Daily Archives: July 15, 2009

Parents sense pay dirt after autistic daughter arrested at school

By Calvin Palmer The dollar signs are flashing up for the parents of an eight-year-old autistic girl who was arrested at school on suspicion of battery. Charles and Spring Towry have filed a tort claim against Lake Pend Oreille School … Continue reading

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Alabama man gets nine years for sex with runaway teenager

By Calvin Palmer A married Alabama man who drove across the country to have sex with a teenage runaway girl he met through the online World of Warcraft video game was given a nine-year prison sentence yesterday. Morgan Douglas Jones, … Continue reading

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White supremacist found guilty of planning firebomb terror campaign

By Calvin Palmer A white supremacist was convicted at the Old Bailey today of planning a terrorist campaign and turning his bedroom into a bomb-making factory. Neil Lewington, 43, who lived at home with his parents in Reading, Berkshire, was … Continue reading

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Girl, 11, dies after junior lifeguard training accident

By Calvin Palmer An 11-year-old girl died yesterday after being struck by a boat during a junior lifeguard training exercise at Huntington Beach. Alyssa Squirrell, from Laguna Hills, California, was among two dozen junior lifeguards taking part in a training … Continue reading

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Jaguar ends production of X-Type

By Calvin Palmer Production of the Jaguar X-Type has ceased ahead of schedule and 300 jobs will be axed by the end of the year. Jaguar Land Rover will seek voluntary redundancies at the factory in Halewood, Merseyside, which employs … Continue reading

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Missing British backpacker found alive

By Calvin Palmer A British backpacker feared dead after going missing in Australian bushland for almost two weeks has been found alive and well. Jamie Neale, 19, of Muswell Hill, north London, left a youth hostel in Katoomba in the Blue … Continue reading

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