Woman Fined after Daughter Rescues Woodpecker
- WUSA
on the drive home, the Capo family stopped at a Lowes in Fredericksburg and they brought the bird inside because of the heat. That's when they were confronted by a fellow shopper who said she worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Poll: Public Schools See Near Record Low Confidence
- Gallup
Americans continue to express near record-low confidence in U.S. public schools -- holding in the range seen throughout the past few years of tumult for the U.S. economy and state budgets. The 34% who say they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in public schools is unchanged from last year and statistically similar to what Gallup has found since 2005.
Congressman Calls for Probe of Ban on Christian Prayer at Military Funerals
- WXII12.com
“The Obama administration continues to try to prevent the word ‘God’ from being used at the funerals of our heroes,” said. Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas).
Husband of Drunk, Drug-Impaired Woman Suing State After Accident
- Daily Cortlandt
Ruskin said that the investigation concluded that Diane did not live a secret life that included alcohol and drug abuse. However, he advised Daniel against a lawsuit and feels that placing the blame on outside parties does not uncover any form of justice.
Parents Television Council Asks NBC Affiliates to Not Air Playboy Club
- Broadcasting and Cable
According to a copy of the letter obtained by B&C, the organization's president, Tim Winter, told the stations the show was putting a "veneer of sophistication" on the pornography industry. "I am writing to urge you, on behalf of the Parents Television Council's 1.3 million members, to preempt the program in your community," wrote Winter, who said individual members asking stations about the show had received what he called "canned responses" in support of "a sophisticated series about the transitional times of the early 1960s and the complex lives of a group of working-class women."
Program Pays Girls $1 Per Day To Not Get Pregnant
- WXII12.com
The group College-Bound Sisters was founded at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro by Hazel Brown, a maternity nurse who thought too many teens were having babies.
Complaining To Friends Increases Girls' Misery
- ABC News
Girls who dish to their friends about their problems may actually be increasing their misery by doing so.
The Marriage Is Over, but What About Fido?
- ABC News
"It does not come up frequently, but when it does, it's a big time issue," said Gary Skoloff, a New Jersey family law attorney and the former chairman of the family law section of the American Bar Association. "People are willing to litigate the custody of their pet to the end. It becomes almost like fighting over the custody of a child."
Lawsuit Claims School Prevented Boy From Wearing Jesus Costume for Halloween
- FOX News
Though the boy's costume was rejected because of its religious nature, the principal allowed other students to dress up as witches and devils, according to the lawsuit, which identified the boy only by his initials.
Long Island School Cancels Prom Due To “sex/booze/drugs” And “decadence”
- FOX News
Brother Kenneth M. Hoagland (search) had heard all the stories about prom-night debauchery at his Long Island high school: Students putting down $10,000 to rent a party house in the Hamptons. Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a liquor-loaded limo. Fathers chartering a boat for their children's late-night "booze cruise."
