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Here is disturbing cell phone video just released last week of what is reportedly an autistic child in Pittsburgh being slapped by a teacher back in 2008. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the parents of the child are suing but had not seen the video until it was posted on YouTube just recently. The teacher was removed from the classroom last year. On the video, you clearly see the child being slapped in the face and being screamed at. . . . (Video)

In recent days, David Letterman has repeatedly made comments about a juvenile private citizen (Willow Palin) on his nationally broadcast television show. These comments were made with the full knowledge that Miss Palin herself, as well as her freinds and schoolmates, would hear them and were calculated to cause the utmost in emotional distress on the part of Miss Palin. By using the public airwaves to broadcast these comments, David Letterman has violated Title 18, Part I, Chapter 110A, §2261A Stalking: Whoever— (1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United...

After months of behind-the-scenes battles, it's finally over between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Hollywood's most glamorous power couple - who never married despite having six children - have grown tired of trying to gloss over their problems following five tumultuous years together, say sources. Brad and Angelina are going their separate ways with the hope of reuniting in the future if they can repair their volatile relationship, disclosed an insider.

CAPTAIN Kirk star Chris Pine has beamed a new ­girlfriend into his life – TV beauty Audrina Partridge. The Star Trek actor has been dating sexy reality show star Audrina after gate-crashing her 24th birthday party earlier this month. Chris fell for the babe straightaway and the pair were seen cosying up ­together at the Red Lion Tavern in Los Angeles the following day.

A man claiming he was "meant to be" with Shawn Johnson was arrested early Tuesday morning after trying to sneak on to the set of "Dancing With the Stars" -- and cops say he had two loaded guns and duct tape in his car. Johnson's mother, Teri, has just filed a petition for a restraining order against the man, 34-year-old Robert O'Ryan. The restraining order seeks protection for 17-year-old Shawn, her mother, her father and her "Dancing" partner Mark Ballas. According to documents filed by Johnson, "The LAPD searched [O'Ryan's] vehicle and located a loaded .45 handgun, a loaded shotgun,...

[security cam photo, who is it?] Ooh-la-la. According to police reports (view PDF), Rush Limbaugh is being stalked by a mysterious blonde named Melanie. She’s 30-40 years old, and drives a new, white sedan. Wait. It’s a woman? Then it might not be Matthews after all. Maybe. According to 911 records, the mysterious blonde attempted to follow Rush’s car through the gates of his Palm Beach estate yesterday. She hightailed it before police arrived. Rush was cool, calm and collected about the whole thing. “I’ll...

President-elect Barack Obama has already filled his cabinet with Washington veterans like Hillary Clinton – but could there be room for Hollywood in his administration? Anne Hathaway is just one star who would love a job in the Obama White House. "I would want to be head babysitter," the Bride Wars star tells PEOPLE. "I'd love to be First Babysitter, absolutely." Hathaway, 26, is not the only celebrity who would jump at the chance to spend time with Obama's daughters, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10. High School Musical star Corbin Bleu says he would happily perform for the first daughters....

SAN FRANCISCO - An anti-war protester confronted former Bush administration aide Karl Rove while he spoke at a San Francisco mortgage bankers' meeting. A statement by the group Code Pink identified the woman as 58-year-old Janine Boneparth, who tried to handcuff Rove in what she called a citizen's arrest for "treason."

ohn Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extra-marital affair with a novice film-maker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.

In 1990, Theresa Schiavo, an American citizen, had a cardiac arrest that caused irreversible brain damage which led to a persistent vegetative state diagnosis. A few years later, this diagnosis became a source of conflict over the interruption of artificial nutrition. The "Schiavo Case" was widely discussed from a medical, ethical and social standpoint in the United States and elsewhere. . . . [A]n article to be published in the September 23 issue of Neurology, . . . examines the media coverage featuring this famous case. The study reviewed American daily newspapers that were most prolific about this story: the...

NEW YORK (CBS) ― A jury found the man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman guilty Tuesday, following just a day of deliberations over whether he was a troubled stalker or just a misguided romantic. The jury, which consisted of eight men and four women, found Jack Jordan, 37, guilty on one count of stalking and one count aggravated harassment. He was acquitted of two other harassment charges. For over two years, Jordan, a former mental patient, was relentless in his attempt to court the Oscar-nominated actress and at one point even threatened suicide. But Jordan's attorney, George Vomvolakis, had...

Singer Debbie Gibson filed for a restraining order Tuesday against a Spanish man who runs a fan club and has allegedly followed her on concert tours and showed up at her door. Gibson asked that Bassas Jorge Puigdollers, 44, stay 100 yards away, not attempt to contact her by phone or e-mail, and stop attending her concerts, according to court documents filed in Superior Court. The man, reached by phone in Spain, said he meant no harm.

