'Creepy gnome' terrorises town

The Sun reports that "A TOWN in South America is living in fear after several sightings of a 'creepy gnome' that locals claim stalks the streets at night.
The midget - which wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk - was caught on video last week by a terrified group of youngsters.

Teenager Jose Alvarez - who filmed the gnome - yesterday told national newspaper El Tribuno that they caught the creature while larking about in their hometown of General Guemes, in the province of Salta, Argentina.
He said: “We were chatting about our last fishing trip. It was one in the morning.
“I began to film a bit with my mobile phone while the others were chatting and joking.
"Suddenly we heard something - a weird noise as if someone was throwing stones.
"We looked to one side and saw that the grass was moving. To begin with we thought it was a dog but when we saw this gnome-like figure begin to emerge we were really afraid."
Jose added that other locals had come forward to say they had spotted the gnome.
He said: “This is no joke. We are still afraid to go out - just like everyone else in the neighbourhood now.
"One of my friends was so scared after seeing that thing that we had to take him to the hospital.”"

Here is the talked about video.

Should she loose her job?...

The Sun reports that a "blonde teacher is in hot water over a raunchy video that appears on YouTube.
Pupils at Stockport Grammar, a £7,000 a year private school say they found the sexy Scruffs workwear ad on the video-sharing website.
Now, English teacher Sarah Green is being investigated by school officials.
The raunchy clip shows a woman - said to be Sarah before she became teacher - simulating sex with a builder on a desk.
Children claiming to be pupils at the school have left messages on the YouTube site...

Headteacher Andrew Chicken said: “The school is investigating the origin and circulation of the film clip on the internet which allegedly contains images of a member of the teaching staff.”
“This investigation centres on allegations which relate to her employment before she joined the school in September 2006.”
Chris Dollman, marketing manager of Scruffs Workwear, who made the advert, said: “We used her services to promote our product - it was a tongue-in-cheek thing.
“She did something for us - it was her job - she was an actress and a model at the time.
“Now it has come back to haunt her, and it’s very unfortunate"..."

Here's the news story.

Here's the advertisement that could get the teacher fired.

So do you think she should get canned from her job?...

Back for 2008?...

The Sun reports that U2 has "been writing and recording in France and Morocco. With Joshua Tree pair Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois back in tow, the follow-up to 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb might be a U2 masterpiece."