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Ridiculous! TSA refused to let mute woman board plane because she could not say her own name


New York Post
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00 UTC
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© Getty ImagesA TSA agent at Los Angeles International Airport in February.
A woman claims an airport security agent refused to let her disabled sister on board a plane because she couldn't say her own name.

Sherry Wright says she was shocked at the treatment they received at Los Angeles International Airport, where her sister Heidi was due to fly to Phoenix.

The problems began when Heidi, who was left wheelchair-bound and unable to speak or write after a stroke a decade ago, was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration due to an expired driver's license, CNN reported.

Wright claims the TSA agent was rude and insensitive, insisting Heidi talk.

"I showed her ID, her (Social Security card) and her DMV papers," Wright said, to no avail.

"He just wanted me to make my sister talk, and I couldn't believe it.
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Cheeseburger

Michelle Obama's disgusting, cheap school lunch rations leave student's fed up

Dave Urbanski
The Blaze
Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:39 UTC
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Editor's Note: Some of the language used by students in this story is of the colorful variety, just so you know...
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First, about one million public school students said "no way" to their cafeteria menus after Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign led to anger and frustration over food that apparently many American kids didn't want to stomach.

But for those without other options, all that's left is the power of social media and cell phone cameras when they simply can't take another bite:
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Handcuffs

Three arrested after video of them whipping child with belt goes viral on Facebook

Scott Kaufman
The Raw Story
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:02 UTC
Three Michigan residents were arrested on charges of child abuse after they posted a video of a child being beaten on Facebook.
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According to police, the mother of the child, Demitria Powell, as well as Stefon Felton and Uteas Taylor were arrested and charged with third degree child abuse, conspiracy to commit child abuse in the third degree, and third degree child abuse committed in the presence of another child.

The charges are the result of a 6-minute video the trio posted on the child's Facebook wall in which they can be seen smacking the child across the face, as well as whipping him with a belt over 50 times.

In the video, the three adults can be heard berating the child for putting "false information" about himself up on his Facebook page.
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Crusader

Utterly absurd and barbaric: Christian couple sentenced to death in Pakistan due to alleged text message insulting prophet Mohammed

Sharon Schwartz
The Blaze
Sun, 06 Apr 2014 07:35 UTC
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© AP/Khalid TanveerPakistani soldiers stand guard at a local church before Christmas in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec 24, 2009. Pakistan’s Christian leadership decided to celebrate Christmas cautiously due to ongoing violence and attacks on the Christian community in Gojra.
A Christian couple has been sentenced to death in Pakistan after being accused of sending a text message to a local Muslim leader insulting the prophet Mohammed, their lawyer and prosecutors say.

The couple has denied the charges and said they would appeal the sentence. Their lawyer Nadeem Hassan told the BBC that he believes the trial was conducted unfairly.

Defense attorney Hassan told the French news agency AFP that Judge Mian Amir Habib handed the death sentence to Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar on Friday, finding them guilty of sending a blasphemous text message to the imam of their local mosque.
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Gear

More school hysteria! L.A. science teacher suspended over student project that resembled a weapon

Eric Owens
The Daily Caller
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:18 UTC
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© AFP/Getty Images/Saul LoebObama and marshmallow gun collage
A beloved science teacher at a public high school in downtown Los Angeles has been suspended because a school employee was afraid that a kid's air pressure-related science project looked too much like a weapon.

The teacher, Greg Schiller, was suspended (with pay) back in February. He teaches - or taught - at the brutally futuristic-looking $232 million Cortines School of Visual & Performing Arts (also called Grand Arts High School).

Schiller got into trouble after two of his students turned in science projects designed to shoot little projectiles, reports the Los Angeles Times. One of the projects used compressed air (but was not actually connected to any air). The other one was coil gun: a tube surrounded by a coil and powered by a standard AA battery.

An unidentified school employee saw the air-pressure projectile device and got scared because, to her, it looked like a fearsome weapon.
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Roses

Retired teacher, 89, ends her life at Swiss euthanasia clinic after becoming frustrated with modern technology

Claire Ellicott
Daily Mail, UK
Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:56 UTC
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Disillusioned: Anne said she 'could not adapt' to the pace of modern life and new technology.
  • The 89-year-old, from Sussex, said she couldn't keep up with modern life
  • She claimed new technology had ruined face-to-face human relationships
  • She was neither terminally ill nor disabled, but ended life at Swiss clinic
  • Case is likely to stoke ongoing debate over the right to die
A retired art teacher committed suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland after she grew weary of the pace of modern life and how technology was changing society.

