Texas was the first state to execute prisoners with lethal injection, which is becoming an unviable method. Will Texas follow Alabama in using Nitrogen Gas?
I've encountered some sad stories that are very recent. These stories are about dogs being left in hot cars and it causing their deaths. It's not to be blamed on bad owners, but bad partners. By partners, I mean their partners in fighting crime. Police officers have been leaving their dogs in their cars. In the past month there have been 3 cases reported of K-9 dogs being left in a hot police car
Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio.
So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.
The Ohio University marching band recently performed a pitch-perfect cover of this summer’s feel-good hit, LMFAO‘s ‘Party Rock Anthem.’ Yes, there’s no escaping that particular earworm. Even college football stadiums aren’t safe.
Why do I consider this to be news? Why am I adding fuel to the fire of turning Casey Anthony into a celebrity? Let's face it, she has become a celebrity. I mean really! We didn't want it to happen, but it's happened! She is news whether we like it or not.
Remember this tree from the movie Shawshank Redemption? I do, quite well! You see this tree towards the end of the movie. It's where Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) buried the money that Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding (played by Morgan Freeman) picked up after making parole.