Archive for October, 2008

Teen gets life for poisoning grandmother

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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ADRIAN, Michigan - A 16-year-old Michigan girl who poisoned her grandmother with morphine has been sentenced to life in prison with a chance for parole in 20 years. Kristina Adkins cried as she apologized for the slaying during Friday’s sentencing. Adkins was only 13 in 2006, when 53-year-old Virginia Bentley was poisoned. Probate Judge Margaret Noe chose an adult sentence for Adkins. She could have placed her in a juvenile facility until age 21. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Jewelry Web

Kindergarten teacher encouraged her students to sign pledge cards in support of gays

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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California - A California school system refuses to say what action, if any, it will take after it received complaints about a kindergarten teacher who encouraged her students to sign “pledge cards” in support of gays.
During a celebration of National Ally Week, Tara Miller, a teacher at the Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science in Hayward, California, passed out cards produced by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network to her class of kindergartners. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Diamonds International

Booze for the rich: Allow alcohol only in stadium suites

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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Marylane - One of the great parts about America is that, generally speaking, we have the same set of rules for the rich as for the poor. At least that’s what I thought was the case, but the University of Maryland just proved me wrong. Maryland has decided to serve beer and wine next season in Byrd Stadium’s 64 new suites, but not anywhere else in the stadium. Currently, the university prohibits alcohol consumption in Byrd Stadium, but after the long-awaited $50.8 million expansion, which will add 440 mezzanine seats as well as the 64 suites, the school is willing to make an exception - for a price, of course. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Picaboo

E-mail error ends up on road sign

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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Wales - When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated”.
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.
“When they’re proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh,” said journalist Dylan Iorwerth. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Identity Direct

Man commits suicide - Leaves note: Obama take care of my family

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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EL PASO - A man who jumped 60 feet to his death from the Spaghetti Bowl on Thursday left a note with a message for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
A note to “Obama” was found in the man’s car, which was parked on the top ramp of the Spaghetti Bowl. Officials offered no further explanation nor interpreted the note’s meaning. About 7:45 a.m., police responded to a report that the 52-year-old El Paso man had jumped off the uppermost ramp of the Spaghetti Bowl. His body was found on I-10 west just before the Copia Street exit. His name was not released. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Sky Mall

International flight forced to return to the airport after a fight between five drunken passengers

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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Darwin - An international flight was forced to return to Darwin airport after a fight broke out between five drunken passengers. Jetstar flight JQ61 carrying 172 passengers from Darwin to Singapore was forced to turn around about half an hour after it took off from Darwin airport on Thursday night, the Northern Territory News reported. Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway said it was believed the men had been drinking dutyfree alcohol before they boarded the plane. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Live Aquaria

Cheetahs on plane: Animal gets loose in cargo hold

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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ATLANTA - A Delta baggage worker got a bit of a fright before Halloween when she opened a jetliner’s cargo door and found a cheetah running loose amid the luggage. Two cheetahs were being flown in the cargo area of a Boeing 757 passenger flight from Portland, Ore., to Atlanta on Thursday when one escaped from its cage, Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton said Friday. “They told us a large animal had gotten out of a container in the cargo hold and they were having to send someone to tranquilize it,” said one passenger, Lee Sentell of Montgomery, Alabama. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hotels.com

Bowler Dies Moments After First 300 Game

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Date: October 31st, 2008

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RAVENNA, Michigan - Don Doane belonged to the same team at a Ravenna bowling alley for 45 years.
Just moments after rolling the first perfect 300 game of his life, Doane collapsed onto the floor while high-fiving his Nutt Farm teammates.
The 62-year-old Ravenna resident was taken to a local hospital but couldn’t be saved. A medical examiner determined that a heart attack killed Doane. More… Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Amazon Books