Crystal Defanti, a naughty schoolteacher from Isabelle Jackson Elementary School, wanted to make a DVD for her students with memories of their school year but ended up accidentally including x-rated scenes from one of her intimate sex tapes.

After sending the DVD home to her students, Crystal found out about her horrible mistake and immediately called parents crying and apologizing in an attempt to prevent more students from seeing her in some very nude, compromising, sexually explicit scenes.

The good teacher will be punished but is unlikely to lose her job as parents understand she did not intend for it to happen. Now the biggest problem for the parents will be explaining what exactly they saw on that DVD…

A Yemenia Airbus SAS A310 crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros islands earlier today (June 30), with more than 150 people on board, 142 passengers (66 were French citizens) and a crew of 11 Yemenis. The plane was going from Yemen’s capital, San’a, to Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore.

The passengers, most of them Comorians, began their journey from Paris to Sana’a on an Airbus A330 that had a stopover in Marseille. They were transferred to the A310 for the final leg of the flight from Sana’a to the Comoros, the airline said. The A310 that crashed had been barred from use in France after a 2007 inspection by French officials.

Yemeni officials said the plane crashed in stormy weather. Initial blame is being put on bad weather, with air officials in the Comoros Islands reporting strong winds of 38mph, gusting to 70mph.

When rescue and search teams arrived they found a number of bodies floating in the water and were able to rescue a toddler still alive. The little boy is the only survivor of this horrible plane crash, the second involving a Airbus in a month. An Air France Airbus A330-200 en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro crashed into the Atlantic (June 1), killing all 228 people on board.

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Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison by Judge Denny Chin.  Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scam in U.S. history for more than 25 years.

The government had already imposed a $170 billion judgment against madoff.

The Federal Department of Probation had recommended a 50 year sentence.

The 13 year-old Savana Redding was accused by another student of having prescription-strength ibuprofen and strip searched by officials of the Safford Arizona Unified School District. No pills were found.

“Once they got me into my underwear I thought they would let me put my clothes back on,” Savana told CBS News correspondent Hattie Kauffman. “But then they told me to pull out my bra and shake it, and my underwear as well.”

The Supreme Court finally ruled the strip search illegal and that the school officials had violated the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches.

Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw said, “It does not require a constitutional scholar to conclude that a nude search of a 13-year-old child is an invasion of constitutional rights. More than that. It is a violation of any known principle of human dignity.”

Savana, who is now 19 years old and attends college, admitted this incident completely changed her life: “I gave myself ulcers, bleeding ulcers, and I was always worried, mostly about going to school,” she said. Her mother, April Redding said, “They changed my kid, and they need to understand what they took away from her.”

Savana Redding Pictures

Google is getting ready to launch a new service, Google Voice, which was built with technology obtained through its 2007 acquisition of Internet telephony company GrandCentral and has been tested by a privileged group of GrandCentral users.

The new Google Voice service will give users a single phone number that can seamlessly route calls to their existing phones or even offer number portability, enabling consumers to move their existing phone numbers to Google’s infrastructure.

Some of the incredible features of this new service include voicemail that can be accessed from any phone or through a browser, with GMail-like archiving features, automatic message transcription that can be forwarded to preferred e-mail account, free SMS delivery and much more.

Google has recently obtained over one million new phone numbers from backbone operator Level 3 therefore Google’s new phone service is expected to be launched for a broader audience soon.

Legendary Iowa high school football coach Ed Thomas, legendary high school football coach from Aplington-Parkersburg High in Iowa, was shot and killed inside the weight room early Wednesday morning around 8:00am local time.

24-year old Mark Becker has been identified by police as the gunman.  Becker is a former student and football player at Aplington under Thomas.

Thomas was shot multiple times just before 8 a.m. local time, authorities said. About 50 students were in the school, including several in the weight room, at the time. School was not in session, and no one else was injured in the attack.

Becker had been arrested over the weekend and placed for a short time in a mental ward after leading cops in a wild car chase on Saturday night.

Coach Thomas had sent several players to the NFL and was named the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year. He had a career winning record of 292-84 in his 37 year career as a high school coach.

Aplington-Parkersburg athletic director/football coach Ed Thomas was shot and died shortly after arriving at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo on Wednesday morning (June 24).

Thomas was shot in the head at point-blank range in the school’s weight room where players were working out in preparation for this fall’s season between 8 and 8:30 a.m. There were about 50 students at the school when it happened but none were injured.

According to authorities, the gunman, who is reportedly not a current student, was captured shortly after the shooting, and is being held at the Butler County jail.

Thomas, who just finished his 37th season of coaching, was honored as the NFL High School Coach of the Year in 2005. Four of his former players are in the NFL, including Green Bay’s Aaron Kampman, Jacksonville’s Brad Meester, Detroit’s Jared DeVries and Denver’s Casey Wiegmann. In his career, Thomas wracked up 292 wins with only 84 losses, a 78 percent winning percentage which makes him eighth on the all-time list of Iowa football coaches.

