A new magnet school specializing in peace education opens Tuesday in northwest Philadelphia, in response to the city's district military academies. The newly converted Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice was developed by community activists seeking an alternative to those lessons being taught at neighboring military academies.

A high school chemistry teacher is charged with insurance fraud and arson, after giving two failing students passing grades if they agreed to steal and burn her car so she could collect insurance money. Aldine Senior High School's Tramesha Lashon Fox was $20,000 behind on car payments.

In the latest way of violence attributed to Islamic separatists, a Thai couple throats are slit, the impact of which was so hard, their heads were nearly severed. Jad Suwanchatri, 52, and his wife Serm, 51, stopped their motorcycle on Friday, to clear a log from a road in Yala province. Assailants ambushed them, shooting Jad, and then cutting each of their throats. The couple's dog, traveling with them in a sidecar, was also slashed to death.

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff ReporterTERRE HAUTE, IND. - The Tribune-Star reported that a local substitute teacher put small pieces of tape across the mouths of first-graders because they would not stop talking. Sheryl Smith was fired by Vigo County schools officials after parents told them that she had taped six children's mouths at Fuqua Elementary School. "A substitute teacher used extremely poor judgment," said John Orr, director of human resources. Smith had put the tape on vertically, and it did not cover the children's mouths, although they could not talk.

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff ReporterHector Duarte Jr. All Headline News Staff Reporter