51.   A Boston Globe columnist who was fired for making stuff up wrote a final column explaining her actions and apologizing to her readers, more or less.

52.   A former safety coordinator for Chevron USA has filed a lawsuit claiming he was improperly fired for reporting a release of lethal gas from a company refinery last year.

53.   A duck could get fired for this, or at least demoted to the Rotisserie League.

54.   A radio talk-show host has been fired for being vile.

55.   A Minnesota radio station must face a lawsuit by a worker who was fired for refusing to go through an alcoholism treatment program.

56.   A month after Lozano described the discovery of the body as a step forward in the Ruiz Massieu investigation, he was fired for incompetence.

57.   A social worker responsible for protecting children was fired for unprofessional conduct earlier this month after he allegedly moved in with a former client and neglected her children.

58.   A third worker was fired for not reporting the incident.

59.   A state senator wants get rid of a law allowing state employees and public school teachers to be fired for being members of the Communist Party.

60.   A year later, Harrell fired him for insubordination.