Fox News National Headlines: 22 November 2008

November 23rd, 2008 • Fox News, U.S.

• School Pressured to Fire Lunch Lady, Former Porn Star
  Some parents in Vineland, N.J., want Louisa C. Tuck fired, but lawyers say they have no legal grounds for doing so do so
• Daughter Defends Mom in MySpace Suicide Trial
  The daughter of a woman accused of orchestrating a cruel Internet hoax against a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide took the witness stand Friday to defend her mother.
• Family Outraged at Teen’s Webcam Suicide
  The family of a college student who killed himself in front of an Internet audience say they’re horrified his life ended before virtual spectators and infuriated that viewers and Web site operators didn’t act sooner to save him.
• Missing Teenage Girl Found in Illinois Teacher’s Closet
  A missing 17-year-old girl was found hiding in a closet at a male teacher’s home near Chicago after he told police he didn’t know where she was — prompting officers to arrest him on a charge he lied to them.
• Iowa College Bases Musical on Bible’s ‘Terror’ Stories
  Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls children — this is the Bible?
• Hunter’s Bullet Grazes 2 Kids at Michigan Day Care
  Authorities in Wisconsin say a hunter’s stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan.
• Cops Nab ‘Granny Robber’ Wanted in Ohio Bank Heists
  Police in Ohio have arrested a 68-year-old woman on a bank robbery charge — and they want to know if she’s the so-called ‘Granny Robber’ they’ve been seeking since last May.
• Cops: School Bus Driver Braked Hard to Make Boy Fall
  A school bus driver will be charged with endangering a 10-year-old boy for intentionally braking suddenly so the boy would fall down, police said.
• 5 Years After High-Profile Murder, Sex Crime Fight Rages On
  The five years since the abduction and murder of a University of North Dakota student have brought tougher laws against sex offenders. Top state and federal prosecutors say it’s not enough.
• Year Later, Court Orders Boy Back to Adoptive Parents
  The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant.
• Army Wife Accused in Arson That Killed Her 2 Kids
  An Army wife accused of setting her apartment on fire botched an attempt to collect on her husband’s $400,000 insurance policy when he survived and her two children died instead, a federal prosecutor said.
• Number of U.S. Bank Failures This Year Hits 22
  Federal regulators on Friday shut down two big thrifts based in Southern California, saying they fell victim to the acute distress in the housing market in that state.
• FBI: Ohio Man Threatened to Bomb Airports, Stadium
  FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who threatened to blow up Cincinnati’s football stadium, two airports, Ohio River bridges, and other landmarks.
• Savannah State University Gunman Nabbed
  Campus Police Chief Thomas Trawick says the wounded student knew the suspect and that the shooting Friday morning happened during a fight between them.
• Missing Girl, 6, Found in Texas Drug House With Mom
  A missing 6-year-old Texas girl was found unharmed in a drug house in Austin with her mother, police told FOX News.
• Nebraska OKs Age Limit for Safe-Haven Law
  Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children — including teenagers as old as 17 — to be abandoned at state hospitals.
• Unstable Cliff Forces Cabin Closures in Yosemite
  National Park Service officials said 233 cabins in family friendly Curry Village will close permanently.
• Vick in Virginia to Face State Dogfighting Charges
  Former NFL star Michael Vick is back in Virginia to face state dogfighting charges.
• D.A.: Paintball Was Training for Ft. Dix Terror Suspects
  Prosecutors argued that the defendants in the Fort Dix terror plot case used paintball games as training for an attack against the Army training center.
• Investigators: Fire That Killed Horses Not Arson
  Fire investigators say they didn’t find signs of arson in a fire that blazed through a thoroughbred training facility in Kentucky.
• Robber to Shopkeeper: ‘I’m Very Sorry I Have to Do This’
  The man who held up a Vermont general store apologized to the owner during the robbery. The police say he’s likely not a career criminal.
• Mystery Thief Steals More Than $3 Million in Boots
  Fort Worth police are on the hunt for a thief who stole nearly $3.2 million worth of boots in a big rig.

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