A video (below) showing 10-year-old Cequan Haskins being bullied and attacked for 40 minutes, on a school bus, by two 15-year-old bullies in May 2011 has recently been released.
The Appomattox County, Virginia teens used racial and sexual slurs, while they burned Haskins repeatedly with a cigarette lighter.
On the video, Haskins can be heard screaming and pleading with the teens to stop, but they continue the bullying and tell him to "sit down and shut your mouth."
Haskins' mother, Roxanne Haskins, released the video at a press conference on Friday. She told WSET-TV: "I wanted parents to be aware, that when I speak out, I'm speaking out for all kids. But unfortunately, this did happen to my child, and I want parents to be aware of what's going on in the school system."
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A Russian fishing trip turned to horror when a man collecting firewood in the dead of night stumbled across hundreds of human foetuses scattered in the woods.
The 248 embryos, most of which were already formed into babies' bodies, had been stashed inside four huge vats of formaldehyde and dumped near the town of Nevyansk, in the industrial heartland of Russia's Ural Mountains.
It is unclear how long the 15-centimetre bodies, aged between 12 and 16 weeks, had been lying in the dusty wilderness but some had shrunk as if mummified.
Mystery shrouds the horrifying discovery which has sparked a full-scale police investigation into how and why the bodies were ditched in such unceremonious fashion.
One theory is that they were illegally dumped after being used for scientific experimentation.
The 248 embryos, most of which were already formed into babies' bodies, had been stashed inside four huge vats of formaldehyde and dumped near the town of Nevyansk, in the industrial heartland of Russia's Ural Mountains.
It is unclear how long the 15-centimetre bodies, aged between 12 and 16 weeks, had been lying in the dusty wilderness but some had shrunk as if mummified.
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Chilling: Mystery shrouds the horrifying discovery which has sparked a full-scale police investigation into how and why the bodies were ditched in such unceremonious fashion.
Chilling: Mystery shrouds the horrifying discovery which has sparked a full-scale police investigation into how and why the bodies were ditched in such unceremonious fashion.
One theory is that they were illegally dumped after being used for scientific experimentation.
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Bear Ride, Sally Ride's sister, who also identifies as lesbian, spoke to BuzzFeed about her sister's decision to come out, saying that she hoped to inspire young people, but that Sally Ride was also an intensely private person who also chose not to divulge her illness to the public until its end. "People did not know she had pancreatic cancer, that's going to be a huge shock," Bear said, "For 17 months, nobody knew - and everyone does now. Her memorial fund is going to be in support of pancreatic cancer.
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CNN reported that three masked men allegedly broke into the 33-year-old woman's home early Sunday morning, tied her up, and carved words into her arms and stomach with a knife. One of the words included the derogatory slur "dyke."
The men also spray-painted anti-gay graffiti inside the home and set the house on fire. Police said the fire did little damage.
The woman fled bound, naked and bleeding to her neighbor's house.
An attorney representing the family of James Holmes, the man accused of a mass shooting at a Colorado cinema, said his mother's initial comment to ABC News on the morning of the shooting has been misconstrued.
Northern Ireland is unexplained, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Over the past 19 months a total of 20 people have been killed in accidents involving the industry, which is unprecedented in recent history.
Jim King, of the HSE, told BBC Radio Ulster: "It's the worst period that we can ever remember where there has been a consistent, unrelenting death toll in the farming industry."
He has been in his role for 25 years and cannot yet determine if there are any direct reasons for the increase in cases.
A number of possibilities put forward by Mr King include added pressure on farmers at this time or people not taking notice of risk factors in the same way they used to.
One trend that has been spotted is that the majority of deaths have been men over the age of 65, which may provide a clue to the increased number of instances.
Over the past 19 months a total of 20 people have been killed in accidents involving the industry, which is unprecedented in recent history.
Jim King, of the HSE, told BBC Radio Ulster: "It's the worst period that we can ever remember where there has been a consistent, unrelenting death toll in the farming industry."
