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Teen sues school for right to wear t-shirt

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Rules are rules kid. At least, that’s the prevailing attitude of a Pennsylvania high school who ordered a freshman to put his “patriotic” t-shirt inside-out.

But, was detention an over-reaction?

Here’s a description of the tee:

On the front pocket, in addition to the picture of the military sidearm, were the words: “Volunteer Homeland Security.” On the back, superimposed over another image of the weapon, the words “Special issue — Resident — Lifetime License — United States Terrorist Hunting Permit — Permit No. 91101 Gun Owner — No Bag Limit.”

They are, said Miller, 14, patriotic sentiments in a time of war. He feels pretty strongly about these things.

So do officials at the Penn Manor School District, who wanted him to turn his shirt inside out. When Miller refused, he got two days of detention.

His parents, Donald and Tina Miller of Holtwood, got angry and called a lawyer.

And now a lawsuit has been filed in federal court, accusing Penn Manor of violating Miller’s First Amendment rights.

Teen STD epidemic

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Holy Sh*t! 25% of teen girls have an sexually transmitted disease??

Bring back the chastity belts!!

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the highest overall prevalence is among black girls — nearly half the blacks studied had at least one STD. That rate compared with 20 percent among both whites and Mexican-American teens, the study from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

Among girls who admitted ever having sex, the rate was 40 percent. While some teens define sex as only intercourse, other types of intimate behavior including oral sex can spread some infections.

Boy buried in sandbox dies

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The 10 year old boy buried in a sandbox by his friends has died. Apparently, they saw the stunt on a cartoon and didn’t realize the struggles of the boy were serious.

Codey Porter, the 10-year-old boy buried headfirst in a sandbox, died Monday afternoon at Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle.

On Saturday, the Everett-area boy was playing with about five other children, ages 8 to 10, when the others buried him in a sandbox of a family friend in the 13800 block of 59th Avenue Southeast.

“He was playing, and he was buried and when [the other children] realized he wasn’t breathing, they dug him out,” said Rebecca Hover, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

Midwife delivers dead baby and fails to notice

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

While two midwives undergo disciplinary action for delivering a stillborn baby, failing to notice the baby was stillborn and neglecting to use proper monitoring equipment that would have likely prevented the death, MT thinks more blame should be put on the parents.

The mother was warned by doctors as she previously had a c-section that a midwife, VBAC may not be in their unborn child’s best interest and was labeled a high risk pregnancy. They took the risk and they gambled with their baby’s life against a doctor’s advice. Their choice. Nobody’s fault but theirs. (Unless socialized medicine leaves you with no choice but to deliver with a midwife, then MT takes it all back.)

Sandra Bickers and Peter Davies, both 45, ignored instructions from a senior doctor and later on Davies did not even realise Scarlet had turned blue.

Mrs Reader and her husband Len watched in horror as the midwife promised the baby would be fine.

“He had put her on my chest and I said she looked blue,” Mrs Reader sobbed. “He hadn’t realised she was dead, he had no idea.”

The midwife hit the emergency alarm and the resuscitation team arrived to try to revive the baby but it was too late.

Boy attacked by Mountain Lion on ATV

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Guess this will be a birthday this 10 year old never forgets…Thank goodness his gun toting uncle was on hand to take the pussy out.

PHOENIX - Paul John Schalow was spending Saturday camping and riding his ATV with his family in Tonto National Forest.

That’s when he said the unthinkable happened.

“My uh cousin was looking at it,” he said. “I looked at her face and its all funny so I turned around and I see it, and it start pawing, scratched my back and tried biting my head.”