Muskegon Heights mom sent to prison in sex contract case
June 22, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
MUSKEGON — A Muskegon Heights woman was sentenced Monday to 12 to 22 1/2 years in prison after authorities said she used a written contract to arrange for her 15-year-old daughter to have sex with the woman’s boyfriend for two months while she recuperated from abdominal surgery.
The 41-year-old woman, whom the Associated Press is not identifying to protect her daughter’s identity, in April pleaded no contest in Muskegon County Circuit Court to three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but judges treat it as a guilty plea at sentencing. Read more
A fight over fast food menus
June 21, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Exactly how many calories are in that double cheeseburger or those fries? Some say we should know the calorie count so we can make healthy choices.
But how we get that information has led to an all out war between fast food restaurants and the City of New York.
Eyewitness News reporter Nina Pineda has the story.
Walk into any of the 60 Wendy’s restaurants in New York City and you won’t be able to see how many calories are in the bacon double cheeseburger, the chili and fries or even the healthy Mandarin chicken salad. Read more
Web has a crush on hot Obama fan vid
The biggest hit on the Web yesterday was a video of a busty woman writhing around in a bikini next to a poster of a bare-chested Sen. Barack Obama and singing a catchy pop song about her love for the presidential candidate.
Titled “I’ve Got a Crush on Obama,” (click here to view video ) the silly-but-steamy video, was watched by more than a half million people in a day. It was even getting some radio play. Read more
Teen finishes college in 18 months
June 15, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Wisconsin’s home to Johnny Lechner, the notorious college student who has yet to graduate after 13 years.
We’ve got Chirag Shah.
Shah breezed through his studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago in just a year and a half. And he got a 3.9 GPA on barely an hour a day of studying.
The 19-year-old explained that college mostly seemed like a “review” from his days at Barrington High School, where he took so many advanced courses, he was able to start as a junior at UIC. Read more
Multi-penised, six-legged, two-anused piglet given silly name
June 14, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A piglet in Croatia born with six legs and two penises has been nicknamed Octopig by his owner.The farmer, Ivica Seic from the village of Vrpolje, said Octopig also has two anuses.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Restore Habeus Corpus
June 7, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act, which would repeal part of last year’s Military Commissions Act.
The committee voted 11-8, with one Republican vote in favor, to send the bill to the Senate floor for a vote. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the ranking member and former chairman of the committee, co-sponsored the measure with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the current chairman. Read more
Glenbard teacher charged with sex abuse
A Glenbard East High School driver’s education teacher has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student, police said Thursday.
George A. Langlotz, 58, of the 2300 block of Hartford Court in Naperville surrendered to police Wednesday on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and was released from custody after posting $10,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in Will County Court July 11. Read more
Senate kills US immigration bill
June 7, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
*Immigration is set to be a key election issue in 2008*
A bill to reform US immigration law has failed, after the Senate failed to vote to make progress on the measure.
This followed a series of amendments to the proposed bill, which appear to have upset a fragile bipartisan compromise.
The bill would have tightened border controls, but given 12 million illegal immigrants already in the US a way to legal status and citizenship.
Illegal immigration, among voters’ top concerns, is set to be a key issue in the 2008 presidential election. Read more
Man in wheelchair takes ride on semi’s grill
June 7, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Ben Carpenter got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph. His father, Donald Carpenter, was incredulous when police called to tell him his 21-year-old son was OK after the wild ride.
“I said, ‘What happened?’” Donald Carpenter recalled Thursday.
He said his son had started to cross Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit, where the truck had stopped for a red light. The light changed to green while Carpenter was still in front of the semi, which started moving forward. Read more
Model Gisele slams church, asks “who’s a virgin?”
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen stepped into the debate over birth control and sexual behavior in Brazil on Tuesday, saying Church opposition to condom use was ridiculous and women should have the right to choose on abortion.
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