| Brisbane widow tricked by online beaus
A BRISBANE widow is on the verge of bankruptcy after being seduced out of $60,000 in successive online romance scams. The 65-year-old first-time internet user was also new to dating when she went looking for love online last year. After joining a meeting website for seniors, the woman was approached by a man claiming to be an English professor of physics who was building a robotic tractor. The woman, who wants to be identified only as Shirley, quickly fell in love with "James" who over several months sent photos of himself, his children and his passport. "I wanted to meet like-minded people," she said. "We were supposed to be married this Christmas. He asked if I could assist him with his project and I didn't hesitate because we were a couple. I borrowed $20,000 on a personal loan and sent him the lot." Shirley, who had been on her own since she was widowed 10 years ago, also sent him $10,000 for airfares.
October 2006
There is some discussion lately about same sex classrooms as the latest educational panacea. A few years ago the big issue was making every student wear a uniform to school. President Clinton sent every principal in the country a book promoting it. The initiative must have failed, because today you don't see many kids in school uniforms and the issue seems to have dropped from the media radar screen. It is the nature of much so-called educational innovation to capture the imagination with or without adequate evidence to support claims. People can intuitively agree that having same sex classes might help some kids, but when you look at what studies exist to support this, there isn't much. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it is in academics or athletics.
Ex-choir director's wife files for divorce
A former church youth choir director facing charges in an ongoing case of sexual misconduct with a minor appeared in court on Monday, just days after his wife filed for divorce. Nathan St. Pierre, 25, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a now 15-year-old girl who was a member of the church where he worked, Washington Avenue Baptist Church. The girl was reportedly 14 when the alleged relationship began. .
Red Rover lets student ideas come over
Chicagoan Tom Krieglstein has been an award-winning online pioneer since he was in college seven years ago. His latest concept landed him a $10,000 prize from a new Web2.joe community for small businesses and entrepreneurs called Ideablob.com. Ideablob enables entrepreneurs to share and compare ideas, and gives them a chance each month to win $10,000 to grow their ideas. The online Ideablob community votes on the winner, and Krieglstein won the November balloting with his idea to develop freshmen-orientation software that integrates with online social networks to match freshmen college students to other students, groups and courses. Ideablob enables entrepreneurs to share and compare ideas, and gives them a chance each month to win $10,000 to grow their ideas. The online Ideablob community votes on the winner, and Krieglstein won the November balloting with his idea to develop freshmen-orientation software that integrates with online social networks to match freshmen college students to other students, groups and courses.
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