Theresa Flores was an unlikely sex slave.
At age 15, she was a petite, attractive blonde who lived in an upper-class suburb of Detroit, sang in the Catholic Church choir every Sunday and was determined to remain a virgin until marriage.
Then an older student gave her a drug-laced Coke and raped her while she was semiconscious.
“I [...]
FBI October sweep frees American sex-slaves
Earlier this week, the FBI, its local and state law enforcement partners, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) concluded Operation Cross Country IV, a three-day national enforcement action designed to rescue U.S. children serving in the sex trades.
The operation spanned 36 cities and led to the [...]
As Sharon Hinojosa’s home went up in flames, she seemed strangely unconcerned that her two young children were trapped inside, neighbors said.
After Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced murder charges against the woman Tuesday, Joe Dickes, one of Hinojosa’s neighbors who tried to save the youngsters during the early Friday blaze, said that behavior began [...]
Five teenagers are being held by Florida police, accused of setting a 15-year-old boy on fire in retaliation for informing officers of an attempted bicycle theft.
Michael Brewer was sedated in a Miami hospital, recovering from second- and third-degree burns over 80% of his body. Officials say that on Monday the attackers doused him with rubbing [...]
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
ZERO TOLERANCE DOES NOT MEAN ZERO SENSE
School discipline must be firm, fair, and consistent but administered with common sense, expert says
“Most school administrators strive for firm, fair, and consistent discipline applied with good common sense. Unfortunately, in some higher-profile cases the ‘common sense’ part is missing from the equation,” [...]
A 6-year-old boy’s excitement over joining the Cub Scouts may just land him in reform school for 45 days.
Zachary Christie was suspended from his 1st grade class in Delaware’s Christina School District after bringing a camping utensil - a combination knife/fork/spoon - to use at lunch, prompting calls to reexamine schools’ zero-tolerance policy for bringing [...]
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own [...]
1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me [...]
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they [...]
At the taxpayer-funded National Science Foundation (NSF), investigations of employees’ inappropriate use of Internet pornography have skyrocketed over the past year, The Washington Times reports. According to foundation records obtained by the Times, out of 10 closed misconduct investigations last year, seven involved online pornography. The NSF, with over 1,200 employees and an endowment listed [...]
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