Davenport, Iowa - Desperate to reach voters in Iowa, an embarrassed Ron Paul today admitted looking in a Davenport woman's bathroom window, apologizing for the incident later in the day. "We were going door to door and not finding many people at home, though their cars were there and televisions all seemed to be on," began Paul. "I guess I just got a little frustrated and went too far. I heard this beautiful voice singing and went see if I could find it. (Sheepishly) Well I found her and..you know the rest."

An accused stalker was shot to death Monday night by the object of his obsession after he broke into her Hessville home, police told the Northwest Indiana Times. Hammond resident Ryan Lee Bergner, 41, was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds to his abdomen shortly after 10:30 p.m. at a local hospital. According to the Times, Bergner went on a date with the 51-year-old woman last June, and his behavior became obsessive, offensive and violent. On Monday night, the woman was watching television in her living room when she said she heard Bergner break a bathroom window near her back door...

A Republican Party activist from Shelby Township who held a position in the Mitt Romney presidential campaign faces two felony charges for computer crimes. Dave Drwencke, 22, has stepped down from his post as Michigan Youth Chairman for the Romney campaign while charges are pending for alleged "cyber stalking" involving a former girlfriend from Clinton Township. Police said Drwencke posted several nude photos of the ex-girlfriend and "degrading" comments about her on several Web sites. The woman was contacted by men who saw the online profile and were interested in meeting her. Drwencke faces charges in Macomb County Circuit Court...

NEW YORK -- A Boston priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday. "I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution -- or a spot on your couch," wrote David Ajemian, who signed the notes "Padre," said Barbara Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney's office. Ajemian was arrested last week while trying to enter a taping session of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" at 30 Rockefeller Plaza,...

I just returned from Falafel Bill's house by Mike Stark Tue Jul 31, 2007 at 06:34:58 AM PDT After O'Reilly provided an "accountability moment" to the JetBlue CEO at his home, I decided to provide O'Reilly with his own accountability moment at his home. I've just returned to home base. I've got video of O'Reilly in his sleepwear (red shorts and a white t-shirt). I delivered the Andrea Mackris Court filings to all of his neighors - every home in his development got a copy. And I put a bunch of signs up along his street - "Bill O'Reilly: Andrea...

A horror movie come to lifeThree Fircrest families receive death threats via cell phone. Even when the phones are off. Even when they get new phones. SEAN ROBINSON; The News Tribune Published: June 20th, 2007 06:15 AM Enlarge image Alison Yin/The News TribuneHeather Kuykendall and her daughter, Courtney, 16, display the cell phones they’ve abandoned in an attempt to cut off a stream of threatening messages from mysterious harassers. Courtney started receiving the calls in February. Other families have gotten them, too. Investigators suspect it’s an elaborate hoax. Maybe it’s just a long-running prank, but the reign of terror endured...

Stalker robs 9 in Peñasquitos A Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood has been put on alert by San Diego police after an unusual series of pedestrian robberies in the past four months. A Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood has been put on alert by San Diego police after an unusual series of pedestrian robberies in the past four months. In each case, a woman has been stalked, either on the way from her parked car or walking from a shopping center late at night, and then ambushed by a man with a gun who demands her purse. Nine attacks have occurred west of Interstate...

Alec Baldwin’s angry, over-the-top voice-mail tirade at his daughter, Ireland, was clearly wrong. Unfortunately, while we’ve been wringing our hands over how bad Baldwin is, we’re ignoring the case’s central truth – Kim Basinger’s well-documented parental alienation campaign against Baldwin. Parental alienation often arises after a divorce, as one angry, vengeful parent tries to turn the children against the other parent, destroying the loving bonds the children and the target parent once enjoyed. Baldwin claims that his outburst occurred in the context of Basinger alienating Ireland and trying to drive him out of his daughter’s life. This claim appears to...

A man accused of stalking San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom allegedly tried to run over an acquaintance's roommate with his car Wednesday morning, police said. Han Shin, 42, of Union City, was being sought on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after showing up at the acquaintance's house, said San Ramon police Sgt. Eric Webb. When he found out the acquaintance wasn't home, Shin allegedly tried to run over the roommate three times with his 2006 Mercedes-Benz, according to Webb. "The other guy wasn't there, and he lost his temper," Webb said. A judge in San Francisco issued a...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A woman who once broke into former Beatles guitarist George Harrison's Hawaii home has been found dead in California, the victim of a murder-suicide, a police officer said on Sunday. Cristin Keleher, 34, made headlines in December 1999 by entering Harrison's Maui estate and then cooking herself a frozen pizza and helping herself to a root beer. After she did her laundry and called her mother, she was found by the security staff and charged with burglary. She had apparently been stalking Harrison for months. On December 19 of this year police in Truckee near California's...

