Nebraska schools would be safer places if teachers were allowed to carry concealed weapons, claims a state politician. State Sen. Mark Christensen has introduced legislation in the wake of this month’s Omaha school shooting that would allow school districts to set their own gun policy subject to a vote from…
Continue reading …As creators bust boundaries with a raunchy view of teen sex and substance abuse in MTV’s new program Skins , network executives are now worried they they may be close to breaking federal child porn laws. MTV executives have already ordered that some scenes involving underage teens be toned down, reports…
Continue reading …A US Air Force sergeant who exposed partners to HIV at swingers’ parties has been sentenced to 8 years in a military prison. David Gutierrez was convicted on charges including aggravated assault and failure to obey orders to use a condom and inform partners of his HIV-positive status, the BBC…
Continue reading …Oops. Burglars were so desperate for drugs when they broke into a Florida home that they snorted a dark power found in a ceramic urn. But they didn’t get even a hint of a buzz because they had inhaled the cremated remains of the former man of the house and…
Continue reading …Stay classy, Rush: In what some critics are calling a new low evenfor the radio host, Limbaugh mocked Hu Jintao and the Chinese language while discussing the Chinese leader’s joint press conference with President Obama, the Huffington Post reports. Limbaugh—noting that translation wasn’t provided until after the leader finished…
Continue reading …A frustrated Saddam Hussein pleaded with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for diplomatic assistance as the Operation Desert Storm ground battle began in 1991, reveal newly declassified records from tIraqi archives. The records—part of a huge archive containing millions of documents and thousands of hours of video footage captured after…
Continue reading …Sure, everybody who is somebody got an invite to tonight’s state dinner. But who gets seated at the head table with President Obama and guest of honor Hu Jintao? Gawker has the list, which includes: Law and Order star BD Wong Bill and Hillary, along with Jimmy and Roslyn, and…
Continue reading …Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are promoted as revolutionary power-saving devices—able to produce more light with less juice and last for nearly 10 years. But a review of conservation measures undertaken by California, a state that adopted CFLs more enthusiastically than any other—shows the bulbs to be a little disappointing,…
Continue reading …The first indictments against Jared Lee Loughner came out today, with plenty more to follow. The indictments from a federal grand jury charge him with the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords and the attempted murder of two of her aides, reports the Arizona Republic . Still to come are federal murder…
Continue reading …Two former servers at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando—the chain’s biggest site—are suing because they say the restaurant illegally paid them less than minimum wage for three years, the Orlando Sentinel reports. They say Hard Rock broke the law by requiring them to share tips not only…
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