Kid Pulls Steak Knife on Babysitter Who Asked Him to Do His
HomeworkS  A 13-year-old Salisbury, North Carolina, boy who
really didn't want to do his homework reportedly threatened his
babysitter with a knife after she asked him several times to hit
the books.  The 31-year-old live-in sitter told Rowan County
sheriff's deputies she had just finished making the teen an
afterschool snack and inquired about his homework.  When he
didn't respond, she asked him a few more times. According to the
incident report, the sitter then picked up the boy's bookbag,
which apparently set him off.  "She heard him make a noise
behind her and when she turned around, the juvenile was standing
there holding a steak knife in his right hand," reads the
sheriff's report. "He told her he would stab her if she didn't
get out of his bookbag."  The sitter called the police and the
boy was taken into custody. He was later handed over to his
mother and a juvenile services court date is likely forthcoming.
In fairness to the kid, school su