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JUST IN: The high school teacher who was beaten unconscious by a 270 pound student after she told him to get off of his Nintendo, is reportedly refusing to help the defense lighten the sentence for the teen.

Good for her 🔥

The student, Brendan Depa, is facing up to a whopping

Born this day (June 23) in 1898, Winifred Holtby. In 1931, doctors told her she was suffering from Bright's Disease and had only two years to live. She died in September 1935 at only 37 years old. Her most famous work, 'South Riding,' was published posthumously in 1936.

Born this day (June 22) in 1906, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh. She was the author of 'Gift from the Sea,' and an aviator in her own right. And, she bears a stark resemblance to Penelope Ann Miller, IMHO.

Born on this day (June 21) in 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature and refused it, saying that he always declined official honors and that “a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution.”

Born this day, (June 20) in 1910, Josephine Winslow Johnson was Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Born this day (June 19) in 1856, Elbert Hubbard was an American writer and philosopher. On May 7, 1915, he and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland.

Gail Godwin, born this day (July 18) in 1937. Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer.

Born this day (June 17) in 1867, Henry Lawson was one of Australia's best-known poets and short story writers. He died on September 2, 1922.

Joyce Carol Oates was born on this day (June 16) in 1938. She's been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction five times.

Born this day in 1881, William McFee, an English writer known for his sea stories.

Born this day (June 14) in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Died, July 1, 1896.

Born this day in 1893, Dorothy L. Sayers. She is known as one of the ‘Queens of Crime’ along with Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh. She died on December 17, 1957.

Anne Frank was born this day (June 12) in 1929.

Sir Terence Rattigan, born on June 10, 1911.

Happy birthday, Patricia Cornwell. Born June 9, 1956.

Born this day, in 1903 . . . Marguerite Yourcenar

James A. Garfield quotes, Day 8. Only a few days to go. You're lucky he was only president for five months, or there'd be a whole heck of a lot more.

Sometimes we don't have much of a choice. But, if you vote good people into office, you get good government.

Another James A. Garfield quote. I believe this is day number 6. I've got several more, so buckle up.