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Student punished for spaghetti beliefs

A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to class dressed as a pirate.

But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume is part of his religion.

Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism.

The former head of transportation security said Wednesday he supports a new policy allowing small knives on planes, but said it does not go far enough, and should include instruments such as "battle axes (and) machetes."

New 10 Sacramento Ca just reported on a shooting that happened June 8, 2011. News 10 reported the knife was found in the bed of the vehicle. Around 7 Min and 30 sec into the video you clearly see the officer put a knife into the bed of the truck. The pig recieved the knife from a fellow pig and used it to cut off the victims shirt.

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has signed Rep. Jenn Coffey’s Knife Rights Bill into law, removing restrictions on switchblades, dirks, daggers and stilettos in Hew Hampshire and essentially removing all restrictions on knives in New Hampshire state law. New Hampshire now has no knife laws which stop law abiding citizens from buying, selling, owning, carrying, possessing, transporting, collecting, or lawfully using any type of knife. This is the first complete repeal of a state's knife restrictions ever.

People have been fighting for justice in the case of Jordan Miles from day one...He was a college student before they beat him down and yanked his braids out. Why? They thought a “bulge” in his pocket was a gun. It turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew.

Leah Freel claimed the disciplinary action against 13-year-old Jazlyn at the Renaissance Middle School in Miramar, Florida was a form of child abuse. She was 'irate and appalled' after learning about the action during a science class at the Renaissance Middle School in Miramar, Florida.

A cleaning service worker at a Florida airport found an iPad – with $13,000 stuffed in its case – and turned it in. He then gave away the small reward he got from the owner to two people in need.

But that honesty and kindness paid off for Patrick Morgan, who was honored in a recognition ceremony Wednesday, NBCMiami.com reported.

US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that prison officials have immunity, shielding them from paying $625,000 in rape damages to Ohio inmate Michelle Ortiz. The woman was punished with solitary confinement for reporting the rape.

A 20-year-old Ohio woman has been charged with raping a teenage boy at knife point. Janice Nichole Phillips of Union Township, Ohio is alleged to have held the 14-year-old boy hostage at knife-point. Phillips ordered the boy into her apartment where he was forced to perform sex acts. Police said the boy was not physically harmed during the ordeal.