Tuesday, January 24, 2006

 

Around Pennsylvania ...

Didn't pay to wear wrong jersey

A 17-year-old high school student said he was humiliated when a teacher made him sit on the floor during a midterm exam in his ethnicity class - for wearing a Denver Broncos jersey.

The teacher, John Kelly, forced Joshua Vannoy to sit on the floor and take the test Friday - 2 days before the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Broncos, 34-17, in the AFC Championship Game. Kelly also made other students throw crumpled up paper at Vannoy, whom he called a "stinking Denver fan," Vannoy told the Associated Press yesterday.

Kelly said Vannoy, a junior at Beaver Area Senior High, just didn't get the joke.

From The Philadelphia Daily News

And ...


Tossed Case

If you're used to hurtling half-eaten apples from moving cars, you might want to avoid Lower Nazareth Township.

A judge there fined a Pennsylvania woman $173.50 for launching lettuce from her car window.

For some reason this is about the most popular story on the San Francisco's The Gate site. (Probably the same reason we post about it here, except it's far closer to home, near Easton.)

The AP report states that Dawn Higgins, 47, tossed the salad item while parked outside a Wal-Mart on Oct. 18. She'd stopped at a McDonald's first. She finished her meal, but didn't want the pieces of lettuce atop her salad. She got caught.
She missed a court date, and was convicted in absentia. The report quotes her as making the old biodegradable defense.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer

Around the Country ...

Man Has Cardiac Arrest at Cardiologist Ball

An elderly man collapsed from cardiac arrest in a ballroom packed with cardiologists and other doctors attending an American Heart Association fundraiser.

"If you have to go down, that was the place, I guess," said Dr. Richard Westerman, a cardiologist who helped save the man.

From Forbes


Around the World ...

Miffed Wife Reportedly Snips Hubby's Penis

A Cambodian man received 25 stitches on his penis following a dispute in which his wife attempted to sever it with a pair of scissors, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Khay Kaing, a 40-year-old villager in Kampong Cham province, is now receiving treatment for his wound, said Koh Santepheap (Island of Peace) newspaper.

From the Houston Chronicle

posted by Anne 1/24/2006 05:00:00 AM