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When 33 members of the senior class of Scripps Ranch High School have to explain to their families why they wouldn't be picking up their diplomas at graduation, they had to refer to Urban Dictionary!

The students were suspended, prevented from walking at graduation, and banned from prom, all for twerking!

Well, that and making a VIDEO of it!

Ch-ch-check out the video (above) to see what got 32 female dancers and one male coach of the "Twerk Team" in trouble!

The students are accused of breaking the school's sexual harassment policy, which according to the SRHS handbook, includes any "verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature made by someone from or in the educational setting."

The punishment is causing quite a bit of controversy, in and out of the high school, and we can see why!

We hate to see kids punished for dancing, but then again this is hardly the plot of Footloose!

What do U think??

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Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham must be getting pretty excited for the next Transformers movie–especially since Marky-Mark is the star of it!

But whether his kids - Ella, Michael, Brendan, and Grace - see their daddy's movie is not as much of a guarantee!

All because of

Tags: banned, celeb kids, cute kids, family, kids, mark wahlberg, movies, parenting, transformers

We've heard of being expelled for bad behavior, but for bad hair??

That's why Jude Law says he was banned from his kids' school.

For his latest role in the big screen adaptation of Anna Karenina, the ever dashing Jude had to wear a gnarly beard and balding hairstyle to play the cuckolded husband of Keira Knightley.

And Jude says his babies were not amused!

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Kicking someone off a flight because of a disability is discrimination pure and simple.

According to Joan and Robert Vanderhorst, their 16-year-old son Bede was discriminated against because of his Down syndrome.

After being kicked off their flight, they say they pleaded with the officers to see reason. Robert says:

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Last week, we told you about the bitter custody battle over Toddlers & Tiaras star Maddy Verst.

Mom Lindsay Jackson said that Maddy's father Bill Verst might win custody because the court looked down on pageants.

Well, she was more right than she wanted to be!

Bill said that putting fake breasts on his daughter to play Dolly Parton was too far, and a judge agreed!

After reviewing the court psychologist's report on how pageants have affected Maddy, the judge has issued a gag order banning mother and daughter from competing in them altogether!

So what does this mean for Maddy's future on the show? Does it set a precedent for pageants in general?

What do U think?

[Image via TLC.]

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Facebook has made an about face, and apologized for their reactionary boo-boo.

We posted an earlier piece which told of Heather Walker's plight after she posted pictures of her deformed, deceased baby on her Facebook profile.

Her son, Grayson, lived for only a few hours after he was delivered. He had Anencephaly, which is the absence of a large part of the brain and the skull.

Walker decided to deliver her baby and allow him to experience his short life.

After she posted heart wrenching pictures of her holding Grayson, her profile was shut down.

The Facebook move blew up in their FACE and an outraged public demanded they allow the grieving mother to share her memories of the short lived child.

Facebook issued an apology a short time later.

Here's what Facebook's apology said:

“Upon investigation, we concluded the photo does not violate our guidelines and was removed in error. Facebook is a place where almost a billion people share more than 300 million photos a day. Our dedicated User Operations Team reviews millions of pieces of this content a day to help keep Facebook safe for all ages. Our policies are enforced by a team of reviewers in several offices across the globe. This team looks at hundreds of thousands of reports every week, and as you might expect, occasionally, we make a mistake and remove a piece of content we shouldn’t have. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience."

Check out Jessica Walker's blog here, and experience her emotional journey for yourself.

We're just glad her story will now be able to reach a wider range of people, and touch their heart as it did ours.

[Image via Facebook.]

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Facebook has been in the news, lately.

It's back in the spotlight again, but this time it's for all the wrong reasons!

The social media conglomerate banned pictures of Heather Walker's deceased infant son, Grayson, who was born with Anencephaly - a rare brain disorder which prevents the brain from fully developing.

Although the mother and father knew early on that their baby would not survive, they decided to give birth to him anyway even though they knew he'd only live for a short time.

Her story gained legs from a blog she kept on her family's experience, and professional photographers were sent in to the mother's hospital room to shoot pictures of her holding her deceased baby.

After Walker uploaded pictures of the emotional day on her Facebook profile to her friends and family she soon realized that Facebook wasn't interested in her sharing this emotional story and BANNED Walker's pictures and blocked her from the social media website for 24 hours.

Here's what Walker said:

"Facebook deleted them because of the 'content', they allow people to post almost nude pictures of themselves, profanity, and so many other things but I'm not allowed to share a picture of God's beautiful creation."

Walker executed a useful loophole on Facebook by posting the photos of Grayson on a newly created fan page, and after twenty four hours the pictures were back up on her profile which only her friends were able to see.

Afterwards, Walked posted on her blog an emotional written piece on her experience. She said:

"As I was watching Private Practice last night, I was taken back to that day for a moment. Amelia, one of the doctors, had a baby with anencephaly. As she voiced what she was feeling that day, I too can relate. I remember lying in the hospital bed wondering if he was going to be alive or how long he was going to live. I wondered what he was going to look like.  So many thoughts rushed through my brain that Wednesday morning. Of course he was perfect and fought for 8 hours. He was so beautiful and sweet."

This is an incredibly emotional and sad story, but we're so happy that Walker was finally able to show the world the photos of her love on Facebook.

We think it was a necessary step for her to overcome her great loss and subsequent grief.

All our regards to the Walker family.

[Image via Jessica Walker.]

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