The Ohio State Board of Education is set to vote on a new policy aimed at curbing violence in Ohio schools by introducing head lice to K-12 campuses statewide.
The vote comes on the heels of a similar decision by the Montpelier Board of Education,...
For the last three days straight Lindsay Lohan did nothing bad. She didn't threaten her own freedom by lying, stealing or driving while under the influence. She was low key.
Wall Street Investors and Las Vegas book makers were shocked and appalle...
HARFOLD, Vt. - Film producer Spike Lee has decided to boycott Quentin Tarantino's new film Django Unchained because the film uses the N-word 110 times.
Students at Harfold State College, 99.9% of them white as snow, feel that 110 occurrences in a...
MANHATTAN - In a move that has to go down as one of the most unbelievable of the year, Rihanna has just announced that she and her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown will be getting married on January 1, 2013.
Brown who used the Barbadian beauty as a punchi...
Monday 10th September
Topic: Cars torched - Arson - Crime
Headline Nottingham Police hunt arsonists after cars are torched""
Source: This is Nottingham
Extract: Sarah Zawadzki, 21, of Hucknall, found her automatic Nissan Micra had been set on fire near her home on Saturday morning.
It was one of a series of similar attacks in Barbara Square, George Street, Annesley Road and Central Avenue,...
Musical differences are at the heart of a new row brewing in Northern Ireland, with tension mounting daily.
"Loyalists were playing some Iron Maiden numbers outside Catholic churches," said Michael Lansdale, who heads the Sectarian Violence Divisi...
Monday 13th Aug
Topic: Charity - School holidays
Headline "Nottingham food bank opened for school holidays"
Source: BBC News
Extract: A new food bank aimed at helping families during the school summer holidays has opened in Nottingham.
The NG7 food bank was set up by volunteers following reports people were walking from the city centre to another food bank in Beeston.
The new service giv...
Animal rights activists are up in arms over a statement Lady Gaga made in reference to dead animals.
Gaga said, "Dead Animals Make Great Coats". This statement, no matter how true, has people all upset, especially animal rights people.
One me...
Monday 2nd July 2012
Topic: NHS waiting time - QMC - City Hospital
"Waiting times at Nottingham hospitals up by 82%"
Source: Nottingham Post
Extract: THE number of patients waiting longer than four hours in Nottingham's only accident and emergency unit has almost doubled in the past year.
Figures show that 10,831 patients were kept waiting for more than four hours in 2011-12 - a ris...
Sunday 24th June 2012
Topic: Crime - Murder
"Nottingham man appears in court over stabbing death"
Source: BBC News
Extract A 21-year-old Nottingham man has appeared before city magistrates charged with murder.
Marcin Cwiakalo, of Osborne Street, Radford, was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 25 June.
He is accused of fatally stabbing Mark Blade...
Sunday 10th June 2012
Monday 18th June 2012
Topic: Crime - Robbery - Violence
"Cash stolen in security van raid in Bingham, Notts"
Source:Source: BBC News
Extract: Two men are being sought by police following the theft of cash from a security van in Bingham, Nottingham.
The Vauxhall van was parked outside Toot Hill School, in The Banks, at about 11:45 BST when thieves struck.
Orlando, FL - Representatives of the Pink Lobster restaurant chain announced today that this year's Lobsterfest promotion has resulted in the lowest death toll in nearly two decades, with reported casualties hovering around a paltry 1,650.
The p...
Chula Vista, Ca. It seemed like such a good idea at the time, but in hindsight maybe not so much. For two years in a row the Chula Vista public market has put on a "live" nativity scene the week before Christmas. The Delgado family, well known in th...
Warring Bros. has released Black Friday 2 for the PlayerStation 3 and Xboxer 360 game consoles. The game offers several new gameplay features including Pepper Spray, 4 Player Tag-Team, Blue Light Challenge Mode, and King of the Clearance Rack.
Bla...
The annual War on Christmas has already taken its toll this year, with atheist billboards going up next to highways across the country, shocking the sensibilities of Christians on their way to Wal-Mart. But some Christians have found a way to fight b...
HARFOLD, Vt.--Facebook released a statement saying that they were able to identify the spammer who flooded Facebook's newsfeed with pornographic and disturbing images. Harfold resident Cyril Lewis is currently in custody at Harfold County Jail.
Fa...
PALO ALTO, Calif.--Ahmed "Salman" Rushdie fought the good fight and won. Then, it's believed, he made them pay.
Rushdie had argued with Facebook that he should be allowed to use his middle name, Salman, because it was the name by which he was know...
Following the government's successful quelling of the riots which troubled some of the UK's major cities in August, it seems that acts of group vandalism and violence have made a reappearance, this time in a Devon seaside town.
On Monday evening,...