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US: Youth Rights Essay Contest (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Topic: Any youth rights issue you choose to write about.Deadline: August 15th, 2007Prize: $500 (if and only if your entry is selected for 1st place).Essays may be in the form of a well-researched paper, a well-reasoned persuasive argument, or an account of a personal experience. Choose one of the following topics to write about:At Home: [...]
June 26, 2007:
Playing by the Rules (3 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
It was 'Game Over' for NY legislators attempting to pass a bill that would criminalize the sale of certain computer and video games to minors, as the current session ended Thursday night before the measure could make it through both houses. But sure enough, they have some extra quarters. With the two sides of the [...]
June 19, 2007:
Homeschoolers win contests (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
The winners of this year's National Geographic Bee, Caitlin Snaring of Washington state, and the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Evan O'Dorney of California, were educated primarily by their parents in home-based instruction programs, a fact that was underreported by the media. Another underreported fact is that despite homeschoolers making up just 3 percent of the [...]
"Robin Hood" banker sent to prison (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
A German banker who stole money from rich clients to help poor ones has been sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison, a court said Thursday.The 45-year-old, dubbed by German media as a modern day Robin Hood, diverted 2.1 million euros ($2.79 million) to clients he felt were needy while holding a senior [...]
Teachers give insulting awards at ceremony (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Sixth-grader Matt Porter didn't enjoy getting "Most Likely Not To Have Children" and "Sir Clowns-a-Lot" awards from two teachers at his school.His parents aren't pleased, either.Matt said he received the awards in front of classmates during a ceremony at the Decatur Intermediate Learning Center at the end of the recently finished school year. His mother [...]
Germany: Student stages robbery to wipe bad grades (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
A 16-year-old Berlin student was so worried he would have to repeat a year at school because of poor marks he convinced two friends to storm his class and steal the report cards with his bad grades."The student probably honestly believed that he could avoid repeating the school year if he made the report cards [...]
New alternative school opening soon (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
STAUNTON - The long, low white building with the purple shutters sits blank-faced and vacant on Village Green Road.The gravel parking lot is partially overgrown with weeds - a sign of years of limited use. A "for sale or lease" sign hangs on a side wall facing Va. 254.Soon, however, the old state office building [...]
June 15, 2007:
US: Game addiction 'mental disorder' (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
San Francisco - An American Medical Association committee recently took steps to classify video game addiction as a mental disorder.After nearly a year of studying the issue, an AMA committee concluded, in a 10-page report, that excessive video game playing leads to what it describes as "social dysfunction/disruption".As a result, the AMA panel "strongly encourages [...]
June 13, 2007:
Tape: 911 operators did little to help dying woman in ER (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility, newly released tapes of the emergency calls reveal.Edith Isabel Rodriguez, 43, died of a perforated bowel on May [...]
Couple finishes restaurant meal while child tied in hot car (3 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (AP) -- Police in northwest Georgia have rescued a boy from a hot car where his mother's companion is accused of tying him up.Ringgold, Georgia, police say a Cracker Barrel restaurant employee called police after seeing Raymond Minchew take the 6-year-old out of the restaurant and return without him -- then finished eating [...]
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