Private school in Wisconsin goes under and other eye-catching headlines
The Wisconsin International School, located in De Pere, has closed and filed for bankruptcy protection. Some of the families who had already paid their tuition for the upcoming year will almost certainly not receive a refund. So will teachers and administrators who are owed unpaid wages of more than $165,000.
An American was among the Israel Defense Forces personnel killed in the Gaza strip last week. There are more than 100 Americans from the Los Angeles area serving in the IDF.
McDonald's sales and foot traffic are down and it doesn't seem likely they will pick up again anytime soon.
Actress Pauley Perrette has warned others to be careful of hair dye allergies after she had to be hospitalized for the condition. She stars on "NCIS" on CBS.
The 12 year old Wisconsin girl who was stabbed 19 times by some classmates has received a Purple Heart in the mail. Her family members asked that well-wishers send her hearts, colored purple. A military Purple Heart medal was sent to her anonymously.
Sarah Palin got pulled over for speeding in Alaska and said "I wasn't speeding, I was qualifying." Reporter's note: Qualifying for what? She isn't qualified to do much of anything.
Sherri Shepherd continues to try to avoid having to pay child support for a baby from her egg and her soon to be ex-husband's sperm that is being carried by a surrogate mother. Reporter's note: If a man was trying to avoid financial responsibility for a child that he was biologically connected to, people would be going bat-shit. A woman is trying to do it and no one has anything to say.
The early Oscar buzz now is coming from the list of films set for this September's Toronto International Film Festival and include "Foxcatcher," "The Equalizer," "Black and White" and "Maps to the Stars." Those are just a few of the films generating Oscar speculation.
Paul Hogan got to keep his house in Venice, CA and the rights to his Crocodile Dundee character, but he had to write his now ex-wife a check for $5.77 million to settle the case.
A passenger on Southwest Airlines was booted from a flight before it took off, because he had tweeted that the airline's agent at the gate was very rude.
Justin Bieber was photographed sitting in a wheelchair at Disneyland and some said he was doing it to jump lines. However reps for the Biebs say that he is allowed to go to the front of lines when he visits the park already, to avoid having large crowds gather once he's been sighted.
President Obama is in the L. A. area this afternoon (Wednesday) for a fundraiser, but it appears he won't be buying a house in Rancho Mirage as he'd been rumored to be doing.
An American was among the Israel Defense Forces personnel killed in the Gaza strip last week. There are more than 100 Americans from the Los Angeles area serving in the IDF.
McDonald's sales and foot traffic are down and it doesn't seem likely they will pick up again anytime soon.
Actress Pauley Perrette has warned others to be careful of hair dye allergies after she had to be hospitalized for the condition. She stars on "NCIS" on CBS.
The 12 year old Wisconsin girl who was stabbed 19 times by some classmates has received a Purple Heart in the mail. Her family members asked that well-wishers send her hearts, colored purple. A military Purple Heart medal was sent to her anonymously.
Sarah Palin got pulled over for speeding in Alaska and said "I wasn't speeding, I was qualifying." Reporter's note: Qualifying for what? She isn't qualified to do much of anything.
Sherri Shepherd continues to try to avoid having to pay child support for a baby from her egg and her soon to be ex-husband's sperm that is being carried by a surrogate mother. Reporter's note: If a man was trying to avoid financial responsibility for a child that he was biologically connected to, people would be going bat-shit. A woman is trying to do it and no one has anything to say.
The early Oscar buzz now is coming from the list of films set for this September's Toronto International Film Festival and include "Foxcatcher," "The Equalizer," "Black and White" and "Maps to the Stars." Those are just a few of the films generating Oscar speculation.
Paul Hogan got to keep his house in Venice, CA and the rights to his Crocodile Dundee character, but he had to write his now ex-wife a check for $5.77 million to settle the case.
A passenger on Southwest Airlines was booted from a flight before it took off, because he had tweeted that the airline's agent at the gate was very rude.
Justin Bieber was photographed sitting in a wheelchair at Disneyland and some said he was doing it to jump lines. However reps for the Biebs say that he is allowed to go to the front of lines when he visits the park already, to avoid having large crowds gather once he's been sighted.
President Obama is in the L. A. area this afternoon (Wednesday) for a fundraiser, but it appears he won't be buying a house in Rancho Mirage as he'd been rumored to be doing.
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