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I know the economy is terrible, but it looks like a good grade can now cost a student quite a lot!

Here’s the story from ABC News:

>>Students, tests and cash were the perfect variables to fatten high school math teacher Jeff Spires’ wallet, officials said, but administrators pulled the plug on him after several students brought his alleged pay-for-grades scheme to their attention.

Spires, who taught at Charlotte County High School in Charlotte County, Fla.,  was suspended without pay on Oct. 14 and resigned two weeks later.

He had been a teacher in the district since 2002 and told school officials he changed grades for money because he was having financial trouble amid a bankruptcy, arrests and jail time.

“Maybe I see the kids are as desperate as I am,” he told the school’s investigators.

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Now THIS is true love!

Check out the story from an NBC station in Miami, Florida:

>>We’ve all accidentally thrown something valuable away in the trash, but what if that something was worth more than $10,000? Would you swim in a pile of waste to find it?

One Margate husband was faced with that conundrum and he didn’t think twice.

“The worst move of my life, horrible,” is how Brian McGuinn says he felt when he realized he had thrown out his wife’s engagement ring.

McGuinn meant to throw out a disposable razor, and ended up chucking out the ring with it. The one and a half carat diamond ring was valued at around $10,000, and worth far more than its weight in sentimental value.

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Since I lived in Florida for several years, I’m always fascinated by sharks and manatee, the “sea cows.” I happened across a recent news story that, sadly, can be a common occurrence in the Sunshine State:

>>NAPLES, Fla. (AP) – Florida wildlife officials say a 10-foot alligator bit off a man’s hand while he was swimming in a canal with friends.

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