United States: Boy held for 'killing pet dinosaur' (BBC) {or, that's what he wrote ...}

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. I know a teacher who does an assignment like this

Students in groups create facebook accounts for related historical figures and then interact in those roles. "One small step for man #yolo" and she says other than the alarmingly number of students who want to be Hitler... it goes pretty well.