Michael Jackson's Burial Delayed

The late singer Michael Jackson's burial will be delayed. He was set to be buried on August 29th, which would have been his 51st birthday, but the date has been changed to September 3rd. It was going to be changed to August 31st, but it would have conflicted with schools re-opening on that day. The burial will be at Holly Terrace in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Rapper T.I. Ordered to Increase Child Support Payments

On Tuesday, a judge ordered the rapper T.I. to pay more child support to the mother of two of his children. She had recently claimed that the $2,000 she was receiving each month wasn’t enough. T.I. has been ordered to pay a little over $3,000 a month to the woman named LaShon Dixon. The rapper must also continue to pay for the boys to attend private school, uninsured medical bills, and expenses related to the children’s extracurricular activities. He was also awarded joint custody of the two boys and Dixon was granted primary physical custody. The boys had previously spent 40 percent of their time with their father.

Elementary Schools Weighing Students

In Georgia, a new state law is requiring schools to weigh students twice each year, track their body mass index, and post the information on their websites in an effort to try to get a control over childhood obesity. Some people feel that this is an invasion of the children’s privacy and could be traumatic for the kids.

Rapper The Game Released From Jail

The rapper The Game was released from jail just before midnight on Sunday after serving just 8 days of his 60 day sentence. He turned himself in on March 2 at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility. Last month, he was convicted of possession of a firearm in a school zone after he was accused of pulling out a gun on a player of an opposing team during a pickup game at a South Los Angeles school several months ago.

China Targeting the Internet to Stop Juvenile Crime

China is targeting illegal Web sites, computer markets, and Internet cafes to attack online games that are considered too violent and unhealthy to try to stop juvenile crime. The crackdown is being called “Operation for Tomorrow” and is also aimed at Web sites that offer unregistered playing platforms or services that can be downloaded. They hope that this plan will improve the environment, prevent, and reduce juvenile crime and illegal activities.

China already monitors the Internet for anti-government speech and uncensored news reports. The new plan mainly targets school dropouts, runaways, children of inmates, and children that have been left behind by parents that migrated to different areas for work. Unlicensed Internet cafes would be closed down and there would be tighter supervision over legal cafes. The China government is blaming Internet cafes for promoting juvenile crime and school truancy. Online pornography will also be attacked in the crackdown.

The crackdown is meant to increase government supervision and control the services of groups of people that they feel are vulnerable and easily impressionable. They also plan to increase the supervision over domestic and foreign charity groups and other non-government organizations.

Wisconsin Teacher Arrested For Blog Comment

In Wisconsin, a high school chemistry teacher was arrested after posting an anonymous comment online praising the Columbine shooters. The post disturbed some people, but some people found it as just a comment on educational spending. The comment was posted on http://www.bootsandsabers.com, which is a blog about Wisconsin politics.

The teacher, named James, Buss, wrote how he felt that teachers were lazy and paid too much money for working 5 hours a day. The statement he made about the Columbine shooters was that “They knew how to deal with the overpaid teacher union. One shot at a time!” He also wrote that the shooters should be remembered as heroes.

The comment disturbed another teacher, who called the police. The police arrested Buss at his home last week after they received his Internet Provider address. He spent an hour in jail and then was released on $350 bail. The Washington County District Attorney is unsure whether to charge Buss with disorderly conduct and unlawful use of computerized communication systems or not. The school district may have the right to discipline Buss. Buss has been placed on paid administrative leave until the school district decides what to do

Second Grader Suspended for Drawing Gunfight

In Dennis Township, NJ, a second grade child, named Kyle Walker, was suspended for one day after drawing a picture of a stick figure shooting a gun at another stick figure with the word “me” written above the shooter. The school has a zero-tolerance policy on guns. The boy gave the picture to another child on his school bus and that child’s parents complained about the picture to the school.

High School Students Try to Set New Twister Record

On Sunday in Fargo, ND 450 high school students played the game Twister on 180 mats to try to set the world record for the largest Twister game board. The mats were taped together and made a large Twister board that was 4,699 square feet long. The students won’t know if they set a record until the officials at the Guinness World Records reviews the video of the event and says so. The current Twister board record is a board that was made in the Netherlands in 2005 that was 2,453 square feet long.

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Student Tasered at John Kerry Speech

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Mother Charged with Driving Son to Gang Fight

It is reported in Victorville, CA that a woman, named Sophia Elam, was arrested after she drove her son to school to fight with members of a rival gang. The woman drove her 16 year old son and several other adults to Silverado High School to fight gang members who had been harassing her son.

She was arrested this past Thursday for investigation of child endangerment. Five other adults and one juvenile were arrested when detectives did a search of Elam’s home and the home of a rival gang member. The detectives also found a gun in Elam’s home.

Snake Wanders Into Classroom and Bites Student

It is reported in Denver that a nonpoisonous bull snake wondered into a classroom at Colorado State University and bit a student in the hand. The Instructor was into his lecture when students saw the snake slithering near the doors of the classroom. The student that was bitten was trying to remove the snake from the classroom. Another student put the snake in his backpack and took it outside. The school officials believe that the snake was brought into the building by a student.

Principal Caught Selling Crystal Meth

It is reported in Allentown, PA that a middle school principal, named John Acerra, was arrested and charged with selling crystal methamphetamine from his office and home. He pleaded guilty to two counts of felony delivery of methamphetamine and one count of felony possession with intent to deliver. He will serve at least two years in prison when he is sentenced on October 18th.

Acerra was arrested in his office during a police sting and he resigned from his job as principal a few days after his arrest.

Woman Births Her 17th Child

It is reported in Little Rock, Arkansas Jim and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child into the world on August 2nd. The baby girl weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces. Less than 30 minutes after giving birth the couple were talking about having more children.

They now have 7 girls and 10 boys. All of the children are home-schooled and have names that start with the letter J. The oldest child is 19 and the youngest before the baby is 2 years old.

The family has already been on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network. Their next special is scheduled to air next month in September. Facts about the family include that a baby has been born in every month except June, they have gone through over 90,000 diapers in total, and Michelle, who is 40, has been pregnant for 10.5 years of her life in total.

Drugs Sold Out of Ice Cream Truck

It is reported in New York that an ice cream truck parked in front of a junior high school was selling cocaine and marijuana along with ice cream. When the police search the truck they found a loaded pistol along with the drugs. A 26 year old man was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon near a school and criminal sale of a controlled substance near a school.