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A staffer assigned to quell violence at a Philadelphia high school was knocked unconscious in what one union official called the worst assault since a Germantown High School teacher's neck was broken in 2007 by a student. Alphonso Stevens, known as a conflict-resolution specialist, suffered a fractured skull, concussion, and other injuries. The incident happened Friday when students were changing classes at Bartram High School. A 17-year-old student got into a verbal exchange with Stevens then grabbed him by the arm "and pushed him into the wall," said Raven Hill, a district spokeswoman. Stevens fell to the floor, unconscious. He...

Print Story | Email Story | | Good News on the Law: Which book will you open? By Steve BloomGood News Daily You’re a Christian. You’ve been in a serious auto accident or hurt on the job. Now what? What’s the first thing you should do? Open the Yellow Pages to find a lawyer? What do you think? Typical secular legal wisdom says yes, open the book. But is the telephone book really the first place followers of Jesus Christ should turn when we think we might have a legal claim? Let me suggest a better idea. When a Christian...

SANTA CRUZ — Two teen girls arrested for stabbing a 13-year-old girl outside Santa Cruz High School had participated earlier in the day in a conflict-resolution process at the alternative school they attend. Detectives believe the Monday afternoon stabbing, which did not involve Santa Cruz High students, was sparked by the suspected stabber’s belief that the victim had spread a rumor about her to a boy, Sgt. Brad Goodwin said. The alleged attackers, ages 13 and 14 and whose names are not being released because they’re juveniles, were arrested at one of the girl’s homes in Santa Cruz about 7...

An argument between a man and his fiancee is being blamed for a car crashing into a building just south of downtown this morning. The accident happened about 8:20 a.m. when an Infiniti sedan struck High Fashion Decorative Fabrics at 3000 Louisiana, damaging a wall of the store. The business was closed at the time, and no one inside was injured, police said. The woman, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The man told police he had gotten out of the car after an argument, and his fiancee was following...

Man Chops Off Testicle in Dispute with Wife NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan man chopped off one of his testicles in a row with his wife and then walked naked to a police station to report the incident, police said on Monday. Police rushed 26-year-old Stephen Ongala to hospital after he stumbled into their police station in the border town of Busia in western Kenya on Friday bleeding heavily. "He said he did it because he had had a disagreement with his wife," said deputy police chief Shadrack Maithya. "If we get evidence that he tried to take his life,...

TACOMA -- City Council members are thinking about hiring a consultant to help them get along better, but say they're not sure they can scrape $19,000 out of their budget to pay for it. Council members have aired sharp disagreements and bickered behind the scenes since Police Chief David Brame fatally shot his wife, Crystal, then killed himself April 26. Those deaths were followed by City Manager Ray Corpuz Jr. taking leave and then being fired, an assistant police chief being placed on leave, a criminal investigation by the Washington State Patrol into Brame's career, and a $75 million claim...