Student Denied Diploma, Fined $1000 for Feather
An Escambia Academy High School student said she was denied a diploma and fined $1,000 for wearing an eagle feather at her graduation.For 17-year-old Chelsey Ramer, graduating on May 23 was supposed to...
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13yrold student reprimanded for stopping a knife-weilding bully at school
Briar MacLean was sitting in class during a study period Tuesday, the teacher was on the other side of the room and, as Grade 7 bullies are wont to do, one kid started harassing another.“I was in...
View ArticleJudge orders Google to turn over data to FBI without a warrant
A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the government's practice of issuing so-called...
View ArticleUS call for full Tiananmen massacre disclosure angers China
China has accused the US of "prejudice" for urging Beijing to provide a full account of the crackdown on pro-democracy activists after the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.Foreign ministry spokesman...
View ArticleScience In Schools? Not In My State Proclaims One Kentucky State Senator:...
Kentucky is in the process of updating its educational textbooks. Normally not a cause of contention (outside of Texas), this week it was brought into the spotlight when State Senator Mike Wilson wrote...
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Case of dying 10-year-old prompts federal call for review of child organ...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is calling for a review of policies concerning who gets lungs for transplant in light of the case of a Pennsylvania girl dying of cystic...
View ArticleStop killer robots now, UN asks -- "Countries are developing armed robots...
Should robots be allowed to take a human life, without direct supervision or command?Science fiction met reality at the United Nations in Geneva overnight, where this question was debated at a meeting...
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FEMA Refuses To Aid Sandy Victim Because His Staten Island Home Wasn't His...
An 84-year-old war veteran was recently denied Hurricane Sandy aid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Why was he denied aid? Because he was staying with his son in New Jersey when the...
View ArticleTurkish PM: "There is now a menace which is called Twitter. To me, social...
Thousands of protesters have controlled Istanbul's main square once more after two days of violent clashes with rampaging riot police, asTurkey's prime minister vowed to press on with the controversial...
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World Environment Day 2013: Global food wastage (10pics)
The United StatesAccording to studies, 30% of all food in the United States, worth US$48.3 billion, is thrown away each year. To add to the woes, it is also estimated that about half of the water used...
View Article'Superfoods' shown to fight prostate cancer
Superfoods have been shown to fight prostate cancer, in a ground-breaking study.Men who had been treated with surgery or radiotherapy for the disease were given a capsule containing essence of...
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Queen Elizabeth's Coronation: what we can learn from 1953
The Queen’s Coronation 60 years ago reflected a rapidly changing Britain and its role in world – as will the next monarch’sThe Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was, above all, a religious occasion. The...
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Native American teen in Alabama is being denied her diploma and fined $1,000...
An Escambia Academy High School student who wore an eagle feather on her graduation cap was denied her diploma after graduating May 23. According to a contract issued by the school in Atmore, Alabama,...
View Article35 percent of married couples met on the Internet and those who met online...
If you aren't already looking for love online, maybe you should start. Because those who've already found love on the intertubes are enjoying happy, stable marriages while you continue having empty,...
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New Jersey dad wears Nazi uniform in court during custody hearing
A New Jersey father who made headlines after naming his son 'Adolf Hitler' has marched in to a court wearing a Nazi uniform.Heath Campbell, 40, from Holland Township, gained national attention back in...
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Parents arrested after their four-year-old son finds the couple's well-hidden...
A Lake County couple is behind bars after a 4-year-old child in their home shot himself in the hand Sunday morning.Lake deputy sheriffs encountered the child at 9:10 a.m. Sunday in the emergency room...
View Article"This is a place for Arabs," he said, before headbutting victim. French court...
A man in the southern French city of Toulon has been given a jail sentence after racially abusing a white man, before attacking him. The victim was called a 'dirty white', and told 'this is a place for...
View ArticleOnline throttling and site-blocking to be outlawed in Europe under net...
ISPs will be barred from blocking or throttling customers' access to services that rival their own under new net neutrality rules that could soon be enforced across Europe.The European Commission said...
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Police in the UK force shopkeeper to stop selling a T-shirt that says: "Obey...
A NEWPORT shopkeeper has been forced by police to remove a T-shirt from his shop window because they felt it “could be seen to be inciting racial hatred.”Matthew Taylor, 35, the owner of Taylor’s...
View Article100 students ejected from NYC to Atlanta flight
A group of about 100 high school students traveling from New York to Atlanta were thrown off an AirTran flight, along with their chaperones, after the pilot and crew lost patience with some kids who...
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