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The Jefferson County judge turned to a prosecutor, as the others in the courtroom listened, expectantly. "Hola," said the judge. "Yo soy Juez Sheldon Watkins. Como esta?" "Muy bien, gracias," responded the prosecutor, Leigh Gwathney.

OLATHE, Kan. -- A Kansas high school student who vomited on his Spanish teacher has been charged with battery against a school official. The misdemeanor charge was filed Monday against the Olathe Northwest High School student. The 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile and his name was not released. Prosecutors said the vomiting was intentional. The teacher, David Young, called the act "outrageous." The student's father said his son told him he did not mean to throw up on the teacher, but had been made uncontrollably ill by the stress of final exams. The father said the district expelled his...

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said on Thursday he was "in love" with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whom he admires for his left-wing political policies. "I like women, but I've fallen in love with Chavez," Argentina's former World Cup winning captain told reporters after having lunch with the Venezuelan leader at the presidential palace. The two embraced afterward. The 44-year-old soccer celebrity, considered one of the greatest players of all time, is also an ardent admirer of Fidel Castro, the Communist President of Cuba where Maradona has lived since 2000 while fighting cocaine addiction.