Archive for February, 2007

Woman coaches kids to act retarded in order to collect benefits

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Rosie Costello of Tacoma, Washington started teaching her children to act retarded when they were 4 and 8 years old. Her plan worked, and she collected more than $280,000 in benefits from Social Security and state agencies, beginning in the mid-1980s. Her son feigned retardation until he was in his mid-twenties. Mother and son have […]

Rookie cop gets charged

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

This is why a lot of cops have a bad name. This is why people feel that they can’t trust them. It is awful when in this society you don’t know if you can go to the police or not for help. A rookie police officer in Maryland is in trouble with the law. After […]

Goalie charged with lewdness

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

A University of Southern California hockey goalie decided to give the spectators at a game at Brigham Young University a little more than they bargained for. Claiming to be fed up with the referees, Mickey Meyer rode his hockey stick like a horse, dropped his pants and slapped his bare buttocks during the game. The […]

Stolen cross found on MySpace

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

It is wrong to steal period. It is even more wrong when someone steals from a church, which is crossing the line. Regardless if you are religious or not it is very disrespectful.Moisae Martushev who is from Alaska thought it was a good idea to post pictures of him holding a cross that was […]

Woman dies of water intoxication

Monday, February 12th, 2007

A woman in Sacramento, California died due to water intoxication. She was taking part in a water drinking contest. The local radio station held the contest and promised a Nintendo Wii system to the person that could drink the most water without urinating. The woman left the radio station and went home. She claimed she […]

“Scrotum” not acceptable in children’s lit?

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Susan Patron, author of “The Higher Power of Lucky,” this year’s winner of the coveted Newbery Medal, has started a flurry in the children’s lit industry. It seems her book contains the word “scrotum.” No, it’s not used in a spurious manner or in a lewd sexual situation. It is used in the correct way, […]

Public library closes when school lets out

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

The public library in Maplewood, New Jersey will no longer be open between 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. This is when the school students are released from school. Librarians were calling the police up to twice a day to report students fighting, urinating on the floor, scrawling graffiti on the walls, and refusing […]

Woman’s arm eaten by tiger

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

A Siberian tiger named Tatiana turned on her keeper at the San Francisco Zoo, and zoo visitors were horrified by the bloody display. The tiger devoured the woman’s right arm, leaving a bloody mess behind when she finally let go. This is crazy. People that work in dangerous jobs, or go to work everyday and […]