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California: A teacher who was laid off by the school district has drawn the ire of parents after quipping to students that she would need to sell her eggs and become a stripper in order to live.  The comment came after students inquired about what would happen to her.  Forty teachers at the school have been given lay-off notices in the past week.

Officials have indicated that the matter has been ´resolved´ but have not elaborated.

Megan Gowans, Executive Director for the Modesto Teachers Association, acknowledged that the English teacher´s choice of words was poor but noted that, “It´s difficult to put your emotions aside when you´re future is uncertain.”

via Laid Off Teacher Tells Students She´ll Have to Sell Her Eggs and Become a Stripper, Parents Not Impressed.

Republican State Senator Roy Ashburn of California was arrested after failing a roadside sobriety test by California State Patrol Officers. He was pulled over after weaving in the lane.

Senator Ashburn was driving a state vehicle and had an unidentified male in the vehicle with him. They had just left a well-known gay bar called Faces. Senator Ashburn has voted against every gay rights measure in the Senate since taking office.

The self-proclaimed heterosexual senator has issued an apology to his constituents, wife, family, friends and colleagues. He has been released on $1,400 bond. His male partner was not arrested.

via Republican Anti-Gay Rights Senator Arrested on DUI After Leaving Gay Bar.

A 62-year-old Independence Township man remained hospitalized Monday with injuries he sustained after authorities said a rocket-like backpack he rigged to power him on a sled exploded.

Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a backyard sledding party in the 6000 block of Townview at 7:35 p.m. Sunday to aid the host, who had burns over 18% of his body, Undersheriff Mike McCabe said.

“Apparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does outrageous things at it, but he’s never blown himself up before,” McCabe said Monday.

The man had been drinking before the accident, McCabe said.

The man constructed the backpack from a used auto muffler, which he filled with gasoline and gunpowder, McCabe said. Wearing a motorcycle helmet, he got on an orange plastic sled.

“He asked another person to light a wick and then began to sled down a hill. At some point during the ride, the device exploded,” McCabe said.

The man, whom McCabe would not identify, suffered second-degree burns to his face and right side of his body, and possible eye damage.

via Man, 62, is burned in rocket sled stunt | freep.com | Detroit Free Press.

FLINT, Mich.—Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen.Police reports indicated the vehicle was previously stolen out of Lapeer, about 50 miles north-northwest of Detroit.The suspect is being lodged at the Genesee County Jail.No further details were released.

via Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card – The Denver Post.

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Switzerland: A 47-year-old Italian man is facing a long stint without a license after being cited for 15 moving violations in 11 minutes. He first caught the attention of police by driving at 100 mph in a 60 mph zone.

Over the next 11 minutes his offenses included running a red light, failing to stop for police, using a phone while driving, drug driving, speeding, driving too close to other cars, weaving across the dividing line, and driving on the shoulder.

“This character will be getting his driving license back around the time Haley´s Comet makes its next appearance,” said a spokesperson for St Gallen police.

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Rachel’s Gentlemen’s Club is offering residents free flu shots, but not before the gourmet buffet has been served. For the past 6 years the gentleman’s club has been giving free flu shots as a way to give back to the community.

Seniors, city employees, veterans and the residents of Casselberry,Florida are all welcome to enjoy the food and recieve their yearly flu shots. Fliers announcing the time and place are sent out to the seniors and put up on the marquee out front.

The VIP room is where all the shots are given by licensed professionals. “I think it’s great. I wish I had some of these figures like these gals do. They’re beautiful girls,” Casselberry resident Barbara Becker said.

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A man has been arrested in Ferndale, Michigan after he abandoned a woman on their first date and stole her car. The man, 23-year-old Terrance McCoy, asked his date for the keys to her car so he could get his wallet out of it.

Ferndale police said: “She gave him her keys and he went out the door. From where she was sitting she saw him get in her car and he drove off at a high rate of speed.”

The incident occurred in April, but McCoy has just been brought back to Ferndale for charges and sentencing. He faces five years in prison if he’s convicted of a felony count of unlawfully driving the car away.

Women take revenge on wayward husband by way of Krazy Glue | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press.

A sticky case of revenge unfolded last week in a Wisconsin motel after a woman discovered her husband was cheating and invited three other scorned lovers to settle the score — with Krazy Glue.
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The 36-year-old Lothario was carrying on with all of them before his wife figured it out and notified the others, according to a criminal complaint filed in Calumet County, Wis., in a town about 90 miles north of Milwaukee.

“We had a plan,” one of the women, Therese Ziemann, 48, told an investigator, according to court records.

Ziemann lured the man to a Stockbridge hotel Thursday, promising a “rub down,” the complaint says. He was blindfolded and tied to a bed. Then Ziemann text-messaged the other three women, including the man’s wife, who joined her in the room.

One of them, Wendy Sewell, 44, reportedly asked, “Which one do you love more?”

After threatening the victim with mace, punching him in the face and taunting him, the mischief moved south.

Ziemann glued a sensitive body part to his stomach, according to the complaint.

The women fled when the man started yelling and loosened the ties. All were later charged with false imprisonment. Ziemann also faces charges of 4th-degree sexual assault and misdemeanor battery.

The man was treated and released at a hospital, said Calumet County District Atty. Kenneth Kratz, who otherwise declined comment.

Omg, we let people like this breed, drive and vote…scary thoughts.

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Judge Orders Man to Stop Using Mind Control Beams on Plaintiff

In Sedgewick County, Kansas, James Walbert told the court that he wanted his former business partner to stop harassing him with “jolts of radiation” that was controlling his mind. Walbert won, making the protection order the first of its kind.

Walbert claimed he began hearing tones which were electronically generated, feeling electric shocks, and could hear ringing and popping. The notion that one can be harassed by electronic means may make some laugh, but is a serious matter for others.

Missouri Republican Jim Guest, who is drafting legislation that will ban such harassment, will include a section which addresses RFID chips being forcibly implanted [SN reported]. The UN and EU are also looking into “electromagnetic terrorism.”

Guess she should have seen this coming, eh?

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Vermont: Federal prosecutors in Bennington have reached a plea deal with East Arlington resident Denise M. Hall, 51, for a false tax return and wire fraud against self-proclaimed psychic Rosemary Altea, her employer. She stole $120,000-$200,000.

David F. Silver, Hall’s attorney, said that she “cooperated completely with the government” and is a “decent, lovely, wonderful person.” A judge has yet to determine her sentence. The IRS Criminal Investigation Division participated on the case.

Altea is nationally known from appearances on shows such as Larry King Live and Oprah. Hall faces up to 3 years for tax fraud and 20 for wire fraud.