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By David Lohr - AOL NewsA California university professor videotaped urinating on a colleague's office door may be a scholar, but he's no gentleman, prosecutors say. Tihomir Petrov, a 43-year-old math instructor at California State University, Northridge, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of urinating in a public place, prosecutors said. Investigators allege the urination violations occurred in December and were a direct result of a dispute Petrov was involved in with another math professor. College officials set up a hidden camera near the co-worker's door in Santa Susanna Hall after suspicious puddles ...
Zzyzx: Weird Name, Weirder Place
By Chris Epting - AOL News(July 29) -- What's in a name? Pretty much everything if you're the place known as Zzyzx, Calif. For decades, perplexed motorists traveling the desert between Las Vegas and Los Angeles along Interstate 15 have tried pronouncing the odd word at the Zzyzx Road exit sign (it rhymes with "Isaacs"), most of them unaware that there really is a place that bears the strange name. But four and a half miles down a lonesome winding road, you arrive at the quixotic settlement known as Zzyzx. Christopher Mann McKay, Wikipedia.org The sign for Zzyzx off Interstate 15 in California. Originally called ...
Fans and Protesters Greet Sarah Palin in California
By not in system - AOL NewsTURLOCK, Calif. (June 26) -- Sarah Palin leveled criticism at California's attorney general and others raising questions about her visit to a cash-strapped university, telling supporters that students had better things to do than dive through dumpsters to find out how much she earns speaking. The former Alaska governor's headline address Friday night at the 50th anniversary celebration at California State University, Stanislaus, has drawn criticism and scrutiny since it was first announced. It also attracted sizeable donations for the public school. Officials have refused to divulge the ...
Sarah Palin's Luxe Speaking Contract Spurs Investigation in California
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA document found in the trash at a California state university trash reveals the luxe treatment Sarah Palin will receive when she speaks there this summer -- and has triggered a state investigation into university officials' refusal to disclose details of the contract, the Associated Press reports. Students at California State University, Stanislaus, uncovered the five-page document after hearing school administrators might be shredding documents related to Palin's June 25 speech to the school's Stanislaus Foundation, the Associated Press reported. According to the contract, audience ...
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