VIDEO: Two Port Richmond Kids Smacking a Student While a Teacher Is in the Room
Who’s the Next Victim on Smack Cam? A video of two students smacking their classmates at John Paul Jones Middle Scool in Port Richmond hit Youtube yesterday. One of the eighth graders filmed the incident with his cell phone while a teacher was in the room. [FOX 29]
Kids Smacking Classmates Caught On Video: MyFoxPHILLY.com
Female Parx Jockey Files Sexual Harassment Suit. A 23-year-old female jockey at Parx Casino in Bucks County has filed a lawsuit against a male jockey alleging he made multiple sexual advances toward her while she was showering in the female jockey room. [Inquirer]
N.J. Can Leave Kids Behind. President Obama is giving 10 states free passes on the No Child Left Behind Act and Jersey is one of them. This means that Jersey doesn’t have to have all of its students sufficient in reading in math by 2014, but does have to provide a viable replacement plan to bring its students up to speed in those areas. [NPR]
So, Tony Parker is Kind of Good. The Spurs point guard dropped 37 points on the Sixers as San Antonio earned a 100-90 victory in South Philly last night. [The 700 Level]
41 Homicides in 39 Days. A young man was gunned down in Germantown last night. He died at at the scene and became the city’s 41st murder victim of 2012. [FOX 29]
Moneyball‘s Billy Beane at Villanova. The brain behind the moneyball concept in baseball—Athletics general manager Billy Beane—will be speaking at Villanova tomorrow along with some other baseball minds. Ed Rendell will moderate the discussion. [CBS 3]
Norovirus on Rider’s Mercer Campus? More than two dozen students were rushed to the hospital last night with a gastrointestinal illness. Class will go on as scheduled, but the university has urged students to be on alert as they go about their daily routines. [6 ABC]
