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Posted 2/5/10 by SensiBreeze
A tiny toy led to big trouble for one fourth-grade New York City boy.
Patrick Timoney, a 9-year-old student at PS 52 in Staten Island, N.Y., was in the school cafeteria Tuesday playing with LEGOs when he was taken to the principal’s office and threatened with suspension. One of his toys was a LEGO policeman that holds a 2-inch plastic gun. The school has a no-tolerance policy when it comes to. . .
Posted 2/5/10 by SensiBreeze
Seffner, Fla. -- A Florida teenager happily reunited with her 200-pound pig said she originally feared whoever had stolen the animal was planning to turn it into a meal.
Ema Rivera, 15, said her pig, Boo, and a calf were stolen Saturday from a Future Farmers of America facility at Armwood High School in Seffner, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Thursday.
"I thought that she would b. . .
Posted 2/5/10 by SensiBreeze
SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing the thing from California to Australia, a journey of 11,000 miles (17,700 km) through treacherous seas.
This 60-foot sailboat, the Plastiki, is being built from more than 12,000 recycled plastic bottles.
This 60-foot sailboat, the Plastiki, is being buil. . .
Posted 2/5/10 by SensiBreeze
CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The student union at a British college e-mailed the school's 400 undergraduate students, asking them to be quieter during sexual encounters.
The student union at Cambridge University's Newnham College said it sent the e-mail to all undergrads Tuesday after receiving 30 complaints about late-night noises in the residence halls, the Daily Mail reported Thursd. . .
Posted 2/5/10 by SensiBreeze
Five Virginia corrections officers in Powhatan County were charged with animal cruelty after evidence surfaced that they had been fondling a K-9 service dog in an inappropriate manner.
Officers are expected to bond with their dogs during training sessions. However; some K9 handlers may take that task a little too far. According to the case prosecutor, one of the officers in training was seen . . .
Posted 2/5/10 by SensiBreeze
A 16-year-old Italian boy in Turin has cut his father's throat after a dispute over the FIFA Soccer 2009 Playstation video game, national media said on Monday.
The boy is said to have lost his temper after his father kept giving him advice on what moves to make. The teenager then snapped "I know how to play myself" and swore at his father.
His enraged dad then switched off the console with. . .
Posted 2/4/10 by InsayneJayne
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Posted 2/4/10 by InsayneJayne
Roger Scruton, 65, urged "lunatic fundamentalists who have set their heart on giving Islam a bad name" to imbibe, although it is considered against their religion, claiming it would help them to a more moderate view.
Dr Scruton's statement is part of an article in the latest issue of Decanter, the international wine magazine, in which he argues for the Latin maxim 'in vino veritas', or from w. . .
