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2 weeks after Hurricane Ike, kids are still not in school (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
HOUSTON - Since Hurricane Ike knocked out power at their elementary school two weeks ago, Jakin and Jared Cordova have been playing a lot of video games.ADVERTISEMENTclick hereFor the 9- and 6-year-old brothers, it's awesome. For their mother, not so much."We try to give them stuff to do reading-wise, do outside stuff, make them go [...]
Nine Children From One Family Abandoned at Safe Haven (3 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
OMAHA, Neb. -- The mother of nine kids left at an emergency room in Creighton University Medical Center died from a brain aneurysm 17 months ago, days after delivering the youngest child.The father, Gary Staton, dropped off the kids Wednesday night at 8 p.m., officials at the Department of Health and Human Services said."I was [...]
September 25, 2008:
Teen Pees In Teacher's Drink, Police Say (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
CASTLE ROCK, Wash. -- Police in Washington said they've arrested a teenager for urinating in his teacher's drink.Investigators said officers arrested the 13-year-old at Castle Rock Middle School on Friday, and he's now facing a felony charge.Castle Rock police said the victim was a woman who was teaching four eighth-grade boys Friday when one of [...]
September 23, 2008:
Gunman opens fire at school, 9 dead (3 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — A gunman opened fire at students at a vocational school for adults in western Finland on Tuesday before shooting himself, police said. Finnish media reported nine people were killed and the gunman was wounded.The shootings began just before 11 a.m. local time as about 150 students went to class in Kauhajoki, [...]
September 22, 2008:
New Study Suggests Social Networks May Be 'Educational' (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Social networks like Facebook and MySpace have reputations as time
Burma's secret schools of dissent (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Mae Sot, Thailand; and Rangoon, Burma - Deep in the Thai jungle bordering Burma (Myanmar), a group of children gather every day for their lessons. In an elongated but modest teak shack, nearly a dozen ashen-faced children
September 20, 2008:
Study finds new anti-psychotics no better than generics for kids (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Texas has spent nearly $300 million since 2003 on expensive anti-psychotic medications for poor children
September 19, 2008:
Homeland Security, Sesame Style (7 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
When it comes to securing the homeland, who better to help you sleep at night than various characters from the popular children's show, "Sesame Street" ... ?!? Seriously. In a move that will make Bush administration detractors bring back those duct tape jokes again, the Department of Homeland Security has partnered up with the famous [...]
September 18, 2008:
UK government issues death sentence on suicide websites (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
THE GOVERNMENT reckons laws on "suicide websites" are too lax and need rewriting before they do serious damage.Times are hard, and a recent spate of suicides has prompted the government to take a closer look at information available online about easy, painless ways to kick the bucket.Under a 1961 Suicide Act it is illegal to [...]
September 17, 2008:
Marietta School Bus Chaos Posted On YouTube (4 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
MARIETTA, Ga. -- Parents are criticizing Marietta school officials after video of a chaotic school bus ride was posted on YouTube.The incident began last Friday, when school officials said the driver pulled over to write up students who were being unruly.A cell phone camera captured students on the bus getting more upset, after the students [...]
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