UPDATE:  24-year old Mark Becker has been identified by police as the gunman.  Becker is a former student and football player at Aplington under Thomas.

Thomas was shot multiple times just before 8 a.m. local time, authorities said. About 50 students were in the school, including several in the weight room, at the time. School was not in session, and no one else was injured in the attack.

Becker had been arrested over the weekend and placed for a short time in a mental ward after leading cops in a wild car chase on Saturday night.

Ed Thomas Pictures

A 30 year-old woman, Tanya Angus, decided to speak up about the disease that made her go from 5-foot-11 and 115 pounds to 6-foot-6 and 480 pounds. Actor Richard Kiel, who played “Jaws” in the James Bond movies, and wrestler Andre The Giant also suffer from this disease, called acromegaly and commonly known as gigantism, which causes uncontrolled growth.

Tanya, an aspiring actress, says, “It could be hidden, and you wouldn’t even know it until it crawls up on you. You start looking different. It’s easier to catch if you know the symptoms.”

Symptoms of the disease normally include abnormal growth of the hands and feet, along with the enlargement of facial features such as the brow, jaw and nose. Additional symptoms (and their associated frequency) can vary and may be presented through headaches, joint pain, swelling of the soft tissue, fatigue, loss of vision, carpal tunnel syndrome, skin changes, excessive sweating, snoring, tingling in the arms and legs, impotence and absence of menstruation.

This disease can be awaked at any point in your life. It is rare, difficult to diagnose and can be awaken at any point in your life. Bob Knutzen, founder of the Pituitary Network, was diagnosed with acromegaly when he was 50. He says, “It’s one of those rare diseases that just hits you one morning, one night. You wake up and know that something is wrong.”

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Neda Agha Sultan (or Neda Agha Soltan) was a beautiful Iranian girl who died from a gunshot wound to the heart in the streets of Tehran while peacefully protesting with her father. The girl held a sign that read “freedom”, a simple cry for democracy in Iran.

“She only ever said that she wanted one thing, she wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran,” Neda’s boyfriend, Caspian Makan, told a reporter. The 27 year-old woman has become a symbol of rebellion/martyr for the cause in Iran.

Neda Agha Sultan Photos

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A devastating Metrorail train crash in Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon has killed six people and injured scores more. Fire chief Dennis Rubin said at least 76 people were treated for minor injuries.

The trash took place around 5pm EDT when a train waiting for a track to clear was rammed from behind from a trailing train.

Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together in the worst accident in the Metrorail system’s 33-year history. Washington fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews had to cut some people out of what he described as a “mass casualty event.” Rescue workers propped steel ladders up to the upper train cars to help survivors scramble to safety. Seats from the smashed cars spilled out onto the track.

Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty said six were confirmed dead. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin said rescue workers treated 76 people at the scene and sent some of them to local hospitals, six with critical injuries. A search for further victims continued into the night.

The crash took place on the red line near the D.C./Maryland border.  Victims of the crash and eye witnesses say there was no real panic and that everyone for the most part was calm and cooperative with first response units.

iReporter Ryan Knowles shot and posted this video of a strange flying over that was seen over an amusement park , King’s Dominion theme park, in Doswell, Virginia. The video has become an Internet sensation and discussed on CNN but it seems like the UFO can be only a smoke ring from the Volcano ride. What do you think??

Daniel Bice, who is a writer for the Journal Sentinel, revealed and exposed a steamy affair between the Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn and Milwaukee Magazine/talk show host Jessica McBride.

The 61 year-old chief and 39 year-old journalist reportedly met earlier this year when she wrote a flattering profile of the good chief that was teasingly described as a love letter.

“I got an anonymous letter on June 1st,” explained Bice. “Since then, I’ve been trying to talk to the Chief, to Jessica, to her husband, (former Waukesha County District Attorney) Paul Bucher, the mayor, many people.”

“It took a while before the police chief finally decided to issue a statement. He gave it to me yesterday, apologizing for the affair. It is not been an easy thing for someone to admit. He had to talk to his wife and his daughter.”

Flynn decided to go public and finally admit he had been having an affair. He never brought up Jessica’s name and apologized to his wife, family and the city.

Chief Edward A. Flynn issued the following statement: “I have done my wife and family a great wrong, and I profoundly regret the hurt I have inflicted on them and others affected by my conduct. I accept the personal and public consequences of my private behavior. I have damaged my public reputation and violated the trust and love of my family.”

Apparently Chief Flynn has the Mayor’s support and the story of this affair won’t have any immediate consequences on his tenure as Milwaukee police chief.

This week Senator John Ensign also admitted to an affair with former staffer Cynthia Hampton and Morgan Freeman is reportedly having a secret affair with his step granddaughter. It makes me wonder if men in a position of power are more inclined to have multiple relationships…

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Conservative Republican Nevada Senator John Ensign has confessed to having an affair with a married woman, who is reportedly 46 year-old campaign staffer, Cynthia Hampton (not Cindy Hampton!!).

