A drug used to treat ADHD children is causing concern in the United States.It is called Risperdal and it is supposed to be used primarily for adults with sever psychological problems.But last year it was prescribed more than 6.5 million times.The side effects include young males developing female sex organs.Nineteen-year-old John was just seven when […]
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Girl makes own library with books banned in school
Some school banned a bunch of books, so this girl took copies of them and checks them out to other classmates like you would at a real library.----Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?Let me explain.I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and […]
"Kill Piper" cartoon threatens Spanaway sixth-grader
-- From The Associated Press:A Spanaway mother says she's horrified by a cartoon video -- posted online -- that showed several ways to kill her sixth-grade daughter. The cartoon was made off school grounds by some of her daughter's classmates, girls aged 11 and 12.Titled "Top Six Ways to Kill Piper," it includes depictions of […]
Irish Reform Schools: Thousands Beaten, Raped
DUBLIN - A fiercely debated, nine-year investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades _ and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rapes and humiliation. High Court Justice Sean Ryan on Wednesday unveiled the 2,600-page final report of Ireland's Commission […]
Boy, 4, walks home from Pittsburgh school midday
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh school officials are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy slipped away from his preschool in the middle of the school day and walked to his home about a mile away.The boy's mother, Markeya McCary, says she was shocked when her son showed up at home Monday when he was […]
Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom
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Nazi mum banned from taking son, 6, to rallies
THE Family Court has banned a pro-Nazi mother from taking her six-year-old child to political rallies or encouraging the child to share her ultra right-wing views.In a case known as Hoover and Hoover, Deputy Chief Justice John Faulks ordered the woman be banned from viewing Nazi websites when the child is in her care and […]
Schoolgirl 'left in sun to die'
New Delhi - An 11-year-old Indian schoolgirl died after a teacher allegedly made her stand in the baking sun as punishment for not doing her homework, reports said on Friday.Shanno Khan started bleeding from the nose and fainted after hours in the searing New Delhi heat on Wednesday, and slipped into a coma after being […]
Norway tests laptop exam scheme
About 6,000 students in Norway are doing exams on their laptops in a trial that could soon be rolled out across the country.Every 16-19 year-old in Nord-Trondelag county in Norway has been trying out the laptop-based system.The secondary students are given a laptop by the government when they turn 16 to help them with schoolwork.During […]
Two-year-old becomes Mensa member
A two-year-old girl who can name 35 capital cities has become the youngest member to join high IQ society, Mensa.Elise Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, north London, has an IQ of 156 and can recite the English alphabet, count to 10 in Spanish and name types of triangle.Elise took the standard Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale test which […]
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