Woman who dumped condiments in book drop pleads guilty

 Idaho - An Idaho library has closed the book on a string of condiment attacks against its book-drop now that the ketchup-wielding criminal has been jailed. “We’re relieved it’s resolved; it’s been going on for a while,” Ann Costello, reference librarian at Ada County Community Library, said of incidences that began in 2009 when library books in a drive-up drop-box were smothered with substances like corn syrup. Joy Cassidy, 75, Boise, pleaded guilty to malicious injury to property stemming from more than 10 assaults on the book-drop totaling more than $1,000 in damages. An Idaho judge sentenced Cassidy to a month in jail and ordered her to have no contact with Boise area libraries for two years.  More…

Book banned for bad word - Jackass

Massachusetts - Two Massachusetts school districts rejected a book meant to encourage youngsters to read because of its offending last line — “It’s a book, jackass.” Pat Earle, who operates a literacy program, the First R Foundation, said people offended by the book, called “It’s A Book,” have been filling her in-box with offensive e-mails. Earle made “It’s A Book” her choice for first-graders and offered copies to elementary schools in Gloucester and Rockport...More