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THIS is TRUE:   OUR BAD, YOUR POSSIBLE IMPRISONMENT: After the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance complied with a Freedom of Information request and told Michael Morisy where in the state food stamps had been redeemed, he posted his analysis on his web site. Example: Several individual 7-Eleven stores each redeemed more than $100,000 in food stamps. Then, a state lawyer sent him a letter: The U.S. Department of Agriculture saw the online report, and if he didn't take down the information, he could be fined or imprisoned, she told him. "Our bad," said the lawyer, who admitted her office should have realized federal law prohibits making the information public. (AC/Boston Globe) ... The food stamp program offers food for free, but you may have to pay for your speech.   BIG BUCKS, LITTLE BRAINS: The principal of a Brooklyn, N.Y., middle school sent an e-mail to the school's teachers that was so poorly written, it was leaked to parents, who are calling for his dismissal.  Principal Andrew Buck of the Middle School for Art and Philosophy was defending his decision to not provide students with textbooks. In one passage, Buck, who is paid a $129,913 salary, wrote: "Text books are the soup de jour, the sine qua non, the nut and bolts of teaching and learning in high school and college so to speak." But: "[J]ust because student have a text book, doesn't mean she or she will be able to read it ... Additionally, students can't use a text book to learn how to learn from a textbook." The e-mail had about 50 errors of grammar, spelling and/or logic. "The writing and logic are so confused I thought it was a joke," said an English Professor who was asked to review the message. Only 13 percent of the school's eighth-graders passed state reading exams last year. (JW/New York Daily News) ... The e-mail: not a joke. The principal: a joke.   REALLY HELPS FATTEN THEM UP, TOO: "A specialist advised me to do it," claims Michel Rouyer, a duck farmer in Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien, France. He was hauled into court after a search of his property found 11 pounds of processed marijuana and a dozen plants, and he said it was for medicinal purposes -- for his ducks." There's no better worming substance for them," Rouyer told the court -- and admitted he had smoked some too. "This is for real," said his lawyer, Jean Piot. "Not one [duck] has worms and they're all in excellent health." Unconvinced, the judge convicted Rouyer and slapped him with a one-month suspended sentence and fined him 500 euros (US$684). (RC/AFP) ... But man, the ducks can really fly high now!   FAST GETAWAYS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED: Capitola, Calif., police are searching for a man who robbed a bank, and then offered bystanders $1,000 for a quick getaway. It seems he found a taker. Witnesses told police a man less than a block away from the bank around the time of the robbery was offering $1,000 for a ride to Santa Cruz. Police searched the surrounding area but did not find the man. They are also looking for anyone who may have given the man a ride. (JW/Santa Cruz Sentinel) ... That driver will be happy to tell them all about it for $1,500 cash.

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