The UK Government plans to raise the school leaving age from 16 - 18 years old by 2015.All 16-18 year olds will have to stay in school, training or workplace training once this legislation goes through. All the names of the 16 and 17 year olds will be recorded in a database to allow local […]
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Art project mistaken for vandalism is vandalized
An art project that was mistaken for vandalism was the target of vandals who destroyed the exhibit last week.The artist, Paul Messenger, said the piece was a commentary on society's apathy to its problems, but was left for interpretation by the viewer.The exhibit in the Southern Oregon University art courtyard and art buildings consisted of […]
Condemned Texas inmate looking to deliver joke at execution
Texas - Condemned prisoner Patrick Knight wants to leave them laughing.Knight acknowledges there's nothing funny about his likely execution later this month for the fatal shooting of his neighbors, Walter and Mary Werner, almost 16 years ago outside Amarillo. But to help him come up with his final statement, Knight is accepting jokes mailed to […]
Reid seeks new anti-terrorism laws
More terrorism bullshit:______________________LONDON (Reuters) - The government outlined plans for new anti-terrorism laws on Thursday, vowing to get a consensus on measures which include allowing post-charge questioning and extending the time suspects can be held without charge.(Advertisement)Other proposals to be considered include looking at whether phone-taps could be used as evidence in court and giving […]
Adam and Eve in the Land of the Dinosaurs
PETERSBURG, Ky. - The entrance gates here are topped with metallic Stegosauruses. The grounds include a giant tyrannosaur standing amid the trees, and a stone-lined lobby sports varied sauropods. It could be like any other natural history museum, luring families with the promise of immense fossils and dinosaur adventures. But step a little farther into […]
Boy's custody death was suicide
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 […]
Second Venezuela TV is under fire
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 […]
Imposter Caught - High schooler pretending to be a Stanford student!
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 […]
UK: Length of fingers 'show how a pupil will do at maths or English'
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 […]
Man who claims FBI is after him puts entire life online
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 […]
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