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Boy's run for prom queen was a serious effort (and he won)

At first, "I didn't really know if the school approved. I thought 'Why can't I do it?'" says Sergio Garcia, 18. "I see myself as a boy with a different personality. ... I don't wish to be a girl; I just wish to be myself," he said.(Los Angeles Times)

Middle-school girl puts "hit list" on an Excel spreadsheet

A "to-kill" list scrawled on scratch paper? Not for this 11-year-old girl; her Excel spreadsheet file, called “Killbook. xls,” apparently was created on a school library computer. (Buffalo News)

Man grew pot so he could be a "cool dad" to his teen son

Did he ever consider taking the boy to a baseball game instead? (Salt Lake Tribune)

Texas Rangers fan told "Yankees Suck" shirt is unacceptable

The woman was asked to turn her shirt inside out or leave the Arlington, Texas ballpark before the start of the game against the Yankees. She protested, but turned the shirt inside out. (Dallas Morning News)

Man, 82, strangles girlfriend for the way she loads dishes

Lillian Keller, 74, told deputies that her boyfriend got angry about her arrangement of the dirty dishes in the washer, so he choked her with his hands until she lost consciousness. (newsjournalonline.com)

Newspaper apologizes for running ad that calls for Obama's death

The Warren (Penn.) Times Observer says the ad "alludes to the wish that President Obama meet an untimely end by linking him with four assassinated presidents ...[and that] the ad representative didn't make the connection among the four other presidents mentioned and mistakenly allowed the ad to run." Daily Kos reports the ad reads, "May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy!" (Warren Times Observer)

What the...?!: Mom has sex in car with her kids in back seat

The 24-year-old woman told police she pulled over to have sex with her male companion (their mug shots) because they couldn't have sex at the friend’s house where they had been. Her kids, 1 and 3, were in the car during the quickie. (Dayton Daily News)

Man calls 911 to report botched McDonald's order, rude worker

Raibin Raof Osman, 20, was jailed after reporting to a 911 operator that McDonald's employees failed to give him the orange juice he ordered from the drive-thru window. He also complained about rude service. (Oregonian)

Slipping PBR can photo in yearbook was "defiant and subversive"

The "best and the brightest" in Chicago's North Shore attend New Trier High School, and the place is shaken up by news that a beer can photo was slipped into the yearbook. Someone will pay for this! (Chicago Tribune)

Boy, 10, helps cops by locking his drunk dad out of his car

The father was intoxicated when he drove to school at 1:30 p.m. to pick up his son. It was nothing but trouble after that. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)