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

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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

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Republican calls Obama a liar during his health care speech to Congress

By Calvin Palmer The normally staid and reverential atmosphere in Congress resembled the cut and thrust of the British House of Commons tonight when Rep Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, shouted out, “You lie”, as President Barack Obama said his plan … Continue reading

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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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Texas pastor accuses school district of ‘duplicity’ over Obama’s broadcast ban

By Calvin Palmer A Texas school district that banned President Obama’s live broadcast on education from classrooms is planning to send selected students to hear former President George W. Bush give a similar message on a school day. Arlington Independent … 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

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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

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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

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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

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