple, just click the strip of duct tape pictured above (located right below the “Archives” and “RSS Feed” links on...
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Father Wants Baby-Snatching Wolf-Dog Hybrid Back...
The Story: Last month, the country was horrified when a three-day old baby in Kentucky was snatched from his crib by the family’s pet dog — a four year-old wolf-dog hybrid named Dakota. The canine was seen in the family’s backyard holding baby A.J. in her mouth “like a loaf of bread,” reported WLKY News.
Though he suffered a skull fracture, collapsed lungs, broken...
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Teacher Beats Autistic Student
PITTSBURGH — Cell phone video posted on YouTube showing a teacher hitting an autistic student prompted a family to sue Pittsburgh Public Schools.
What is mentally wrong with this teacher? We all sympathize with teachers every now and then because they have a rough job. But I feel absolutely no sympathy for this teacher who thinks that she can take discipline into her own hands and hit a...
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Scottish Leader Defends Lockerbie Bomber Release
LONDON – Scotland’s government defended itself Sunday against unrelenting criticism from the U.S. over the decision to free the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber on compassionate grounds.
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan convicted of killing 270 people in the 1988 airline bombing, was released Thursday because he is terminally ill with prostate cancer. He has returned to his native Libya to die.
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27,000 Inmates May Be Let Out Early
(CNN) — A controversial bill that California legislators say would allow the early release of more than 27,000 inmates from crowded prisons will be taken up by the state Assembly on Monday.
Now, prison sentences are definitely too strcit considering how flawed the entire American justice system is. A group of people decide who’s innocent and who’s not by unanimous vote, and one...
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Man Is Freed After Being Convicted of Rape
The Story: New Haven (WTNH) - Kenneth Ireland spent 21 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Today he was back in a New Haven court where prosecutors dropped all charges against him.
I’m tired of seeing the criminal justice system fail like this. First of all, and not to offend anyone, police officers feel that they are above the law. And, trust me, I’ve seen them, I know...
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"Monty Python" Actor Left Poorer Than Ex-Wife...
“Monty Python star Cleese, 70, is less than pleased about the arrangement, which will ultimately leave his ex-wife the richer of the two. ‘What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine,’ he said. ‘At least I will know in future if I go out with a lady they will not be after me for my money.’” -PopEater
This is...
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Religious Driver Refuses To Drive
DES MOINES, Iowa — There are some empty seats on DART buses thanks to those controversial atheist ads. That includes the driver seat.
So buses run an ad for an Atheist website and the bus driver gets fussy. Also, a few people stopped riding. I’ll say something: if I was able to afford the bus, I’d take it even if Satan’s face was on the side!
The driver doesn’t face...
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Man Carries Loaded Assault Rifle To Obama Protest...
The Story: A man toting an assault rifle was among a dozen protesters carrying weapons while demonstrating outside President Barack Obama’s speech to veterans on Monday, but no laws were broken. It was the second instance in recent days in which unconcealed weapons have appeared near presidential events.
This asks the question, “Just because you can, does it mean you should?”...
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Snapple: Faux Naturale
Excerpt: On the same day that Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) reported much better-than-expected earnings, it had to contend with a consumer-fraud suit.
Snapple is being sued because of the words “all natural.” Also, They label their drinks as a particular flavour of fruit, when they do not contain that fruit.
Sue-worthy? I don’t think so. At least I don’t think one...
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Prisoners Given "Hotel-Style" Surveys
Excerpt: “…a night in the cells is now followed by a ‘customer satisfaction’ survey, with those detained in custody asked to rate the ‘services’ on offer behind bars.”
Prisoners are given a forty-one-question survey asking about their stay at the prison. What is going on?
What do these people expect to get out of this survey? “Oh, I loved it. As...
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Teenager Suspended For Profane MySpace
Exceprt: Wessel’s enthusiasm was shattered when she learned that she would be sitting on the sidelines while the rest of the Strutters team took the field. “It makes me really angry,” she said. “I’ve practiced so much.”
There is no reason what-so-ever that this girl be suspended from her drill team. First of all, I want to know who exactly reported her...
Tumblr Tuesday
staff:
You survived another Monday, but can you withstand the awesome power contained in yet another Tumblr Tuesday? I certainly hope so, because we have millions more Tumblr blogs to cover, and yours could be next.
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Migrant Blogger Educated Hobo describes himself as a man who never accomplished anything and ended up living in a van down by the river, but I’d argue that creating such a...
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PETA Unhappy Meals Scare Children
Excerpt: Kids hoping to grab a Happy Meal from McDonald’s might end up with PETA’s Unhappy Meal instead.
“McDonald’s markets its food to children by packaging it in brightly colored boxes with toys,” Lindsay Rajt, a spokeswoman for PETA, says. “But most kids really love animals, and if they knew that McDonald’s suppliers were breaking the wings and legs...
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O.J. Considered For Release
LAS VEGAS (Aug. 3) — A trio of Nevada Supreme Court justices focused Monday on whether O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy received a fair trial in a gunpoint hotel room heist and whether the case was so unique that the two men should be freed from prison while their appeals are considered.
No. Let me reiterate: No. For the love of God, do not let this man out of prison! We’ve...