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4 Dead, Including Suspect, in Wisconsin Spa Shooting

In other national headlines, athletes at a California high school formed a "fantasy slut league," and an Illinois teen allegedly hacked his school district's website.

4 Dead in Wisconsin Shooting

Four people were killed and four others injured in a Sunday morning shooting at a spa outside Milwaukee.

Among the dead is the man believed to be the shooter, 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton of Brown Deer, Wisconsin. Haughton's body was found inside a locked room in the spa, and police said he is the only suspect.

No information has been released on the other three dead, however, NBC reported that one of the deceased is Haughton's estranged wife, who worked at the spa. Read more...

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High School Athletes Form 'Fantasy Slut League'

What has apparently been an open secret at a high school outside Oakland, California for several years—a "Fantasy Slut League" where male varsity athletes amass "points" for sexual activity with female students—became public Friday when the school district issued a notice to parents.

The notice, in the form of a letter from Piedmont High School Principal Rich Kitchens, said information about the "league" surfaced after the school's annual freshman assembly on date rape prevention in early October. Read more...

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Police: Teen Hacked His School District's Website

Federal agents and and local police tracked down the Illinois boy allegedly behind a massive hack of his school district's job application site.

The 14-year-old student was pulled out of classes Friday morning and taken into custody. The boy was charged with computer tampering in connection with a breach of the Plainfield School District 202 online job application system last week.

More than 20,000 people who applied for jobs with the district received what a district spokesman described as an “inappropriate and offensive message.” Read more...


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