School Survival

A boy found dead at a privately-run secure unit 150 miles from his home committed suicide, a jury has ruled.Adam Rickwood, 14, became the youngest person to die in custody in Britain in modern times, in 2004.Adam, from Burnley, Lancashire, was on remand at the Hassockfield Secure Training Unit, County Durham.He wrote to his mother […]

It said footage shown on Globovision implicitly called for Mr Chavez to be killed. The station denies the claim.Police fired tear gas and plastic bullets as thousands protested across the country against the earlier closure of Venezuela's oldest TV network.Mr Chavez said Radio Caracas TV (RCTV) had tried to undermine his government.Communications Minister Willian Lara […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police are searching for a mother of three they said is wanted on suspicion of aggravated child abuse, according to WJXT-TV.According to investigators, 36-year-old Belinda Hicks used a hot stove to discipline her children.Police said Hicks would deliberately put her children's knuckles, hands and feet on the hot burners of the stove […]

A guest speaker at an assembly at Boulder High School in Colorado has told students as young as 14 to go have sex and use drugs, prompting school officials to say they will investigate.The instructions came from Joel Becker, an associate clinical professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles."I am going […]

Can an elderly father give police permission to search a password-protected computer kept in his adult son's bedroom, without probable cause or a warrant? In April, a three judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said yes.This week, the son's attorney, Melissa Harrison, an assistant federal public defender in Kansas City, will ask […]

Hasan Elahi whips out his Samsung Pocket PC phone and shows me how he's keeping himself out of Guantanamo. He swivels the camera lens around and snaps a picture of the Manhattan Starbucks where we're dinking coffee.Then he squints and pecks at the phone's touchscreen. "OK! It's uploading now," says the cheery, 35-year-old artist and […]

Parents can predict their children's exam performance simply by looking at their hands, according to research.Psychologists claim that results in English and maths tests are linked to the length of fingers.Pupils with longer ring fingers are said to be more likely to excel in numeracy while those with shorter ring fingers tend to be more […]

High school graduate pretends to be a Stanford student, even living in the dorms, buying textbooks and 'studying' for examsAzia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California's most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests and spent her free […]

Bush grants presidency extraordinary powersDirective for emergencies apparently gives authority without congressional oversightPosted: May 23, 20071:00 a.m. EasternPresident Bush has signed a directive granting extraordinary powers to the office of the president in the event of a declared national emergency, apparently without congressional approval or oversight.The "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive" was signed […]

Teenage drivers face restrictions on when they drive and who is in the vehicle with them, and health insurance companies will be required to cover mental illness just as they cover other physical conditions under bills adopted Thursday.Drivers age 16 will be prohibited from having more than one non-family member passenger in the vehicle if […]