Coffee Break

   THE COFFEE BREAK - Friday, June 20, 2008            
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A Massachusetts high school principal who caused a worldwide
media flap about a supposed teen pregnancy pact at his
school says he has quit his job.

A letter obtained by the Boston Globe indicates Gloucester
High School principal Joseph Sullivan quit his job Tuesday,
accusing the city’s mayor of slandering him and saying he
no longer has the trust of other officials.

Sullivan’s comments to a reporter earlier this year that a
spike in teen pregnancies at Gloucester High was the result
of an intentional effort by girls to have babies put the
Massachusetts fishing city into the spotlight, much of the
attention unwelcome, the Globe said.

Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk disputed Sullivan’s “pact”
comments, saying at a July 23 news conference there was
“absolutely no evidence” of any pact and adding that
Sullivan “was foggy in his memory of how he heard about the
information.”

In his resignation letter, Sullivan reportedly said Kirk
had “publicly slandered my reputation, my integrity, and
my intelligence,” adding, “I recognize that I have neither
the trust, confidence or respect of the mayor nor the
superintendent.”

What are your thought of this principal quitting?

See you at the water cooler,
Jeanie

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         3 arrested after glitch gives free fares
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) — New York authorities said three
suspects used a software glitch in a MetroCard machine to
take $800,000 in free fares over nearly three years. 
Authorities said married couple Cary Grant, 40, and Lisa
Foster Jordan, 37, along with friend Christopher Clemente, 37,
were charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of
stolen property after a Metropolitan Transportation Authority
audit discovered the three had been using the software glitch
to obtain free fare cards, the New York Post reported
Tuesday.  “The odds of [the suspects] stumbling on this were
astronomical,” MTA spokesman Jeremy Soffin said.  The free
fare glitch “would only happen if you used an active debit
card but had insufficient money in your account and it was
from a smaller, non-local bank,” Soffin said.  “The woman
stumbled on it unwittingly, and they proceeded to very
knowingly steal form the MTA,” he said.  Law enforcement
sources said the three would obtain the free cards and then
sell them to other riders between September 2005 and May
of this year.
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           Woman gets house arrest for tiger import
Prosecutors said a Hercules, Calif., woman has been sentenced
to house arrest after she pleaded guilty to illegally
importing a stuffed tiger from Vietnam.  Federal prosecutors
announced Tuesday that Nicki Phung, 31, was sentenced to
six months of home confinement and three years of probation
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by U.S. law, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.
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accused of importing the mounted tiger from Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam, in December 2007 without the proper permits.
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        Police: Big nose foiled suspect’s disguise
New York police said a bank robbery suspect’s cross-dressing
disguise wasn’t enough to hide his distinctive nose from
investigators.  Police said Samuel Manoharan, 31, is
suspected of robbing five banks in New York’s Manhattan
and Brooklyn boroughs while dressed in a wig, makeup and
women’s clothing, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
However, officers said a teller took down his license
plate number after one of the robberies and police who
arrived at his home said they immediately recognized him
from his facial features.  “He has very distinguishable
features — a very big nose. His wig couldn’t cover his
nose,” one police source said.  Prosecutors said Manoharan
was charged with grand larceny and robbery for a June 28
robbery in Manhattan. They said charges are pending for the
other incidents.  The suspect was being held by police in
lieu of $30,000 bail.
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