TSA agent confiscates toy gun, and more
A TSA agent confiscated a tiny toy gun belonging to an air traveler’s sock monkey.
TSA agent confiscates toy gun
A TSA agent confiscated a tiny toy gun belonging to an air traveler’s sock monkey. Phyllis May of Redmond, Wash., who makes custom sock monkey dolls, brought the doll and its props in her carry-on bag, but a security agent seized the 2-inch toy pistol as a security threat. The monkey “has been disarmed, so I’m sure everyone on the plane was safe,” May said. “At some point doesn’t common sense prevail?”
6-year-old boy suspended for sexual harassment
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A 6-year-old boy in Colorado was suspended from school for sexual harassment for kissing a female classmate on the hand. The girl did not complain, but officials say that under their rules, the kiss qualifies as harassment. “This is taking it to an extreme,” said the boy’s mother. “Now my son is asking, ‘What is sex, Mommy?’”
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