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Sexual harassment settlement for Brockton boy costs city $180K

BROCKTON — It began with a 6-year-old city boy touching a girl in his class, and it ended up costing the city $50,000 in legal fees – plus thousands more in city insurance payouts totaling nearly a quarter-million dollars. The elementary school student, accused of sexually harassing a classmate as a first-grader in 2006, will receive a total of about $160,000 in a legal settlement reached with the city. His parents received $20,000. The boy, then 6, was suspended from the Downey Elementary School for three days after school officials accused him of sexually harassing a classmate. The principal said he had violated sexual harassment policy by touching a female classmate inside her clothing waistband during a class. The case garnered international media attention, becoming the subject of talk shows and Internet discussion forums across the country. Settlement documents and legal records obtained recently by The Enterprise show that the city spent $50,000 on legal defense fees ...

Dealer converted torches into guns

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An engineer who converted mini torches into guns has been jailed for 20 years and condemned as a "dealer in death". Skip related content Related photos / videos Dealer converted torches into guns David Hampson, 44, of Huyton, was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2003 for converting imitation guns but refused to change his ways. A 12-month undercover investigation by Merseyside Police resulted in him pleading guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to numerous counts of conspiring to supply guns and ammunition. The court was told he used the kitchen of his home in Barford Road as a workshop which was strewn with gun parts. So advanced were his engineering skills, he could transform miniature torches into guns which fired single bullets. By twisting the torch as if to turn it on, the firing mechanism was activated and the bullet discharged. Hampson looked stunned as Judge David Swift told him: "You present a serious risk. "You have the expertise and experience enabling you...

Advanced Human Eaters in operations-Please beware

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I ran into this horrible happening about human eating humans society. They eat humans just as humans eat bush meat and they derive pleasure in doing it. See samples. Get the details of this by clicking Here

World's oldest Christian Bible digitized

World's oldest Christian Bible digitized. Check it out at http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/

Crazy Spouse Behavior:quirkier habits

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Even after you're actually married, you can still make interesting discoveries about your spouse. From walking in on some lip-synching action to odd bathroom quirks and more, here are some of the quirkier habits observed by The Nest readers. The honeymoon's over and the insanity is out in the open! Check out these hilarious stories from TheNest.com users about their better half's bizarre behavior. I caught him recreating the strip dance scene from The Full Monty in our bathroom. He actually wasn't too bad! —GRIMSDAHL My wife invented a language that she speaks only to animals. Every time we pass someone walking their dog on the street, she has to "communicate" with it in her weird tongue. —JFC729 He's obsessed with headphones. He has a set for working out, gaming on his computer, gaming on the actual TV, sound canceling ones, and a lime green set, just for show. It's insane, not to mention a waste of money! —PUNK31PRINCESS I came home to find his keys ...

Man EATING MEN ! CLifford Orji's "Brother" Innocent Orji Cannibal Kidnappers .Chinese man buried in bush

Clifford Orji the celebrated Cannibal and alleged Human Spare Parts Marketer, now 43, was arrested in February 1999, by the police, under the bridge along the Apapa-Oshodi expressway. He was subsequently charged before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, on 19 February. Items reportedly found on him at the time of his arrest are a cheque for the sum of N88,000; cell phone, allegedly sent to him by his brother, Linus, Managing Director, Crocodile Nigeria Limited. Other items were identified as fresh and roast human flesh, bones and sAs the South East is reeling under the problem of kidnapping, one of those behind this crime has made a shocking revelation on the activities of kidnappers. He said that apart from collecting ransom, kidnappers have killed many of their victims and policemen. He also said that at one instance kidnappers killed, roasted and ate their victim. Innocent Orji Clifford Orji's Brother in food These are a part of the revelation of General Innocent Orji, who clai...

Canadian HIV vaccine ready for human tests

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An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals and the researchers are awaiting approval to begin human trials in the U.S. "It is a very important milestone for us," said Yong Kang, a professor of microbiology at the University of Western Ontario in London who has been working on the vaccine for 20 years. Kang said he expects to get the go-ahead soon from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin human toxicology tests and two phases of clinical trials in the United States. If all three trials are successful, the vaccine should be available within the next decade, Kang told CBC News on the phone while attending a meeting in South Korea. According to a 2008 United Nations report on the global AIDS epidemic, 33 million people were living with HIV in 2007. Two million people died of causes related to the disease that year. Dozens of HIV vaccines have already been developed and tested in animal models, but few have been tested in humans, none succ...