College Basketball Coach Collects 110,000 Pairs of Shoes for African Kids

Indiana: IUPUI basketball coach Ron Hunter has gone barefoot during a game with Oklahoma University to collect shoes for African kids. Hunter, who tends to pace, admitted he was left footsore but pointed out that many children never own shoes. His aim of 40,000 pairs was quickly met and passed with Wal-Mart donating 25,000, Nine West 5,200, Soles4Souls 40,000, and the Department of Homeland Security donating 10,000 and indicating they may increase their donation. "When we started this I thought 40,000 was going to be tough. When they told me before the game we already had 100,000, honestly, I almost broke down in tears," said Hunter, who plans to travel to Cameroon to distribute the shoes.

Call for UK Public Schools to be Abolished

Alan Bennett the 73-year-old playwright has spoken out at the British public school system calling for it to be abolished. Speaking on BBC Radio's Today Programme Bennett said "It is the fact that you can buy advantages for your children over and above their abilities, which seems to me to be wrong.” He went on to compare the British system to that found in France saying in France state schools offered a superior education and pupils competed on

Kitty Finds Kiddie Porn

A cat belonging to an Austin, Texas woman who had recently moved into a new apartment kept pawing at a gap in the wall. When she asked a friend to check it, the friend pulled out a stack of DVDs. The woman turned the discs over to police, who found that the DVDs contained child pornography. Police tracked down the apartment's previous occupant, 24-year-old Luis Jimenez. Officers think Jimenez must have forgotten the discs when he moved. Jimenez has been charged with child pornography possession and his bail was set at $40,000. He faces a 10-year sentence and up to a $10,000 fine.