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Device allows parents to track their children to within 10ft (10 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A satellite tracking device that will allow parents to plot their child's location to within 10ft will go on sale in the UK in March, its manufacturer said.Concerned parents will be able to receive text or email updates of their child's location.Nu.M8, thought to be the world's first GPS locator device specifically designed to be [...]

January 19, 2009:

Teen killed mother in Halo 3 row (14 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A US teenager killed his mother and wounded his father in revenge after they took away his violent computer game, a judge has ruled.The defence team for Daniel Petric, 17, had argued his addiction to the Halo 3 game, in which players shoot invading aliens, had made him insane.But the judge rejected this, saying he [...]

January 17, 2009:

Homework could be illegal! (12 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Homework could be illegal!The Schoolchildren's Rights Spokesman has just launched a battle against setting work to do aty home. A special report on the matter is being directed to the Civil Rights Ombudsman and Poland's Education Ministry. Schoolchildren's spokesman Krzysztof Olędzki says that the office has been inundated with complaints from parents, objecting that their [...]

January 16, 2009:

Police Boss Says No To DARE In Suffolk County (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) ― Suffolk County's police department is dropping DARE, the widespread school anti-drug program that has faced questions about its effectiveness, the police commissioner said. Commissioner Richard Dormer said Thursday he aimed to replace DARE with another drug-prevention program, but some local lawmakers objected to the idea. With the change, set to take [...]

January 15, 2009:

Online Pedo Threat Grossly Overestimated (4 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

The Internet may not be such a dangerous place for children after all.A task force created by 49 state attorneys general to look into the problem of sexual solicitation of children online has concluded that there really is not a significant problem.The findings ran counter to popular perceptions of online dangers as reinforced by depictions [...]

January 14, 2009:

Man forces kids to walk 10 miles in below freezing weather (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A man in Idaho is charged with second degree murder after forcing his two children ,11 and 12. to walk 10 miles in -4 degrees centigrade (25 degrees Fahrenheit) weather.The single father of two was driving his children to see their mother when they hit a snow drift. Instead of waiting it out in the [...]

January 10, 2009:

Parents upset after teacher asks students to shave his face (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Young girls say teacher had them shave his beard, then told them not to tell anyone about it.Although the events occurred in the third week of November, a letter from Principal Nolan Harris about his investigation wasn't sent home until Dec. 12. It read, in part:"As you may be aware, the last week before the [...]

Obsessed' teacher charged with rape of teen (10 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A married South Shore teacher was so "obsessed" with a teen boy she had sex with him on his kitchen floor, in the shower and in the living room and it all began when he was 13 years old, prosecutors said today.The alleged victim, now 16, said they had sex a total of 300 times [...]

January 9, 2009:

6-year-old drives himself to school... almost (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

The parents of a six-year-old boy in the US have been charged with neglect after the boy drove their car for 10km in an attempt to get to school on time.Police in Virginia said the boy, who was not named, took the keys to the car after he missed the school bus.He drove for six [...]

January 8, 2009:

Four-year-old shoots babysitter who 'stood on his foot' (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Police said Nathan Beavers, 18, and several other teenagers were looking after a number of young children at a mobile home in Jackson, Ohio, when the shooting occurred.The child, identified by local media as Ethan Crisp, was apparently angry after Mr Beavers trod on his foot, witnesses said, and stormed off to his bedroom saying [...]

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