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Round up the kids for these Memorial Day plans. Mary Kay Letourneau, the one-time teacher who spent seven and a half years in prison for raping her sixth grade student, Vili Fualaau, is hosting a “Hot for Teacher” theme night at the Seattle establishment Fuel Sports Eats & Beats this weekend. Fualaau, her husband since 2005 and father of two of her children, will DJ during the night and Letourneau will act as emcee. The owner of the bar doesn’t appear worried about controversy: “It's turned into sort of a love story. I realize it had a sick twist at the beginning, but they're both adults now. They're both married by the state of Washington.” - Lawrence Peryer

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Nine months ago, Manny Ramirez stood behind home plate at Dodger Stadium on a bright sunny day, laughing, joking and telling everyone how happy he was to be wearing a Dodgers uniform. Late Thursday afternoon, with the setting sun starting to cast a shadow over the backstop, Manager Joe Torre stood in the same spot, solemnly explaining why Ramirez, for the next 50 games, will not be wearing one... - Lawrence Peryer

Scientists have found more evidence that the Indonesian "Hobbit" skeletons belong to a new species of human - and not modern pygmies. - Lawrence Peryer

"But one thing that makes it harder to go to war is to have a draft, because when you have a draft, then everybody's got a stake in it, and the costs of war are brought home much more vividly and vigorously to the American people. I think national service is a wonderful idea." But unlikely, he conceded: "You get killed if you support a draft, politically, but it sure would raise the stakes. Everybody would understand a lot better what we have at stake when we go to war." - Lawrence Peryer

Russia's next-generation manned space vehicle might be equipped with thrusters to perform a precision landing on its return to Earth. - Lawrence Peryer

The right-wing pundits who seized on the swine flu to push their anti-immigrant rhetoric are employing an ancient racist tactic. - Lawrence Peryer

It's looking like the 2010 elections may cement the Dems' one party rule. - Lawrence Peryer

The mysterious red lights that were sighted hovering over Morris County and baffled residents and authorities were the result of a hoax, authorities said... - Lawrence Peryer

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SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion (£13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of Yahoo. But there is no intention of Microsoft tabling another takeover bid for the web giant, after its aborted $47.5 billion offer this summer. It is thought that Jonathan Miller, ex-chairman and chief executive of AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox Interactive Media, have been lined up to lead the new management team. Senior directors at Microsoft and Yahoo are understood to have agreed the broad terms of a deal, but there is no guarantee that it will succeed. - Lawrence Peryer

The made-for-TV musical group's surrealistic 1968 film, penned by Jack Nicholson, got no love at the box office, but American Cinematheque has resurrected it. - Lawrence Peryer

Voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana. - Lawrence Peryer

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Amish voters, when they do take to the polls, are believed to be nearly 100 percent Republican because of their pro-life sentiments. There is no edict preventing individuals from voting, and George W. Bush aggressively courted Amish support in 2004 as part of a broader push to woo religious voters. In addition to assigning thousands of volunteers to Lancaster County, Pa., which has one of the largest Amish communities in the country, Bush took time at a campaign stop to approach Amish residents and answer questions about himself. - Lawrence Peryer

Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items—as our correspondent did with ease. - Lawrence Peryer