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The video of French-born exotic dancer Alizee Sery (pictured) performing a strip tease on the sacred rock has stirred widespread outrage.

A Florida teacher convicted of having sex with two of her students, was called a sexual predator today by a judge who sentenced her to 10 years in prison.Stephanie Ragusa, wearing an orange jumpsuit, cried at one point during her sentencing hearing, but nodded her head in approval as Circuit Judge Chet Tharpe also imposed five years of sexual offender probation on the 31-year-old defendant. "You were a teacher," Tharpe said. "And as parents, we place our trust in teachers to provide a safe environment in which our children can learn. You violated that trust in the worst imaginable way....

A Perkins teacher accused of sexual contact with a student is home, awaiting hearings as her case moves through the criminal justice system and the school district's disciplinary process. April Seville, 35, was released from the Erie County jail on Tuesday after posting $1,000 bond. On Thursday, she pleaded not guilty during an appearance at Sandusky Municipal Court.

A Pajaro Valley High School teacher was arrested Wednesday by Watsonville police on suspicion of sexual intercourse with a student and providing him alcohol, officers said Thursday. Tanya Thienngern, 37, surrendered to police a day after an arrest warrant was issued. Since May 10, Watsonville police have been investigating claims that she was involved in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student. Thienngern denies she had a sexual relationship with the student, her Monterey-based attorney Joe Cisneros said. She was booked in Santa Cruz County Jail and released Wednesday on $25,000 bail. A court date was set for June...

Canandaigua (WSYR-TV) - A Canandaigua school teacher is facing charges, accused of performing oral sex on a 17-year-old student. 36-year-old Marla Gurecki-Haskins is also accused of "Sexting" two other students. Police say some of the incidents happened in her classroom during school hours. According to court paperwork, she's accused of "engaging in text messaging of a sexual nature that encouraged a sexual relationship between the defendant and two 16 year old male students." Haskins is charged with official misconduct, two counts endangering welfare of a child and disseminating indecent material to a minor. The third charge is a felony. Haskins...

Extract: Debrahlee Lorenzana is filing a lawsuit against Citibank because they fired her, she says, for the strangest reason: she's too hot. ....Her bosses told her that "as a result of the shape of her figure, such clothes were purportedly 'too distracting' for her male colleagues and supervisors to bear," she says

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry is stepping down from her role as federal on-scene coordinator for the BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) oil spill response to lead the agency's preparations for hurricane season, the Coast Guard said Monday.

RIGA - Hundreds of blondes from throughout Latvia donned pink and fluffed up their poodles over the weekend to take part in a parade aimed at improving morale in the crisis-stricken country. This was the second annual parade organized by the Latvian Association of Blondes. Unlike last years march, which was originally intended to be a one-off event, this year the parade was extended to cover two days on May 28 and 29 and to include concerts and a Marilyn Monroe look-alike competition.

Keenon Aampay Hall, who was voted Teacher of the Year at in Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia, has resigned after admittedly having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old student. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that records show the 29-year old English came to her for help with his homework. An investigative file shows the student, who is a graduating senior and popular football player, said that Keenon Aampay Hall gave him gifts and pressured him to get her pregnant. When he initially turned down her advances, the student's family says Hall failed him, which prompted him to report...

As you know, last week SEIU staged a protest at the home of an attorney for Bank of America. On a quiet Sunday in the Maryland suburbs of DC, SEIU sent 500 protesters onto the front lawn of the home of Greg Baer, a former Treasury official in the Clinton Administration. Mr. Baer wasn’t at home but, unfortunately, his 14 year old son was. The protesters succeeded in terrorizing the boy. Let me quickly digress to point out that Bank of America is SEIU’s largest creditor. Under the leadership of Andy Stern, SEIU leveraged itself to the hilt, largely to...

Marla Gurecki-Haskins, 36, is charged with official misconduct and two counts endangering welfare of a child. She's also charged with disemminating indecent material to a minor, a felony. According to court paperwork, she's accused of "engaging in text messaging of a sexual nature that encouraged a sexual relationship between the defendant and two 16 year old male students." She's also accused of performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male student in her classroom during school hours. Gurecki-Haskins was arraigned on the charges this morning. She pleaded not guilty and was released on her own recognizance. She has been a certified...

130 lb Hooters Waitress Told To Lose Weight Or Lose Job! Updated: Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 11:12 AM EDT Published : Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 9:18 AM EDT DETROIT - Hooters had just given waitress Cassie Smith a glowing 2 year review. But her bosses and two women on a conference call from the company's headquarters in Atlanta changed their tune when it came to her uniform evaluation “They were like, your shorts and your shirt size could use some improvement,” said Smith. Cassie, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 132 pounds claims she sat there while...

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Miley Cyrus ruffles a few feathers in raunchy video If Miley Cyrus is hoping to ruffle a feathers at Disney headquarters, she's certainly going about it the right way. The 17-year-old has traded her wholesome Hannah Montana image for a very raunchy new look in the sexually charged clip for her new single, Can't Be Tamed. Taking cues from Britney Spears and Lady Gaga, the young singer parades around in hotpants and plunging corsets as she puts on a brief pole-dancing show. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1272863/Miley-Cyrus-ruffles-feathers-raunchy-video-Cant-Be-Tamed.html#ixzz0n3ujnLaa

Despite many people telling her it wasn’t the best idea to sit down with Oprah Winfrey for an interview, Rielle Hunter - politician John Edwards' mistress - decided to do it anyway. "I feel in my heart it’s the right thing to do," Hunter said Thursday, especially now that "Johnny," as she calls him, has admitted paternity of their daughter, Frances Quinn. Hunter said she wanted to set the facts straight about who she is, and that while she understands the judgment that has been heaped upon her, she doesn’t see herself as a home wrecker or gold digger, she...

This is the face and bod that launched a plus-sized bra-haha. Brooklyn model Ashley Graham said she was shocked to learn ABC couldn’t handle the beautiful bust she flaunted in a Lane Bryant ad the network said was too hot for TV. “I was very surprised,” the size-16 stunner told The Post yesterday. “The first thing I thought of was Victoria’s Secret commercials, and how they’re just as racy, if not more racy, than Lane Bryant. “[The models are] just a lot smaller than what I am,” said the Nebraska native, a 38D. “[ABC] can’t handle bigger on TV, bigger...

Former middle school math teacher Stephanie Ragusa was teary-eyed Monday as she pleaded guilty to having sex with two underage students. Ragusa, 31, faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced on June 15. She pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery in a March 2008 case involving a 14-year-old boy. She also pleaded guilty to two counts of having unlawful sex with a minor in an April 2008 case involving a 16-year-old student. Prosecutor Rita Peters said Ragusa had intercourse with the 14-year-old on three occasions between October 2006 and May 2007. Evidence...

Disappointment as US high school students snub 'lesbian-friendly prom' Senior prom fell far short of the rite of passage Constance McMillen was hoping for when she began a legal battle to challenge a ban on same-sex dates. Published: 7:00AM BST 07 Apr 2010 Constance McMillen Photo: AP The 18-year-old lesbian student said that she was one of only seven students to show up at a private party chaperoned by school officials. She said the rest of her peers went to another private event where she wasn't invited. "It was not the prom I imagined," she said. "It really hurts my...

She's arguably one of the sexiest women in the world and could make many a red blooded male fall under her spell with the click of a finger. But Megan Fox says her public persona as a highly sexed man-eater is totally at odds with her private life. In a no-holds-barred interview, the 23-year-old actress reveals the thought of a one-night stand makes her sick and insists she has slept with just two men.