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Taking a stand, seated To her teammates on the Roosevelt High School girls basketball team, Laura Mohler is known as "The Block." But in recent weeks, the 17-year-old guard has been making a new name for herself. At the Jan. 19 game, Mohler stood with her Roughrider teammates for the Pledge of Allegiance — and turned her back to the flag. Assistant Principal Glenda Williams pulled her aside and ordered Mohler to her office the next day. At that meeting, Williams told Mohler that as long as she was wearing a Roosevelt uniform, she had to show respect for the...

FEASTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) Dec. 28, 2004 — A man who was angry that he got no presents for Christmas burned down his parent's house early the next morning, police said. IMAGES: Gift Rage Leads to Arson VIDEO: Jessica Borg has the latest Steven Murray, 21, was charged with arson and risking a catastrophe in the blaze that destroyed his family's home, Lower Southampton police officer Peter Liese said. "He was irritated that his family gave him no presents for Christmas," Liese said. No one was injured in the fire, which started at 2:25 a.m. Sunday. Police said Murray told a...

Chris Heinz must want revenge. It's only been a few weeks since his stepdad, John Kerry, lost the election, but Heinz is already telling friends that he plans to run for public office one day himself-in Pittsburgh, his family's stronghold... Strong-willed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz gave President Bush her two cents after a Vogue shoot at the White House. The fashion bible has a tradition of featuring the president after every election, so they rushed Leibovitz and feature editor Julia Reed down to D.C. on Nov. 11 to get the story in time for the January issue. But after the...

Chafee ends speculation: He'll remain a Republican After angering many in his party with Election Day comments, the senator says he was partly swayed by GOP leaders in the Senate. BY JOHN E. MULLIGAN Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee said yesterday that he will remain in the Republican fold and "work hard to regain the support" of Republicans upset over his Election Day comments on his vote against President Bush and his consideration of a party switch. Chafee said he would also reach out to Mr. Bush "at the proper time," adding, "I wouldn't blame him...

John Kerry's stepson Chris Heinz complained at a recent campaign stop that Jews have too much influence on the U.S. presidential election. "One of the things I've noticed is the Israel lobby," the ketchup heir said, in quotes picked up Sunday by the New York Post. Story Continues Below Heinz complained that Israel was being treated "as the 51st state, sort of a swing state." In more overheated rhetoric first reported by Philadelphia magazine, Heinz called Bush supporters "our enemies" and said that if he ran his stepfather's campaign, the attacks on President Bush would get even uglier. "We didn't...

A TEENAGER who stole his father’s credit card, flew to Rome and spent £12,000 on designer goods and smart hotels has blamed his parents for not taking him to the January sales. Tom Smith, 17, took his father’s NatWest Mastercard and Switch and went on a four-day spree because he was fed up with the weather and wanted a Prada coat. When he arrived in Italy he got “a bit carried away”, spending £7,130 on clothes and accessories from Versace, Gucci, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana by forging his father’s signature. He insisted that it was all the fault of...

He sits, fidgeting impatiently at the agonizing crawl of the primitive modem, the glare of his mother's computer burnishing his cheeks. He's too small for the chair he swivels in, and is thin and awkward after the classic model of the thin and awkward fourteen-year-old boy. He is mostly, but not completely, friendless, and will transfer to a new school in the fall, where a classmate will later remember him as "invisible." His parents have begun to clash more intensely than ever, casting a weary pall over the household. Obsessed with hip-hop, he feels spectacularly out of place amid the...

Up yours. Would it be OK for me to use language like that? Or does it all depend? Should I check with you first? I ask only for information. posted on 05/02/2003 9:21 PM PDT by Romulus To: Romulus Well, we'll see if a moderator bans me or deletes the post. But either way, I'm not particulaly [sic] proud of the post. Just one of my infamous trademark partings with an antifreeper. posted on 05/02/2003 9:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Being the child of left-wing domestic terrorists means never having to say you're sorry. Such is the case of young Chesa Boudin, hailed on the front page of The New York Times this week for overcoming "striking challenges" and lifelong suffering to win a prestigious Rhodes scholarship. In a lengthy tear-jerker profile, Boudin is elevated to hero status as the article details his childhood bouts with epilepsy, dyslexia and "temper tantrums," before going on to Yale, traveling the world and hitting the lecture circuit to exploit his celebrity status. Boudin is the son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, members...