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Grandparents Killed Over Slurs Against Mom

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A 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy says he shot his grandparents to death because they called his mother a whore.  ABC News is reporting Zachary James Proper, of Oil City, was charged with criminal homicide in the weekend shootings of Dorothy and George Fross.

According to reports, state police say that Proper used his iPod headphones to mute the noise and turned his head as he aimed a gun stolen from his grandfather at the back of his grandmother’s head.

He then allegedly called his grandfather to alert him that he would be helping him bring in items purchased from the store when he return. When he arrived about 10 minutes later, Proper allegedly ‘dumped the gun until it jammed‘ and could no longer shoot.  He then allegedly stole their car, dumping the gun in a storm drain.

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Proper then went to his cousins to spend the night where he told no one about the incident.  Police were called when Proper’s parents, concerned about their son’s well-being, couldn’t reach the Frosses by phone. Reports say their son told them his friend shot and killed his grandparents.

Proper is being held without bail.

Daughter’s Tattoo Gets Mom in Trouble

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A North Carolina mom was arrested for giving her now 11-year-old daughter a homemade tattoo when she was ten.   Yahoo! News’ Shine website reports 30-year-old Odessa Clay, who moonlights as a tattoo artist, inked a small heart on her daughter near her right shoulder last year, but wasn’t arrested until late September.

According to reports, Clay believes a former in-law turned her in after she filed a police report against her daughter’s paternal grandfather.  “She asked me to do it,” she told WCTI-TV, adding that she thought minors could get a tattoo with parental consent.  North Carolina is a state in which minors cannot get tattoos even with parental approval. Clay has not been charged with child abuse.

Former Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sex With Student

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Former teacher and NFL cheerleader Sarah Jones pleaded guilty Monday to sexual misconduct and custodial interference in Covington, Kentucky.  The move spared her jail time and keeps the former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader from having to register as a sex-offender. Twenty-seven-year-old Jones tearfully admitted having sex with a 17-year-old student while she was a teacher and peer tutor at his high school.

The Associated Press reports that prosecutors were able to make the deal becuase the victim and his family were uncooperative.  Jones’ mother, former principal Cheryl Armstrong Jones, also pleaded guilty Monday to tampering with evidnece for texting the victim with intstructions to “get rid of the phone” on which incriminating texts were exchanged.  She too avoided jail time.  CBS reports that Jones and her victim left court together, whilethe Sun-Times reports they are scheduled to appear on NBC progams Today Show and Dateline.

Photo: Patrick Reddy~AP

Evergreen Park Teachers Remain on Strike

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Teachers in Evergreen Park School District 124 may remain on the picket lines for a while longer according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The strike affects 1800 students in 4 elementary schools and one junior high school, having kept them out of school for 4 days.  District officials and union representatives ended talks Sunday.  They were scheduled to resume Monday.

Classes scheduled at the Beverly Arts Center designed to provide a safe haven for students were not attended. Teachers, on strike since last Tuesday, have received community support in the form of lawn signs and the wearing of blue in solidarity, but the process has divided the community. A disctrict official told the Sun-Times that updates will be posted to the district’s website.

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Governor Romney Sticks to the Adults

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Governor Mitt Romney has declined to participate in Nickelodeon’s “Kids Pick the President,” prompting host and producer Linda Ellerbee to quip that the children have been “dissed.” The Associated Press quotes Ellerbee as saying the Romney campaign told her that “he simply didn’t have time.”

Governor Romney said that he would cut funding to PBS, home of Sesame Street. Ellerbee notes that the former governor “blew off Letterman and Big Bird, so I guess we’re in good company.”  President Obama did tape answers to kids’ questions on issues including the economy and gun control.  Since the popular Nickelodeon special began airing in 1992, only 2 other candidates have declined to participate. Governor Romney has until Monday to reverse his decision to not appear.