Skip to main content

Posts

Teen dies playing chicken

Teen dies playing chicken , Austin Price was a sweet and caring 15-year-old boy, the type who was quick to pay compliments and always asking how others were faring, his friends said. He was the kind of boy who liked to make people laugh, who would be late for class because he was picking up a friend. In short, Austin Price was the type of boyTeen dies playing chicken who would have been comforting his friends and classmates at San Lorenzo High School on Friday - had it not been for him that they grieved. The Hayward youth was struck and killed by a northbound Capitol Corridor train when he failed to leap out of its way in time while playing a game of chicken with two other boys on the tracks near his school about 6 p.m. Thursday, police said. The two other teens weren't hurt, said Alameda County sheriff's Deputy April Luckett. Many at the San Lorenzo school said the entire community walks near the train tracks, but students in particular hang around them often - and

Hawking Earth doomed: Earth is doomed and won't even survive

Hawking Earth doomed , Physicist Stephen Hawking believes that Earth is doomed and actually won't even survive the next millennium "without escaping beyond our fragile planet" and furthering space exploration. As reported by the Epoch Times on Friday, April 12, 2013, Hawking believes that space exploration needs to be further explored in order for humanity to survive. The 71-year-old Hawking believes that "without escaping beyond our fragile planet," the human race won't survive another 1,000 years. His comments came this past week at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center before an audience of nurses, doctors, and other employees. Hawking toured a stem cell laboratory that is focused on attempting to slow down the progression of Lou Gehrig's disease. SEE: Teenage girl has IQ higher than Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein While Hawking, who was diagnosed with the disease 50 years ago, toured that facility; he wanted everyone to know that continuing on in

Kid Rock says he's ‘embarrassed’ by his fellow Republicans

Kid Rock ‘embarrassed’ : Kid Rock must be the most famous Republicans in rock & roll, but he got some surprisingly liberal views about how wealth should be divided between the classes. "Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money," he tells Rolling Stone. "People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place." With that in mind, Kid Rock decided to make every ticket on his upcoming summer tour with ZZ Top and Uncle Kracker cost just $20, whether the seat is at the back of the lawn or the front section of the pavilion. "I've been meeting with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino for years, trying to figure out how to fix the concert industry," he says. "We're all so overpaid. It's ridiculous. People stopped

Heather Locklear daughter

Heather Locklear daughter , Heather Locklear's daughter is in the headlines this week, as reported by sites such as The Huffington Post on April 12. The 15-year-old Ava Sambora, whose father is Bon Jovi rocker Richie Sambora, 53, is similar in height to her mother, and has similar facial characteristics and the long, wavy blonde hair. Attending the premiere of "Scary Movie 5," Ava wore a white summer dress with big blue flowers on it, and high-heeled sandals. Like most 15-year-olds, her major accessory was the cell phone she carried. Her mother wore a nude colored summer dress with white trim, and she wore beige high-heeled shoes. View slideshow: Heather Locklear Is Ava the spitting image of her mother? Some middle-aged people age better than others. How is Locklear holding up? Opinions may vary. In 2008, she spent time in a treatment facility for anxiety and depression. But just last year, in January 2012, the "Scary Movie 5" star was reportedly hospitalized fo

Violent prisoner sent on meditation course to learn how to get a good night’s sleep inside jail

Violent prisoner sent on meditation course to learn how to get a good night’s sleep inside jail The restless inmate was awaiting trial for beating up his terrified girlfriend when he went to the classes to help him relax A violent prisoner was sent on a meditation course so he could get a good night’s sleep, a court was told.Restless Paul Richards, 45, was awaiting trial for beating up his terrified girlfriend when he went to the classes to help him relax at HMP ElmleyShocked judge Heather Norton, who was handed a certificate stating Richards had completed the course in Sheerness, Kent, as she prepared to sentence him, said: “This is the first time I have ever heard someone learning to sleep in their cell.“I have never ever heard of anything like this being offered to prisoners.”Oliver Kirk, defending at Canterbury Crown Court, said: “The sleep course is designed to help prisoners to meditate and get into a good sleeping routine in their cells and assist them with addressing t

Hate crime: First arrests using new powers after 'emo' teenager is assaulted

Hate crime: First arrests using new powers after 'emo' teenager is assaulted The case is the first since the police adopted new crime recording procedures to cover members of alternative cultures A police force has made its first arrests using new hate crime policies just a week after announcing them.A teenager – described as an ‘emo’ – was punched in the face in Tameside, Greater Manchester. Two arrests were made in what is now being treated as a hate crime because the victim has an alternative lifestyle. The case is the first since Greater Manchester Police adopted new crime recording procedures to cover members of alternative cultures.It means GMP will record offences committed against goths, or other sub-culture groups, as hate crimes, as they do already with offences aimed at race, disability or sexual orientation. The high-profile campaign for the change was led by Sylvia Lancaster, whose daughter Sophie, 20, was battered to death because of her Goth appearance by a g

Teacher fired for Bible

Teacher fired for Bible , A school teacher has claimed he was fired for giving a Bible to an inquisitive student at at New Jersey school, and has now filed a complaint against the school district for religious discrimination. Walter Tutka was a long-time substitute teacher in Phillipsburg, NJ but was allegedly dismissed after being found guilty by the school of breaching two policies; distributing religious literature on school grounds, and not being "neutral" when discussing religious material with students. It has now been reported that Liberty Institute and a New Jersey law firm have filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Office against the Phillipsburg School District. Attorney for Tutka, Hiram Sasser, has told Fox News: "It is shocking that the school district is forcing Walt to file a complaint with the EEOC for religious discrimination. All Walt did was respond to a student's intellectual curiosity and the school district suspended Walt and th