From the Waco (TX) Tribune-Herald: Sheehan, other protesters arrested near Bush ranchThursday, December 28, 2006 By Erin Quinn Tribune-Herald staff writer CRAWFORD — War protester Cindy Sheehan and several fellow peace activists were arrested this morning outside President Bush’s ranch where Bush is meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and others on Iraq war policy. Sheehan, arrested just after 11, said she and others were conducting a “peace surge” to address concerns that Bush may increase U.S. troop numbers in Iraq. The Bush administration is under mounting pressure to change its...

WEYERS CAVE, Virginia (AP) — A liberal blogger who was manhandled by Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen's supporters earlier in the week was handcuffed and taken away by police Saturday after an Allen backer claimed the man pushed him to the ground at a campaign rally. A deputy sheriff said Mike Stark was not under arrest but was placed in "investigative detention" in case supporters of Allen — who is in a tight race with Democrat Jim Webb — wanted to press charges. The incident occurred at the end of a rally at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport after Allen...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - You never know who you might run into at the United Nations. President George W. Bush found that out on Tuesday with a chance encounter with his predecessor, Bill Clinton. Bush clapped his arm over Clinton's shoulders and pulled Iraqi President Jalal Talibani over for a three-way chat. "It was unplanned, unexpected. When you see another president standing nearby, the proper thing to do is to go over and say 'hi'," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.

CRAWFORD, Texas - With a rally on their campsite Saturday, about 100 war protesters ended their monthlong vigil near the Western White House but planned to move it close to the White House. Many group members are heading next week to Washington, D.C., for a two-week demonstration called "Camp Democracy." "We wanted to try to build momentum and needed something to move the focus back to Washington," said retired Army Col. Ann Wright, who resigned as a U.S. diplomat in 2003 to protest the war with Iraq. Cindy Sheehan, whose oldest son Casey died in Iraq in 2004, started the...

Cindy Sheehan, the mother whose loss of a son in the war in Iraq led her to become the most recognizable face of opposition to the war, confirmed Wednesday she will come to Salt Lake City this month to join protests during the visit of President Bush. Sheehan's presence likely will increase the visibility and intensity of protests planned to coincide with Bush's address to the American Legion. Bush plans to arrive in Utah on Aug. 30 and speak the following day to the group's national convention. Salt Lake City "is a great opportunity for her to be where Bush...

The actress has received letters and flowers from the man, who bombarded her with requests to meet on the set of her film Georgia Rule. So far the scary fellow has only corresponded via letter, but luckily for investigators, he signed them with his name and contact number.

CRAWFORD — Cindy Sheehan is back in town. After flying in from Jordan on Saturday night, Sheehan led a day of anti-war protests that culminated in an afternoon march in heat exceeding 100 degrees from the site of Camp Casey I to a checkpoint outside President Bush’s ranch. The president visited Sunday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. About 40 protesters joined Sheehan, many toting signs that read “The War is A Lie” and “Bush Betrayed Our Troops,” while Sheehan carried a sign asking “For What Noble Cause?” The march followed a short protest at the Crawford Peace House, where...

While Cindy Sheehan’s purchase of five acres in Crawford might make her anti-war protests go more smoothly next month, it won’t affect a lawsuit that she and others have filed to contest McLennan County’s new parking and camping ordinances. Attorneys for Sheehan and McLennan County will square off Thursday in Waco’s federal court, with both sides seeking temporary injunctions from U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. Sheehan and her followers want to block the county from enforcing its ordinances against parking, camping and erecting portable toilets along roads leading to President Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch. County commissioners are seeking...

CRAWFORD, Texas — War protesters who return in August to President Bush's adopted hometown will have a new and bigger gathering place: a 5-acre lot bought with insurance money Cindy Sheehan received after her son was killed in Iraq. Gerry Fonseca, a fellow war protester who acted as Sheehan's agent, said he recently bought the lot about a mile from downtown Crawford — and about seven miles from Bush's ranch — for $52,500. About half the land is pasture, the other half woods, he said. If Cindy Sheehan came to town, I don't think anybody would have sold her any...

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - A paparazzo was arrested Thursday after he was discovered hiding in bushes outside a daycare center attended by Angelina Jolie's adopted son, authorities said. Photographer Clint Brewer, 25, was trying to take pictures of 4-year-old Maddox Jolie-Pitt, according to Cindy Guagenti, a publicist for Jolie's partner, Brad Pitt. Brewer was detained by security shortly before 11 a.m. and the property's owner made a citizen's arrest, said sheriff's Lt. Crystal Miranda. Deputies arrested Brewer on suspicion of trespassing and he was later released on $1,000 bail, officials said. Jolie, Pitt and their children returned to Malibu two...

