School prank note triggers bomb search and five day suspension
A high school math teacher received five days no pay after police found a prank note in a locker. The note warned of police involvement and led to an evacuation. Only a Betty Boop lunch box was found. The teacher says the note was part of a running joke and the lunch box has traveled with staff to multiple countries. The incident stemmed from March 8.
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Stoughton
William Peterson
Peterson
Australia
Italy
Hawaii
Betty
Parents win suit over false memories in abuse case
A jury awarded Delores and Tom Sawyer and their daughter's estate 5.08 million dollars after finding therapists H Berit Midelfort of Edina Minnesota Celia Lausted of Colfax and Midwest Medical Insurance Co caused the claimant Nancy Anneatra to falsely accuse her relatives of abuse The verdict rejects the false memory syndrome claim against the family and holds the therapists responsible for damages for leading the decedent to believe unfounded abuse occurred.
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Nancy Anneatra
H. Berit Midelfort
Edina, Minn
Celia Lau
Swallows Missed At Mission San Juan Capistrano Return
Mike Gastelum rang the bells at Mission San Juan Capistrano to welcome swallows returning from a 7000 mile pilgrimage, but no birds appeared. Tourists saw a man in a swallow costume while officials blamed cool weather and nearby scaffolding for the absence.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Mike Gastelum
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Marvin Loudermilk
Athens
Ohio
Jerry Miller
Goya
Argentina
St. Joseph
Orange County
Krista Jansen
New York City
Jansen
Gastelum
John Mione
Free lunch ends as Internet shifts to paid services
The Internet era of free offerings ends as Net Zero and others begin charging after many users like Illinois student Jim Reardon faced new fees. Executives cited ad revenue limits and the need to fund core services, with Yahoo and Encyclopedia Britannica weighing subscriptions and Eudora and Amazon expanding ads.
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Jim Reardon
Estamps.com
Insight.com
Netzero.com
Ureach.com
Wired
Lavaworld.com
Ilinois College
Net- Zero
Reardon
Wall Street
Immedi
Ately
Yahoo
Amazon.com Inc
Eudora
Haight-Ashbury
Charles Ardai
Juno Online Services Inc
Manhattan
Ardai
Yahoo Inc
Jeffrey Mallett
Mallett
Latin American Japanese internees seek presidential apology
WWII era actions forced Latin Americans of Japanese descent from Peru to the United States for internment. Rep. Nadler and Rep. Becerra push a bill for a presidential apology, $20,000 to survivors and heirs, plus a reauthorized $50 million education fund. The group argues they were excluded by the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and seeks redress and acknowledgment.
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Washington
Ayano Kando
Lima
Peru
United States
Crystal City
Texas
Chicago
Kondo
Jerrold Nadler
D-N.y
U.S
Nadler
Xavier Becerra
D-Calif
Congress
Ellen Levine
Manhattan
Levine
State Department
Pearl Harbor
Icans
Justice Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
New Orleans
International
Grace Shimizu
Campaign For Justice
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Tucker Mahoney
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State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Hilnats
Newsday
Miitaeie
Diva Oniuthlie
Ennamar Et Henca
Holiday Plaza
25Th
Towa
David
Marian Hukle
Mary Michener
David Dunfield
Infield
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Nain
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