July 23, 2009

Bullet fired into the air hits woman sleeping a mile away

By Calvin Palmer
A bullet from a gun fired into the air by a security guard attempting to break up a brawl outside Long Beach bar flew a mile an wounded a woman as she slept outside her home.
Prosecutors at Long Beach Superior Court yesterday charged Gilbert Fonoti, 23, with two counts of felony discharge of [...]

July 23, 2009

Lawsuit seeks cancer-risk warning on hot dogs

By Calvin Palmer
Cancer Project – an off-shoot of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which adopts the Joseph Goebbels’ approach to scientific objectivity – filed a lawsuit yesterday on behalf of three New Jersey plaintiffs, asking that food companies be compelled to place cancer-risk warning labels on packets of hot dogs.
The defendants in the lawsuit, [...]

July 23, 2009

Female teacher suspected of sexual assault on girl pupil at private school

By Calvin Palmer
A female teacher at a private girls’ school in London has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting one of the pupils.
Parents of children at the City of London School for Girls were notified of the incident by text messages and e-mails and advised to read a letter posted by head teacher Diana [...]