A 44-year-old man recently released from the county jail after serving time for stalking a Pacific Grove High School student was found dead Saturday morning in the Asilomar beach track area of Pacific Grove. The body of Benjamin Peter Munhall of Monterey was found in the vicinity of the stalking victim's residence. Pacific Grove Police are withholding the cause of death pending an announcement by the coroner's office, but in a statement said that no foul play is suspected at this time. Police said Munhall was seen Friday night at Pacific Grove High School where the original victim was graduating....

<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Tuesday, shortly before President Bush was to give his annual State of the Union speech, a police spokeswoman said.</p> <p>The spokeswoman, Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, said she had no immediate details.</p>

CARACAS, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record) to protest what she called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq. ADVERTISEMENT "She voted for the war. She continues to vote for the funding. She won't call for an immediate withdrawal of the troops," Sheehan told The Associated Press in an interview while attending the World Social Forum in Venezuela along with thousands of other anti-war and anti-globalization activists. "I think our senator needs...

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) -- Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night host used code words to show he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host. A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed last Thursday that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994. Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least 3 yards...

Anita Hill criticized President George W. Bush's standards for selecting U.S. Supreme Court justices, arguing Wednesday night that nominees are selected based on their ability to further his political agenda.

The Irish singing star Enya is recovering after a narrow escape from an intruder at her supposedly secure castle near Dublin. The entertainer locked herself in a panic room and activated a panic button after discovering that a man had made his way through the castle's defenses. The intruder, who tied up a maid during the two hour incident, made his escape before police arrived.

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My Response to George as he Speaks From his Vacation Away From his Vacation "President Bush charged Tuesday that anti-war protesters like Cindy Sheehan who want troops brought home immediately do not represent the views of most U.S. military families and are 'advocating a policy that would weaken the United States.'" Bringing our troops home from the quagmire that he has gotten us into will be weakening the United States? George: even if you pretend you didn't know that Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction and Iraq was not threat to the USA before you invaded, Americans know...

Types of Stalkers [W]e have broken down types of stalkers into three broad categories: Intimate partner stalkers, delusional stalkers and vengeful stalkers. Obviously, there is overlap.Intimate partner stalkers are typically known as the guy who “just can’t let go.” These are most often men who refuse to believe that a relationship has really ended…In these types of stalking cases, the victim may, in fact, unwittingly encourage the stalker by trying to “let him down easy,” or agreeing to talk to him “just one more time.” What victims need to understand is that there is no reasoning with stalkers. Just...

...“We need to get our troops out of Iraq. The only reason Bush wants to stay there is because his buddies are getting rich and feasting off the blood of our children.” She also wants a complete military withdrawal from all Arab countries to make us safe from terrorism. Is not ridding the world of Saddam Hussein a noble cause? “We sold him weapons and were once his friend — we made him,” she said. “I have to wonder for the rest of my life if the gun which took Casey’s life was sold to Saddam by the US or...

From the FR thread:   Intel Officers: Bush Needs to Punish Rove for Plame Outinghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448731/posts?page=76#76       To: LSUfan I got somethin' for you people too. I made a comment in another thread about getting "11 nooses" for those 11 seditionists, and guess what? I get a hysterical email from Larry Johnson HIMSELF, daring me to give him my address so he and his buddies can pay me a personal visit! I shit you not: From : LCJohnson [lcjohnso@ix.netcom.com] Reply-To : [lcjohnso@ix.netcom.com] Sent : Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:30 AM To : [madmammoth@hotmail.com] Subject : 11 Nooses? MIME-Version: 1.0...

Hey Mel or any Mel-knower...I want his address very badly. I wanna send him a letter and I need his address. Can anybody help? Not his Icon address, I've got all that but his real personal address... I mean no harm to him so I guess you can say he is safe.

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Lucas Schloming,a 31 year old Cambridge,MA resident,was arrested May 6 on Princeton campus on federal "stalking" charges,after the President's niece-Lauren Bush,a student at Princeton-received threatening e mails. Schloming,an MIT grad employed by a Massachussetts drug rehab institute,had previously been contacted by police,and told to desist.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15259739&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=mel-gibson--protect-stalker-from-my-sons-name_page.html

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=peopleNews&storyID=7802293

Little Emily didn't let stalker win Brave 10-year-old: 'Some kids disappear and never come back' Brooklynite Jose Laboy (below) kept trying to lure or grab Emily Garcia, she says. Fifth-grader (above) describes terrifying, months-long ordeal. A 10-year-old girl stalked for months by a Brooklyn sicko helped catch her tormentor this week - after he brazenly tried to snatch her off the street, police said. "I thought he might grab me and push me into the car and take me away," a shaken Emily Garcia told the Daily News. "Some kids disappear and never come back." But Emily wasn't going...