Monthly Archives: September 2009
Commission suspends two teachers in math-test cheating scandal
By Calvin Palmer Two teachers in DeKalb County, Georgia, have been suspended for their part in a cheating scandal relating to student scores on math tests. The Georgia Professional Standards Commission today voted to suspend the teaching license of the … Continue reading
Bride-to-be graduate student goes missing from Yale research lab
By Calvin Palmer Police in Connecticut are searching for a Yale graduate student and bride-to-be who has been missing since Tuesday. Annie Le, 24, a third-year doctoral student in pharmacology, was last seen in a Yale research laboratory on Tuesday … Continue reading
MD leaves blonde Donna Deegan looking dumb
By Calvin Palmer For sheer professionalism in TV news broadcasting Jacksonville’s First Coast News – WJXX and WTLV– leaves a lot to be desired. Tonight, TV anchor Donna Deegan in introducing the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s address on … Continue reading
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Couples line up three nines for wedding jackpot
By Calvin Palmer Anyone who plays slot machines knows the importance of getting the same numbers to line up. So it comes as no surprise that couples were rushing to wedding chapels today to tie the knot on 9-9-09. Jessica … Continue reading
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Mobile home mass killing victims beaten to death, say police
By Calvin Palmer The man suspected of killing eight people at a mobile home park near Brunswick, Georgia, beat his victims to death, police said today. Initial unconfirmed reports said the victims had been shot. Guy Heinze Jr, 22, who … Continue reading
DNA links Milwaukee man to nine female murder victims
By Calvin Palmer A cold case spanning more than 20 years, and involving the murder of nine women in Milwaukee, took a step nearer to being brought before the courts when a suspect was charged after being arrested on Saturday. … Continue reading
911 caller charged with mass killing at mobile home
By Calvin Palmer The man who called 911 to say his whole family had been murdered was charged yesterday with killing the eight people attacked in the family’s mobile home near Brunswick, Georgia. Guy Heinze Jr, 22, was arrested yesterday … Continue reading
Homeless man dies after being hit by train for second time in two years
By Calvin Palmer A homeless Alabama man has been killed by a train after he survived being hit by one two years ago. Huntsville police said Phillip Holman, 46, was sitting on the railway tracks on Wednesday when he was … Continue reading
