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Travis Nelson was just 19-years-old when he died serving his country in Afghanistan. The Marine was killed in action during his first tour, in fact he only had been deployed five weeks and now his fiancee Madeline Cates is joining the Marines to, as she says, “Finish it.” See a local news report about Madeline’s choice, read a letter that Travis wrote in case of his death during service and get her mother’s feelings about her difficult decision.

A mall store in Greely, Colorado has agreed to stop selling crotchless thong panties after a parent video taped the not-much-there undergarments. So what’s the big deal you ask? Well this store just so happens to be called Kids N Teen! No. I’m not kidding sadly. See the local news report, the cell phone video footage of the knickers in question and the store owner’s incredulous explanation as to why they were on the shelves in the first place.

In yet another “what is freaking wrong with people” from the world of bullying, we have 14-year-old student Cheyanne who was verbally teased and insulted by the teachers entrusted with her care. See the news report filed by Today and hear some of the disturbing things said to the young student after she hid a recorder to catch them in the act.

I feel inadequate, unoriginal, and old when I look back now at my glory days of doing keg stands in the back yard. For each generation it seems that teenagers manage to go next-level in creative means to consume alcohol. According to the following report today’s teens are just bypassing the stomach and going straight for the gusto. How are they doing this? The answer my friends is via vodka tampons and butt chugging according to KPHO out of Phoenix.

ABC is taking a strange angle in their reporting of an adult-child sexting scandal. 49-year-old former Mayor of Prosser, Washington Linda Lusk was caught sexting (even a sending pic of herself in her bra) to her teenage daughter Carly’s 14-year-old ex-boyfriend Bubba. Linda and her husband Kevin are explaining the dirty text messages by blaming it on Linda’s depression after the death of her son Taylor, who passed away after living for 15 years with the crippling genetic disorder Trisomy 13.

Tipton, Tennessee middle school teacher Cindy Clifton was charged with 14 counts of rape by an authority figure after a three-month investigation determined she allegedly had sex with 11 teenage students. The sexual encounters reportedly took place at her Covington, Tennessee home where she would supply alcohol to her teenage daughter and friends. Clifton faces 53 total charges and will be arraigned on Thursday. Keep reading for a video report and Clifton’s tearful mug shot photos after her arrest.

MTV has announced it will be airing True Life: I’m Occupying Wall Street on November 5 at 6pm. The one-hour documentary will feature embedded cameras with three Millennials – Bryan, Kait and Caitlin – “over a two-week period to capture the day-to-day realities of the protesters in New York City. The special aims to uncover some of the motivations that continue to drive these protesters.” Keep reading to watch a five-minute-plus preview clip featuring Bryan’s struggles to keep the City from evicting the protesters for sanitary issues.

“I’d heard of intercourse, but I’d never heard of ‘pooper-course.'” These are the words Pat Shoop, who suffered from a rare bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile infection, used following a procedure that cured her and saved her life. This procedure, called a “fecal transplant,” involved her husband of 53 years Bob’s bowels and… Forget it, you just have to read this, if you can take it!

Reuters has confirmed that recently ran out of town Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has been killed. Read on for the brief deets and see why I’m waiting on a particular American on a 4-wheeler to respond until I know it’s for sure.

Get your handkerchiefs out as I relay to you one of the most beautiful and life affirming stories I’ve come across while working as a blogger. Gordon and Norma Yeager were inseparable in their 72 years of marriage and it was no different last week as they passed away within one hour of each other holding hands. Read the heartfelt recollection of the day from their son as well as their official obituary.

Bad: Leaving a waitress a tip that reads, “P.S. You could stand to loose {sic} a few pounds”

Also bad: Posting the receipt and then identifying the wrong dude!

Read on for this lesson in douchebaggery and vigilante Facebook justice gone awry.

Shantaniqua Scott pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of aggravated assault after trying to smother her infant son in Waco, Texas. Scott is already serving a 25-year sentence for committing similar crimes in Fort Worth after being caught on camera committing this same heinous act. See the disturbing video, find out why doctors were suspicious of Scott, and discover a helpful resource if you’re a young mother who’s struggling to cope.

Swimming around in the muck and mire that is celebridom sometimes I need a serious recalibration of my humanity. The following video delivered that as we see a 29-year-old woman who was born deaf hearing her voice clearly for the very first time. Her husband filmed this beautiful and life-affirming clip. Warning, you better have some tissue ready!

The tragic suicide of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer has garnered national attention after it was discovered the young man had posted an “It Gets Better” video to encourage other kids in his situation to keep their heads up. Lady Gaga has taken up his cause and now his parents are trying to do something about the bullying that took their son’s life.

In an interview with Today they revealed that even in death, he continues to be bullied. This revelation took me by surprise, as that level of angst and intolerance is hard to comes to grip with or even understand.

Dinora Rodriguez (40) of L.A. is left with a nightmare body after a boob job blunder and an eye job she didn’t ask for! The Daily Mail reports that plastic surgeons cut two pockets of breast tissue while replacing Rodriquez’s former breast implants, which allowed the new breast implants to touch, creating the “uniboob” look. Rodriquez also received a “surprise” eye job that prevents her eyes from ever fully closing.

The Macon Bibb Fire Department is currently investigating a hoax involving what appeared to be a masked and armed man scaring the absolute crap out of rookie members of Fire Station 108. In the following clip that will sure to become a, “What not to do when you’re hazing” training video, a masked man rampages the station wielding a gun and pretends to shoot a hostage.

As I’m sure most all of our readers are aware, today marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that took thousands of innocent American lives and brought our nation together in a moment of collective mourning. Most everyone remembers where they were that day, and I thought I might share my story of watching the attacks on television from a hospital room with my family, which included my niece born the day before.

I am a devoted football fan and I will yell obscenities at a TV screen for hours over perceived bad calls. I thought I had issues but some players and coaches for the Sarasota Gators, a youth team featuring 13 and 14-year-old boys, went next level as they threw water bottles at and physically beat referee Jayme Ream. See the clip of the brawl, find out who’s been arrested and see a response from the ref.

35-year-old Gary Johnson Jr. has been charged with the beating of a 16-year-old boy in a caught-on-video street fight involving the victim and Johnson’s son. See the video and find out the tragic circumstances behind this horrible incident including the sad fact that Johnson had arranged the fight at his own home between the victim and his son to make sure the fight was “fair.”