He has been in his role for 25 years and cannot yet determine if there are any direct reasons for the increase in cases.
A number of possibilities put forward by Mr King include added pressure on farmers at this time or people not taking notice of risk factors in the same way they used to.
One trend that has been spotted is that the majority of deaths have been men over the age of 65, which may provide a clue to the increased number of instances.
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“Two ribs, two Achilles heels, two elbows, two eardrums, two teeth, and so on'' ... a relative holds a picture of Oleksandr Frolov, some of whose body parts were found during a raid by Ukrainian authorities.
“Two ribs, two Achilles heels, two elbows, two eardrums, two teeth, and so on'' ... a relative holds a picture of Oleksandr Frolov, some of whose body parts were found during a raid by Ukrainian authorities.
A grisly trade in human body parts leaves relatives grieving and some recipients at risk of life-threatening disease.
On February 24, Ukrainian authorities made an alarming discovery: bones and other human tissues crammed into coolers in a grimy white minibus.
Investigators grew even more intrigued when they found, amid the body parts, envelopes stuffed with cash and autopsy results written in English.
What the security service had disrupted was not the work of a serial killer but part of an international pipeline of ingredients for medical and dental products that are routinely implanted into people around the world.
The seized documents suggested that the remains of dead Ukrainians were destined for a factory in Germany belonging to the subsidiary of a US medical products company, Florida-based RTI Biologics.
RTI is one of a growing industry of companies that make profits by turning mortal remains into everything from dental implants to bladder slings to wrinkle cures. The industry has flourished even as its practices have roused concerns about how tissues are obtained and how well grieving families and transplant patients are informed about the realities and risks of the business.
Sarah Palin fans who are disappointed that the former vice presidential candidate won't be speaking at the GOP convention in Tampa next month won't be left hanging because her stripper look-alike will be entertaining hard-working Republicans at a local "gentleman's club."
WFLA learned last week that a "dead ringer" for Palin will stripping at Tampa's Thee Doll House, only 5 miles from the the Tampa Bay Times Forum convention site.
Owners of Thee Doll House and 2001 Odyssey strip club both told the WFLA that they expect business to quadruple during the convention.
WFLA learned last week that a "dead ringer" for Palin will stripping at Tampa's Thee Doll House, only 5 miles from the the Tampa Bay Times Forum convention site.
Owners of Thee Doll House and 2001 Odyssey strip club both told the WFLA that they expect business to quadruple during the convention.
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This Fox Denver affiliate reports police received a message electronically that threatened more violence if Holmes wasn't released from prison. No one has released his name because he hasn't been charged with anything. But, according to the person's Facebook page, he has a master's in biomedical science, and Anshutz Medical Center confirmed he was in the same program Holmes withdrew from a month ago. ABC News Denver reports authorities traced the message to a router in Aurora, but it's uncertain whether the message was sent natively or whether someone routed it through there. He was picked up by police and interviewed Saturday afternoon.
Aurora police said there's "no reason to believe" the person was involved with the crime at all, but that they did learn more information about James Holmes from the interview. Police were able to get past the first line of defenses in Holmes' booby-trapped apartment yesterday. "This apartment was designed to kill. If you think we're mad, we're sure as hell angry," police said at a press conference on Saturday. The trip wire set when you enter the apartment was designed to kill the first person to enter the room. Police said there was evidence of "some calculation and deliberation," in the apartment.
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The neighborhood met Sunday morning to plan their next move in a quarrel with the Town of Scituate.
Nearly 100 people attended a meeting at the South Humarock Civic Association Clubhouse. At the meeting, some residents went so far as to call Scituate town officials "Fascists," and say Humarock needs to break away.
The latest aggravation began earlier this month, when residents claim the town was heavy-handed in enforcing a ban on bonfires.
"That was a full military operation... I mean hummers up and down the beach, state police helicopters, horseback, bomb squad, [and] a command post up the center," said Fred Hayden, who owns a summer home in Humarock.
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