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Va. School’s No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject
All touching — not only fighting or inappropriate touching –
is against the rules at Kilmer Middle School in Vienna. Hand-holding, handshakes and high-fives? Banned. The rule has been conveyed to students this way: "NO PHYSICAL CONTACT!!!!!"
Source: The Washington Post (online), June 18, 2007
Virginia Planning Sex Offender Online IDs
In Virginia, Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Monday he would seek legislation to require convicted sex offenders there to register their online identities with the state to help MySpace and other online teen hangouts more easily block access.
Source: Breitbart, December 11, 2006
Cancer teen freed from chemo order
There will be no forced chemotherapy for a 16-year-old Virginia cancer patient, following the announcement of an agreement with social services workers that will allow Abraham Cherrix to determine his own treatment course.
Source: WorldNetDaily, August 16, 2006
Judge lifts order for cancer treatment
A judge ruled today a Virginia teen who has refused chemotherapy for his cancer does not have to report to a hospital as previously ordered by a court.
Source: WorldNetDaily, July 25, 2006
Businessman ordered to duplicate lesbian’s videos
A government commission has ordered a man who runs a video duplicator business to do a job for a lesbian activist after he initially refused because, as a Christian, he did not want to help promote homosexuality.
Source: WorldNetDaily, April 28, 2006
School officials review suspension
School officials told the Fort Defiance High sophomore Tuesday that she had to stop handing out religious leaflets or she would be suspended, according to Samantha and her mother, Kelly Bussard. But Samantha came armed with more leaflets the next day, and school officials kept to their word, suspending her for three days beginning Wednesday.
Source: News Leader (online), September 20, 2005
Va. Police to Test Face Software
The city will become the second in the nation — Tampa, Fla., is the other — to employ facial-recognition software to assist police in identifying and catching criminals and missing persons.
Source: Yahoo News, Jul 5, 2002
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