Domestic Irritation

In most schools, especially high schools, across the country teachers and administrators try to prevent underage drinking. This is especially true when prom season rolls around at high schools all over this great nation of ours. Well the same can’t be said for one high school in the state of New York. Now, this high school wasn’t promoting underage drinking persay but it is pretty close.

Onteora School District was involved in a prom night disaster when it comes to prom favors. One of the high schools in the district gave the attendees of the prom shot glasses, which are used for liquor, as prom favors to take home with them. The high school is located in Boiceville, New York, in the Catskill Mountains of the state.

School policies in the district have been revised to prevent any such gift being handed out at a senior prom ever again. This information was provided by the District’s Superintendent Leslie Ford.

Ford told reporters that this isn’t the message that they want to send out to the teens in their school district or around the country. The school district involved in the incident is located roughly 115 miles north of Manhattan.

Holley Carnright, the District Attorney for Ulster County, said that the prom favors were an insult to families that have been a victim of drunk driving incidents. The story of these prom favors has made it all over the country and some schools are taking action to prevent this incident from happening at their school anytime in the future.

A nationwide beef recall has been expanded from 41,000 pounds of beef to over 380,000 pounds of beef that has possibly been contaminated with E. coli. The previous recall of 41,000 pounds came earlier last week. The United States Department of Agriculture says that the packages of beef that were recalled included a time stamp of “0618″ to “1130,” a date of “042109,” and bears the name “EST. 969.”

The company issuing the recall is JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greeley, Colorado. The recall was prompted by an investigation led by the United States Department of Agriculture regarding 24 illnesses across the country. The investigation was led by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. This also prompted the company to review its food safety system that is currently in place.

The USDA claims that 18 of the 24 illnesses seen across the country have the same cause, forcing the company to make the recall out of an abundance of caution for its customers. The USDA could not provide an updated list of states affected by the new recall on Sunday or where the illnesses are located.

The original recall affected the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. The most recent recall is believed to affect those same states with the possiblity of other states across the country being affected as well.

The USDA is hoping to release a new list as soon as Monday and no later than Tuesday regarding the recall by JBS Swift Beef Co. in Greeley, Colorado.

The woman at the heart of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford’s affair has admitted to the press that she has been involved with the much maligned politician. Maria Belen Chapur, a 41 year old, admitted on Sunday that she is the woman involved in the affair with Sanford. Chapur also said that the email making its way around the world was obtained from her account without permission.

“I have decided to send this statement to clear up certain incorrect things that are being reported, and put an end to a matter that, as you imagine, is very painful to me, my two children, my entire family and close friends.”

Chapur claims that her Hotmail account was accessed by someone, not naming the person, without permission and sent her correspondences between her and Sanford to the South Carolina newspaper ‘The State.’

“I have a strong suspicion of who is responsible for this evil act that was directed at me but also destroyed the lives of so many others,” Chapur said. “But without sufficient proof, and for legal reasons, I am obligated to not reveal the name.

“It is not for me to judge anyone. I leave it all in the hands of God,” she concluded.

Sanford made a secret trip to Argentina earlier in the month of June and upon returning to the United States had to finally admit that he was involved in an affair with a woman from Argentina.

As it stands right now Sanford does not plan to resign from his political post because he feels that it would be the easiest thing to do. Sanford would rather restore the public and his family’s trust in him.

Popular and beloved Television salesman Billy Mays has died at the age of 50. Mays, who recently returned to his home in Tampa via a Philadelphia flight, was found dead on Sunday morning in his Tampa home according to police. Billy Mays was famous for shouting at viewers through the television while hocking all different products from OxiClean to ESPN 360.com

Mays’ wife found him unresponsive in bed on Sunday morning. He was pronounced dead at 7:45am by an emergency rescue team that responded to the 911 call. On his flight from Philly to Tampa Mays said he was hit on the head when the plane made a rough landing in Tampa. His wife also said that he didn’t feel good prior to going to bed on Saturday night. There was no sign of a break-in at their home and no foul play is being suspected.

An autopsy will be performed on Monday by the coroner’s office involved in the investigation of Mays’ death. The only statement released by Mays’ wife, Deborah, was the following:

“Although Billy lived a public life, we don’t anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days,” Deborah Mays said in a statement Sunday. “Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times.”

Mays had the following to say after his rough landing in Tampa:

“All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping,” MyFox Tampa Bay quoted him as saying. “It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.”