New York City's latest craze, and more

New York City's latest craze

Residents of New York City’s SoHo neighborhood are now paying a delivery service $100 for a single “Cronut”— a trendy new combination of a croissant and donut. The line at the bakery that makes the coveted pastries begins forming at 5 a.m., with a limit of two per customer. So Premium Cronut Delivery sends employees to stand on line. The price for obtaining 10 Cronuts is $3,000.

Canadian quits Christian school over bullying

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An upstate New York high school student says he had to quit a Christian school because he was relentlessly bullied about his Canadian heritage. Noah Kilpatrick, 15, says that the faculty at the Faith Fellowship Christian School told him that Canadians “were all stupid,” and that being called a Canadian “was not a compliment.”