1. In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is preserved with California Supreme Court ruling [Updated] In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is preserved with California Supreme Court ruling [Updated] | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
2. SAN FRANCISCO - The City Council of San Francisco voted yesterday to outlaw circumcision.The new law makes it a misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the genitals of all minors, and does not make exceptions for religious reasons.
The decision to permanently remove a boys foreskin should not be made by parents, says William Barfield, the author of the new law.
SAN FRANCISCO BANS CIRCUMCISION*|*Weekly World News
3. City puts a stop to homeless outreach
Couple must have proper permit to continue feeding dozens each dayThat ended two weeks ago when the city shut down their "Feed a Friend" effort for lack of a permit. And city officials say the couple most likely will not be able to obtain one."We don't really know what they want, we just think that they don't want us down there feeding people," said Bobby Herring, a Christian rapper who goes by the stage name Tre9.
Anyone serving food for public consumption, whether for the homeless or for sale, must have a permit, said Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. To get that permit, the food must be prepared in a certified kitchen with a certified food manager.
Houston permit rule stops couple's effort to feed homeless | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
4. Under the Eavesdropping Act, which applies in 12 states, all parties must consent to a recording being made.
Maryland, Illinois and Massachusetts are the only states where it is illegal to record conversations with the police.
In Illinois police are currently prosecuting nine people for alleged breaches of the law.
The maximum penalty is only three years behind bars for the first time the law is broken and five years if it is done again,
But anyone recording a judge, attorney general, state attorney or police officer can be sent to jail for up to 15 years.Read more: Chicago artist Chris Drew faces 15 years jail because he recorded own arrest | Mail Online
5. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) After targeting distracted drivers, some New York lawmakers want to go after distracted walkers. They are looking to ban them from using iPods, music players and cell phones while walking and crossing the street.Sen. Kruger Wants To Ban Chatting On Cell Phones While Crossing StreetCBS New York
6. Kansas City and $2 billion wasted
In 1985 a Federal judge ordered the state of Missouri and the district containing Kansas City to enforce desegregation, build new schools, and bring its low educational levels up to better standards, with the amount of money they would have to pay set at $2 billion dollars over 12 years. During this period $11,700 per pupil was spent, in addition to "higher teachers' salaries, 15 new schools, and such amenities as an Olympic-sized swimming pool with an underwater viewing room, television and animation studios, a robotics lab, a 25-acre wildlife sanctuary, a zoo, a model United Nations with simultaneous translation capability, and field trips to Mexico and Senegal"[27] among other things. The results today: no rise in test scores, failed integration, a loss of accreditation in 2000, a complete failure to meet all of Missouri's performance standards, and a shortfall of $52 million dollars in the budget...which would force the closing of 29 of its 61 schoolsLiberal stupidity - Conservapedia
So, do ya' laugh, or cry?
2. SAN FRANCISCO - The City Council of San Francisco voted yesterday to outlaw circumcision.The new law makes it a misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the genitals of all minors, and does not make exceptions for religious reasons.
The decision to permanently remove a boys foreskin should not be made by parents, says William Barfield, the author of the new law.
SAN FRANCISCO BANS CIRCUMCISION*|*Weekly World News
3. City puts a stop to homeless outreach
Couple must have proper permit to continue feeding dozens each dayThat ended two weeks ago when the city shut down their "Feed a Friend" effort for lack of a permit. And city officials say the couple most likely will not be able to obtain one."We don't really know what they want, we just think that they don't want us down there feeding people," said Bobby Herring, a Christian rapper who goes by the stage name Tre9.
Anyone serving food for public consumption, whether for the homeless or for sale, must have a permit, said Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. To get that permit, the food must be prepared in a certified kitchen with a certified food manager.
Houston permit rule stops couple's effort to feed homeless | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
4. Under the Eavesdropping Act, which applies in 12 states, all parties must consent to a recording being made.
Maryland, Illinois and Massachusetts are the only states where it is illegal to record conversations with the police.
In Illinois police are currently prosecuting nine people for alleged breaches of the law.
The maximum penalty is only three years behind bars for the first time the law is broken and five years if it is done again,
But anyone recording a judge, attorney general, state attorney or police officer can be sent to jail for up to 15 years.Read more: Chicago artist Chris Drew faces 15 years jail because he recorded own arrest | Mail Online
5. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) After targeting distracted drivers, some New York lawmakers want to go after distracted walkers. They are looking to ban them from using iPods, music players and cell phones while walking and crossing the street.Sen. Kruger Wants To Ban Chatting On Cell Phones While Crossing StreetCBS New York
6. Kansas City and $2 billion wasted
In 1985 a Federal judge ordered the state of Missouri and the district containing Kansas City to enforce desegregation, build new schools, and bring its low educational levels up to better standards, with the amount of money they would have to pay set at $2 billion dollars over 12 years. During this period $11,700 per pupil was spent, in addition to "higher teachers' salaries, 15 new schools, and such amenities as an Olympic-sized swimming pool with an underwater viewing room, television and animation studios, a robotics lab, a 25-acre wildlife sanctuary, a zoo, a model United Nations with simultaneous translation capability, and field trips to Mexico and Senegal"[27] among other things. The results today: no rise in test scores, failed integration, a loss of accreditation in 2000, a complete failure to meet all of Missouri's performance standards, and a shortfall of $52 million dollars in the budget...which would force the closing of 29 of its 61 schoolsLiberal stupidity - Conservapedia
So, do ya' laugh, or cry?
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