MOTHER GOES ON STRIKE
Mother goes on strike
FRANKFORT, Ind. -- A stay-at-home mom is on strike -- giving up her daily chores until her family gives her more help around the house.
Regina Stevenson, 41, sat on a lawn chair Tuesday on the sidewalk outside her home in Frankfort, 20 miles southeast of Lafayette, with a sign saying "Mom on Strike."
Stevenson has four children, ranging in age from 7 to 19. The youngest three live at home with her and her husband, Dennis, along with their daughter-in-law and grandson.
Stevenson says the large household means doing a lot of laundry, cooking, cleaning and gardening.
"I do everything except bring home the paycheck," she said, crediting her husband for that contribution.
Disabled boy raped
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Guards at a juvenile detention center reportedly assigned a teenage sex offender to bathe and change a severely mentally retarded boy, who was then raped by the offender, police said.
Lee Donton, 17, was charged with sexual battery on a child after two other teens in the detention center reported twice seeing him rape the boy, 15, who a relative said was autistic.
Juvenile Justice Secretary Anthony Schembri said it was against department policy to have one youth take care of another for any reason.
The detention center supervisor, Linda Edward-Ellis, has been suspended with pay. Shift supervisor Lt. Don Williams was fired Thursday.
Quake shakes Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A magnitude-5.9 earthquake shook the Aegean port city of Izmir early this morning, sending panicked residents into the streets.
About 15 people were brought to hospitals with minor injuries or heart attacks brought on by the quake, CNN-Turk reported.
Oguz Kagan Koksal, governor of Izmir province, said there were no immediate reports of deaths. "Everyone is in the streets," Koksal said, according to the Anatolia news agency. He said five buildings were damaged in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city.
Associated Press