The 89-year-old felt that her failing health, as well as her belief that people were becoming 'robots' attached to their gadgets, gave her little reason to live.

The woman, who wanted to be known only as Anne, had suffered from worsening health in recent years, but was neither terminally ill nor disabled.

Her case will stoke the ongoing debate over balancing a right to die against the dangers that vulnerable people could be exploited.
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Light Sabers

US senator joins critics of federal cattle roundup in Nevada

Ken Ritter
The Sacramento Bee
Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:06 UTC
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal, K.M. Cannon / AP PhotoDave Bundy, son of embattled Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, talking to a reporter about his arrest
A Republican U.S. senator added his voice Wednesday to critics of a federal cattle roundup fought by a Nevada rancher who claims longstanding grazing rights on remote public rangeland about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas

Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said he told new U.S. Bureau of Land Management chief Neil Kornze in Washington, D.C., that law-abiding Nevadans shouldn't be penalized by an "overreaching" agency.

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval pointed earlier to what he called "an atmosphere of intimidation," resulting from the roundup and said he believed constitutional rights were being trampled.

Heller said he heard from local officials, residents and the Nevada Cattlemen's Association and remained "extremely concerned about the size of this closure and disruptions with access to roads, water and electrical infrastructure."

The federal government has shut down a scenic but windswept area about half the size of the state of Delaware to round up about 900 cattle it says are trespassing.
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Cow Skull

Tensions increase as feds seize Nevada rancher's cattle

Lauren Rozyla
8 News Now
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:56 UTC
Cliven Bundy
© UnknownCliven Bundy has been grazing his cattle on public lands for 20 years.
Tensions are growing as people in the community of Bunkerville are trying to stop federal agents from taking cattle off of public land.

During a Wednesday's night town meeting, community members came out in force to support rancher Cliven Bundy. They gave him a standing ovation when he got up to speak.

"I love you people. And I love this land, and I love freedom and liberty," Bundy told the crowd.

"I want to tell you and thank you for being brave enough to stand up for me, for my freedom, for my liberties and my land," Overton area resident Kelly Houston said.

"I openly, publicly and personally say: I stand with the Bundys," Overton area resident Laura Bledsoe said.

Resident not only showed support for the Bundy family, they also condemned the federal government for what they called heavy-handed tactics.
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Briefcase

New union agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses' work emails once they are out of the office - another reason why France will fail

Lucy Mangan
The Guardian
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:39 UTC
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© Sipa Press/Rex Features Relaxing in a French cafe, untroubled by work emails.
When the French clock off at 6pm, they really mean it A new labour agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses' work emails once they are out of the office and relaxing at home - even on their smartphones

Just in case you weren't jealous enough of the French already, what with their effortless style, lovely accents and collective will to calorie control, they have now just made it illegal to work after 6pm.

Well, sort of. Après noticing that the ability of bosses to invade their employees' home lives via smartphone at any heure of the day or night was enabling real work hours to extend further and further beyond the 35-hour week the country famously introduced in 1999, workers' unions have been fighting back. Now employers' federations and unions have signed a new, legally binding labour agreement that will require staff to switch off their phones after 6pm.
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Nationwide 24-hour strike held in Greece

Konstantinos Menzel
greece.greekreporter.com
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 09:59 UTC
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Unions representing private sector workers and state employees in Greece launched a 24-hour nationwide general strike on Wednesday against the austerity measures put through by the government.

Called by Greece's umbrella unions ADEDY and GSEE, the industrial action disrupted trains and ferries, as well as public services. Hospitals were operating on skeleton staff and pharmacies were scheduled to close for the day. Teachers, prison staff and court employees were also participating in the strike.

Thousands of protesters marched through central Athens in the planned demonstrations. Police said at least 6,000 people participated, carrying banners and chanting anti-austerity slogans in the initial demonstration from central Klafthmonos Square to the Greek parliament. Hundreds more held another rally at Omonoia Square, called by Communist-affiliated labor union PAME.

The Greek labor unions said that they are seeking an end to the painful policies imposed by successive governments to secure international bailout loans after Greece came close to bankruptcy in 2010.
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