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Local women are putting a positive spin on the once antagonistic phrase "Throw like a girl!"  More >>

Leading by example?

Sheila Sammon Milosky, the sort of unpopular principal at San Francisco's Paul Revere Elementary School has made headlines again -- but this time for an alleged drinking and driving incident.

According to the Marin IJ, Milosky, a Mill Valley resident, was busted May 12, 2012 when a white 2011 Dodge Avenger with a Colorado license plate allegedly hit a Hyundai Tucson and a Lincoln Town Car just south of the Golden Gate Bridge."The Avenger didn't stop and continued heading north. The victims pulled over at Vista Point and called the CHP, which tracked down the suspect car," according to the Marin IJ.

Turns out, the person driving the suspected Avenger was 50-year-old Milosky, who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit and run.More >>

Sun Valley School's favorite color is green

The kids over at Sun Valley School in San Rafael are lamenting the fact that the Crayola markers they use to draw, write, and color, are pretty ... pretty polluting.

And because the students are sick of seeing so much wasted plastic, they started a petition on Change.org asking the company to give consumers a convenient way to recycle the millions of Crayola markers manufactured every year. As the kids astutely note, currently there's no method to recycle the nearly half a billion markers made every year, which is they they are explicitly asking Crayola to create a "take-back" program, giving consumers a safe way to recycle markers.

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Things aren't always peachy in Georgia

So much for Southern hospitality. A middle school student in the great state of Georgia is taking two of her classmates to court, claiming they used Facebook to humiliate and shame her.

According to the complaint filed this week, the student says her classmates created a fake Facebook page, which they used to represent her as sexually active, racist, and a druggie -- all of which the defendants knew to be false.

The student is suing, claiming libel, defamation, and humiliation. She attached a screenshot of the page with her complaint, since the Bay Area tech company removed the page for the public to view.

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You realize if we played by the rules right now we'd be in gym?

There's a new side hustle at Berkeley High: Hacking into the school database and clearing classmates' attendance record for a fee.More >>

It's like an after-school special only with sex scenes

Perhaps James Hooker, the 41-year-old teacher/lover/inmate who ditched his wife and kids for a student, took our advice on how to lure 18-year-old Jordan Powers back into his arms.

After the Modesto high school teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting another student 14 years ago, Powers packed her bags, moved out, and bought a ticket to Ohio where her mother lives. She confessed her hurt to news reporters, saying she had lost everything for this man, whom she met as a freshman at Enochs High School where he taught business.

But news reports now reveal that Powers, who, by the way, dropped out of high school, has gotten back together with Hooker, who had been relentlessly calling, texting, and even waving the Bible around -- anything to get his high school sweetheart back.

"It is awful," Jordan's mother Tammie Powers told reporters. "This is what pedophiles, predators do. They isolate them from family."

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soft porn

Much to our surprise, a committee of California lawmakers today rejected a proposed bill that would have made it a felony for creepy teachers like James Hooker to date their students -- even if those students are 18.

Given the negative attention the Hooker case has received, we thought for sure this bill, authored by Kristen Olsen (R-Modesto), would be a slam dunk. At least to prove we are nothing like Arkansas.

But alas, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety voted 3-0 against A.B. 1861, claiming this bill would do more to potentially harm to eager students who wish to excel in school than to help them. Here's the lawmakers' logic:

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Albert Samaha

University officials said they have established the Oikos University Victims Foundation, a memorial fund to help the families of the seven people who were killed in the April 2 shooting spree.

University officials made the announcement today during a morning memorial service, which was held at the university's campus in East Oakland. Jongin Kim, president of the university spoke at the service, offering his condolences to the victims' families.

"We pray that God may comfort the families and friends of the victims, and the souls of those seven individuals who lost their lives. It is difficult to find the right words to console the families going through this indescribable tragedy," he said. "The administration and staff of Oikos Community wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to all of those affected by this terrible event."

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High school heartbreak

We weren't that surprised to read this morning that teacher/lover/inmate James Hooker was trying desperately to win back his former student and girlfriend,18-year-old Jordan Powers, after she dumped him upon his not-so-surprising arrest for allegedly having a romantic relationship with a minor 14 years ago.

According to NBC, Hooker has spent the last few days making one failed attempt after another to lure Powers back into his arms. But if Hooker were smart, he wouldn't just send her candy and access to his credit cards. Here's some time-tested advice for any teacher looking reconnect with student/lover: 

• Give her the answer keys ... to your heart

• Promise her a perfect Arkansas honeymoon

• Increase her allowance

• Give her really, really detailed letters of recommendation

• Ask her to prom

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Classless

It seems 18-year-old Jordan Powers has decided her former teacher/boyfriend has no class after all. 

As the LA Times points out today, Powers dumped 41-year-old James Hooker after he was arrested last week on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor over a decade ago.

Powers tells the press that her romantic relationship with Hooker is officially over -- she moved out of their shared apartment after he was hauled off to jail on Friday.

"He called me from jail and, yes, I told him that we're done," Powers told ABC News on Saturday morning. "I lost everything for this guy. I lost my senior year. I gave up all my friends at high school because they didn't agree with me."

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