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Italian Scientists Sent To Jail For Failing To Predict Earthquake

iambinarymind — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:50:23 +0000

A year and a half ago, we wrote about some Italian seismologists who were being tried for manslaughter after a risk assessment they wrote up, in which they concluded that a series of small earthquakes along a faultline wasn't that serious, and the risk of a big earthquake was not that high. About a week later, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck, destroying a bunch of buildings and killing over 300 people.

Police quiz boy, 13, over "assault" with marshmallow

samjackson — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:10:08 +0000

"COPS quizzed a boy of 13 over an "assault" on another lad - with a MARSHMALLOW. "

New York State to Sears: You Can't Sell Those Legal Knives

iambinarymind — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:18:51 +0000

"Well, we used to have knives--a lot of them. But a few days before Christmas, we received a letter from management that we had to remove all of our knives from the sale floor. Apparently, New York State told us that we couldn't sell knives or utility knives anymore...."

Teacher Bans Students From Bringing Pencils To School

iambinarymind — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:39:47 +0000

"A Massachusetts school district superintendent said a memo banning sixth graders from carrying pencils was written without district approval.