Judges order captions for deaf fans, and more

Judges order captions for deaf fans

A federal appeals court has ordered the Washington Redskins to provide captioning for all songs played during games, so as not to discriminate against deaf fans. The blaring of rock and hip-hop anthems such as “Shawty Get Loose” during breaks in the action is “part of the football game experience,” the judges ruled, “whatever the poetic merit of the lyrics and their relevance to the sport of football.”

Teenager charged $2000 over blood droplets

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An Arizona teenager who cut himself making a sandwich has been billed $2,000 for bleeding on the sidewalk. Taylor Petz’s wound did not require stitches, but the city of Peoria wants compensation for calling out the biohazard unit to clean up the droplets. “It’s really like rubbing salt in the wound of my son,” said Petz’s mother, Jennifer.