10-year-old boy runs to police station, begs to be put in orphanage

After arguing with his mother about overdue homework a 10yearold boy in China ran away from home and straight to the local police station to complain and beg to be put into an orphanage Chinese media recently reported a bizarre incident that took place in Chongqing CCTV footage shows a young boy storming into the Huixing Police Station in Yubei and being approached by two policemenThey start chatting and the 10yearold boy tells them that he had been reprimanded by his mother for not completing his homework so he left the family home to join an orphanage After a bit of convincing work by the officers the boy gave them his parentsrsquo contact information so the police contacted his mother who confirmed their argument about the overdue homework However she never imagined that her son would run away from home to join an orphanage because of itThe boy being counselled by an officer at the police station PicTwitterldquoMy mom scolded me every day for not doing my homework and left the houserdquo the 10yearold complained ldquoShe just nags me to study every day Irsquod rather go to an orphanagerdquoAfter calming the boy down the police called his father to pick him up and even though he was reluctant to return home they manged to persuade him that it was the right choice much better than going to an orphanage thatrsquos for sureThe news and CCTV footage went viral in China last week where people were shocked by the boyrsquos reaction Some saw it as a sign of a lazy generation of spoiled children while others simply applauded the way the police calmed the boy down and ultimately solved the problemWhose house is it anywayA homeowner stopped by to check on his suburban Atlanta propertymdashonly to be arrested for trespassingDays after the departure of a previous tenant Tim Arko pulled into the driveway of his house in desirable Decatur where he suddenly encountered a stranger waving a gun in his faceldquoI just jumped the fence and ran I didnrsquot know what else to dordquo Arko told local channel WSBTVldquoI didnrsquot walk in on a family eating dinner I walked in on weapons a prostitute a bunch of dogs in the back my fence broken downrdquo he told a reporterAfter dialing 911 to report the intrusion Arko was astonished to find himself being arrested and taken into police custodyAlso readMumbai Crappy toilets add to Cooperrsquos woesldquoThey told the police that I was a home invader and that it was their home And so I ended up being arrested and detainedrdquo Arko saidSince then Arko has been fighting to evict the alleged squatters in court Six months later they are still living in Arkorsquos homeAfter lengthy court delays an eviction order was finally signedArko still awaits marshals however to conduct the evictionArko said he is hoping for a September evictionBounty from heavenShe doesnrsquot believe in using any form of contraceptionAnd because of that Patty Hernandez 41 is 13 weeks pregnant with her 18th childAnd even though shersquos trolled 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recent study in the journal Food Webs they compare the death of an elephant in the parkrsquos dry landscape to a whale fallmdasha feast that can support or even create a whole ecological community Over a month of recording they saw the usual suspects of predators and scavengers take turns at the carcass throughout the night Occasionally there were oddities and surprises young hyenas with snares on their necks and that rare hippomdasha case of megaherbivore eating anotherRat raceA harlem resident went viral during a recent interview when she succinctly put the Big Applersquos rat problem to a scale that can be understood by all AmericansldquoWersquove had rats the size of Crocs just running up and down the streetrdquo Ruth McDaniels a local activist and Harlem tenants association president told CBS New York referring of course to the footwear and not yet the predatory reptileldquoAn average size 8 running up and down the streetrdquo added McDaniels who previously ran for the city councilrsquos 9th District