High school presentation takes a pornographic turn
Officials at a Pennsylvania high school have apologized to parents after students were shown images of hard-core gay pornography during morning assembly. The incident occurred during a slide-show presentation on the virtues of donating blood, using a flash drive belonging to an employee of the Central Blood Bank. No sooner had the drive been plugged in, said Detective Sgt. Jeffrey Bouldin, than “there were some images projected that were ... we’ll just leave it go as ‘undesirable.’”
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Seaside chase for garbage pail ends in coastguard rescue
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