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Extra Extra: Indiana High School Student Expelled For Swearing On Twitter

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 28, 2012 11:00PM


  • An Indiana high school student was expelled for swearing on his personal Twitter account. It's still unclear if the student posted the profane rant from a school computer. [Indiana News Center]

  • The city worker who injured seven people when he crashed his city truck onto a Gold Coast sidewalk has been sentenced to nine years in prison. [ABC7]

  • A cyclist was seriously injured when it collided with a CTA bus on the South Side today. [Tribune]

  • The art and science of parking in Chicago. [Chicago Magazine]

  • An 89-year-old WWII veteran finally got his high school diploma. [Sun-Times]

  • Wisconsin is so wrapped up in recall news, they barely are paying attention to the primaries. [Business Week]