A woman went to the police for help.  She had been raped.  The police then arrested her.

The police arrested her for “not paying restitution from a 2003 juvenile case.”  The police have now apologized for arresting the college student.  Here is the link:  Link  A police spokeswoman said, “We feel remorse that she ended up in jail.”

The police in this situation are said to have followed the procedure.  Police are “instructed to take those with felony warrants to jail, even if they were victims of serious crimes.”

Should a person who has a felony warrant be taken to jail even if they were a victim of a serious crime?

A lady went into the hospital to have a baby. 

The doctors had to perform surgery on her and she is now a multiple amputee.  She wants an explanation from the doctors of why she had all of her limbs amputated.  They are basically telling her that her only option to find out is to sue them.  Here is the link:  Link

I posted a picture of Miss America the other day in my photoblog.                         

She is Lauren Nelson and is from Oklahoma.  I mentioned in the photoblog that the only picture I could find was in her bathing suit.  (I think they bought it).                        

But someone left a comment.  Here it is:                                        

Are tans hot?

Two students used weed killer to draw a penis in a school lawn.                

The students did the act 2 years ago and the school fixed the situation.  But if someone does a search on Microsoft Virtual Earth, the penis shows up.  Here is the link:  Link           

California may be the first state to ban incandescent lightbulbs.  They want to encourage the use of fluorescent lightbulbs instead.

The thinking is that it will reduce energy use and greenhouse gases.  Greenhouse gases are blamed for global warming.  Here is the link:  Link

Is California on the cutting edge or over the edge when it comes to global warming?

What is your favorite ringtone?

A school district in New Jersey will be giving random urine tests starting this Monday.  The test will be given to students and will detect alcohol that was “consumed up to 80 hours earlier.”

Pequannock Township High has about 800 students.  The School Superintendent said, “This is a major issue for America.”  He points out that more kids die in alcohol-related traffic deaths than US troops who have died in Iraq. 

The students who test positive will not be kicked off their teams or banned from activities.  They will just receive counseling and their parents will be told.  My understanding of the article is that they were already giving this test to those involved in extracurricular activities.  The test will now be given randomly to all students.  Here is the link:  Link

Does a high school have the right to give a student a urine test for something they did off school property?

Having converted our children to witchcraft, Harry Potter moves on to the stage where he appears naked.

This issue was sent to me by norris_redford.  Here is the link:  Link

He is only 17 and appears in the play Equus.

Is there anything wrong with a 17 year old acting in a play naked?                        

Here is the link:  Link

Do we need a new operating system?

I just read a report about a man who fell from his first-floor balcony and landed on a fence.  The report said he was impaled in his groin area.  I looked up the definition of impaled on www.dictionary.com.  One of the definitions was “To pierce with a sharp stake or point.”  I believe that is the definition that is appropriate for this report.

That means the guy fell of the balcony and landed on the fence and was pierced through his groin.

I read the report here:  Link

In the report one of the rescue workers said “It was quite unfortunate.”

I couldn’t help but to agree.