John decided to go public about the affair because of blackmail threat, saying it was the worst mistake of his life and begs his wife, Darlene Ensign, for forgiveness on a special news conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Sen. John Ensign said, “I will not mention any names but the woman who I was involved with and her husband were close friends and both of them worked for me. Our families were close. That closeness put me into situations which led to my inappropriate behavior. We caused deep pain to both families and for that I am sorry.”

Cynthia’s husband Douglas Hampton served as Ensign’s administrative assistant in his personal office from November 2006 to May 2008 while John and Cynthia had a steamy affair. Both Cynthia and Douglas no longer work for Senator Ensign.

John Ensign & Darlene Ensign Pictures

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President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood and a very annoying, flying insect also known as THE Fly. Obama just swats the fly with one single try, which requires really good skills but it’s also a real insecticide (insect murder!) in the White House… where is PETA??

iPhone users can finally download your iPhone 3.0 update for free for your phone or $9.95 for your iPod Touch today (June 17) from Apple’s website (click here). There is still no confirmation on the release time of this update.

This new software update include all the features from previous updates plus brand new and much anticipated features like cut, copy and paste, landscape keyboard, MMS messages with video, photos, audio, spotlight search, record voice memos and buy movies, TV shows and audiobooks.

Download iPhone 3.0 Update At Apple.com>>

President Barack Obama’s former preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back in the news again, this time for bashing  the Jews that surround and advise Obama.  Wright believes Obama is not talking to him because the President’s Jewish advisers are telling him not to right now.

Here is what Rev. Wright had to say at Hampton University:

“Them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me,” Obama’s former pastor told the Daily Press of Hampton Roads, Va., where he was attending a ministers’ conference at Hampton University. “I told my baby daughter that he’ll talk to me in five years when he’s a lame duck, or in eight years when he’s out of office.”

Sadly this anti-semitic rhetoric comes on the same day that James Von Brunn, a racist and anti-semitic, opened fire on at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. today, killing security officer Stephen Tyrone Jones.

Maybe Wright should wake up and realize that Obama is smart enough to stay away from him, especially if he is going to keep spewing his racist hatred.

BREAKING: Early reports out of Washington, D.C. are saying that a man, reportedly James Von Brunn, walked into the National Holocaust Museum and opened fire on a security officer. Another officer, on duty, returned fire reportedly wounding the shooter.

The shooting reportedly entered the museum on the 14th street entrance, which is the main entrance.

The security guard and shooter were the only two to be shot.  A third person, a bystander, was injured by broken glass.

The shooter has been taken to George Washington University Hospital.

The shooting took place around 12:55pm local D.C. time in the museum lobby.

The shooting suspect is being identified as 89-year old James W. Von Brunn (photo above), a white supremacist, according to his website: Holy Western Empire.

In 1981 Von Brunn attempted to place the treasonous Federal Reserve Board of Governors under legal, non-violent, citizens arrest. He was tried in a Washington, D.C. Superior Court; convicted by a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys, and sentenced to prison for eleven years by a Jew judge. A Jew/Negro/White Court of Appeals denied his appeal. He served 6.5 years in federal prison.

That is just a sampling of the hatred spewing from Von Brunn’s website.  JVB claims to be a member of Mensa.

The security guard, Stephen Tyrone Jones, has passed away according to hospital officials.

RELATED: Rev. Jeremiah Wright Claims Jews Keeping Obama Away from Him

Thomas Beatie, the controversial ‘pregnant man’ who used to be a woman named Tracy Lagondino (photos below), gave birth for the second time to a healthy baby boy with wife Nancy. Thomas and Nancy have yet to name their newborn.

The couple already has a 1 year-old daughter, Susan Juliette, who was also delivered by Thomas during a natural childbirth and breastfed by Nancy. Talk about a dysfunctional family…

Tracy had gender reassignment surgery to become Thomas, who is legally considered to be a man, but he decided to keep his female reproductive organs. This turned out to be the best choice for the couple since wife Nancy is not able to have children. I think you can’t really be a man if you still have your period every month… and that’s all I’m saying!

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US Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were arrested in the China-North Korea border on March 17, were convicted of a serious crime against North Korean government and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in prison.

Laura, the sister of former The View co-host Lisa Ling, and Euna, were accused of crossing the China-North Korean border while reporting a story on human trafficking by Kim Jong Il’s regime. The two insist that their border crossing was accidental but because they were tried by The Central Court, the highest court of North Korea, there can be no appeal.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said: “We are deeply concerned by the reported sentencing of the two American citizen journalists by North Korean authorities, and we are engaged through all possible channels to secure their release.”

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Laura and Euna’s families! We hope they can come home soon, safe and sound!

Laura Ling & Euna Lee Pictures

President Barack Obama delivered his very much anticipated first speech titled “A New Beginning” for the Muslim world in an attempt to reestablish a diplomatic relationship with the United States at Cairo University campus’ auditorium in Cairo, Egypt.

Full Text of President Of The United States of America Barack Obama’s Speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.

We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.

Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights. This has bred more fear and mistrust.

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