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In the News Feb. 08 – ?. Feb. 10 – Iran has demonstrated further evidence of its strict regime after the government cut internet links leaving millions without email and social networks.
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Feb. 10 – Iran has demonstrated further evidence of its strict regime after the government cut internet links leaving millions without email and social networks. Feb. 10 – The Arab League asked the UN to intervene in the crisis in Syria. UN will not based on a veto by Russia and China. Feb. 13 – Riots in Athens, Greece left 100s injured. Feb. 14 – An Iranian bomber blows off his own legs when a grenade he threw at police bounced off a tree and landed at his feet in Bangkok, Thailand. Feb. 15 – More than 300 were killed in a prison fire in Honduras. The prison was built to house 250 inmates, but 852 inmates were behind bars. World Events
Feb. 7 – A California federal appeals court overturned Proposition 8, effectively legalizing same-sex marriages in CA. Feb. 8 – A Catholic TV network (EWTN Global Catholic Network)is suing the US government over a mandate to cover women’s birth control. Feb. 10 – Alejandrina Cabrera was trying to run for the San Luis, Arizona, City Council Her name will not appear on the ballot after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a ruling that her English was not good enough. Feb. 10 - After noticing smoke seeping inside, a North Carolina bus driver rushed six elementary school children off her vehicle moments before it burst into flames. Feb. 11 – Mitt Romney won the Maine caucuses. Feb. 9 – Supreme Court Justice Breyer was robbed by a man with a machete while on vacation in the Caribbean. Feb. 15 – Experts warn gas prices could soar up to $4.95 per gallon in major cities by Memorial Day. National Events
Feb. 8 – Two families in Western Loudoun face courts, possible fines and jail time for their kids’ excessive tardiness to school. Feb. 9 – Virginia House passes bill eliminating post-Labor Day school opening. Feb. 9 – Suffolk City School District may force students to wear “gender appropriate” clothes. Under the Students Rights and Responsibilities, after 15 or more consecutive absences or excessive tardies the Virginia Administrative Code requires the student be dropped from the attendance rolls. It’s then up to the principal to discipline the child. Local Events Since 2001, Kings Dominion has given legislators and other state officials more than $225,000 in campaign contributions, according to the Fairfax Times article. The 13-point proposal also aims to ban sexually suggestive clothing, baggy pants, any item of clothing that promotes alcohol or drugs, clothes with slogans or words across the buttocks, nightwear and head covering unless worn for religious or medical reasons.
Feb. 7 – Rick Santorum sweeps three states (Mo, Minn., and Co.) in the Republican primaries. Feb. 9 – Romney glitter bomber gets 6 months in jail. Feb. 9 – Miramonte Elementary School in L.A. reopened Thursday with a completelynew staff. Over 600 “inappropriate” photos have been found of teacher Mark Berndt and his students. Feb. 9 – In NC, dad Tommy Jordan shoots up his 15-year-old daughter’s laptop for bashing her parents on Facebook. Feb. 11 – Whitney Houston died in her bathtub in the Beverly Hilton Hotel from a suspected prescription pill overdose (mixed with alcohol). Feb. 14 – North Carolina school administrators want to have the right to check students’ bras to see if they are using their underwire to hide drugs among their cleavage. Feb. 16 – A PETA ad that seems to advocate domestic violence has landed the group in hot water. (The ad is a spoof of a PSA about a fictional syndrome called WVAKTBOOM… a painful condition that occurs when boyfriends go Vegan and can suddenly bring it like a tantric porn star. The boyfriend is fixing a hole in the wall) Feb. 16 – A middle-school student in Clayton, GA sues for emotional distress after school strip searched him for drugs in front of classmates and revealed his Superman underoos. Other Events
The Fugate family lived in eastern Kentucky in the 1800s. As a result of a coincidental meeting of recessive genes, intermarriage and inbreeding, the members Fugate family were born with a rare condition that left them visibly discolored. Scientists have confirmed that this is a real condition called methemoglobinemia. It reduces the individual’s ability to carry oxygen in their blood, making their blood darker. “Luke was just as blue as Lake Louise on a cool summer day,’ says doctor Charles H. Behlen in 1974.
Other craziness out there A 46-year-old Spanish teacher, Lisa Kays (mother of two) has been arrested on rape charges after encounters with a 17-year-old male student in OK. 17 Mass. HS students’ Facebook pics ended up on a porn site (fully clothed). The girls are as young as 14. There was also personal info (names and where they went to school). The site also had pics of nude children on it A 17-year-old high school student is facing possible criminal charges after attacking his assistant principal in a brawl that erupted over a bag of Cheetos. The student was suspended from Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana, after a bag of the cheesy snack flew into the air, hitting Roger Francis in the head shortly before classes began at 8am Monday. The unnamed teenager was called to Francis’ office, refused, and then attacked the AP. A father was seriously injured by exploding manhole cover after lighting firecracker and igniting sewage gas in China. TXT BAD 4 UR BRAIN? Text messaging can dent your reading abilities, say scientists. Frequent text messaging may stunt reading skills, according to new research comparing text users with people who preferred to read newspapers and books. Researchers found that heavy texters were less able to understand new words - and less willing to accept them In case you did not get the message the first time around, here is another reminder about the dangers of texting and walking at the same time. A businesswoman slipped and fell over in the background of a live TV broadcast because she was using her phone as she strolled.
