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A Michigan couple's vacation turned nightmarish when they were arrested at Cancun customs and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Their alleged crime? Disputing $117,000 in charges from Palace Resorts three years ago – charges American Express had already ruled in their favor on. Now they're being held without bond as the resort allegedly demands $250,000, an NDA, and a public apology with no guarantee of release. The wife has lost 25 pounds in just 20 days while being served food she's allergic to.

Meanwhile in Arizona, a sixth-grade teacher faces indecent exposure charges after allegedly urinating in a can at his desk in front of students. His excuse? He claimed he didn't know how to get another staff member to watch his class so he could use the restroom, saying he "reverted to military behavior" of not leaving his post. The students reported hearing water sounds before realizing what their teacher was doing.

In Hawaii, a disturbing case involves a Maui anesthesiologist charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing his nuclear engineer wife off a hiking trail at the famous Pali Lookout. According to police, he attacked her simply because she refused to take a photo with him, repeatedly punching her and bashing her head with rocks. He was arrested after an eight-hour manhunt.

We also explore the curious case of AI bias, as ChatGPT's new image generator willingly creates images of "sexy men" while refusing to generate "sexy women" due to "content policy" restrictions – a discrepancy even acknowledged by OpenAI's CEO. What does this reveal about the encoding of societal biases in our technologies?

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