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2 hrs ago | Newsday.com

After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse

In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero .

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Related Topix: Riverhead, NY, Teenagers, Prison, Patchogue, NY, Immigration Reform

7 hrs ago | WLMT

3 Teens Sentenced for Collierville `Fight Club'

A judge in Collierville has ordered three teens caught on video throwing punches as part of a "fight club" placed in the custody of the Youth Services Bureau.

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Related Topix: Collierville, TN, Teenagers

Fri Nov 06, 2009

MSNBC

Poll: Only 1 in 3 who want H1N1 shot can find it

Hundreds of people waited for hours to recieve a free H1N1 shot during a vaccination clinic at Doctor's Medical Center on Nov.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kids

Newsday.com

Gay marriage foes win with message about schools

In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, Rosana Mendoza, 14, left, gets a hug from her sister Bianca, 4, before a rally in support of Proposition 8 to ban same sex marriage in Sacramento , Calif.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, California, California Government, Kids, Colby College

MSNBC

When unemployment last topped 10 percent

The last time unemployment climbed past 10 percent, "The A-Team" was one of the top 10 TV shows and Michael Jackson was about to release "Thriller." Much has changed since the jobless rate hit 10.1 percent in September 1982, including the composition of the nation's labor force.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, The a-Team, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Teenagers

PR-inside.com

Michael Lohan to release more tapes

Michael Lohan has been tipped over the edge by his daughter Lindsay's latest allegations - he's threatened to release more tapes to prove she is lying.

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Related Topix: Parenting

CBS2

Student Loan Debt Burdens Recent Grads

Share + Nov 5, 2009 7:19 pm US/Central BOSTON It's a scary time to be a recent college graduate.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Becker College, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Kids, Boston University

Telegraph.co.uk

Children get lift to school on 96 second flight

Loganair: Six teenagers are to take the Loganair service to Westray Junior High after the local ferry service was suspended.

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Related Topix: Teenagers, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, World News, United Kingdom, Orkney County, Scotland,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Daily Express

Parents' outrage over sexy Gossip Girl

TV executives in the U.S. have come under fire over a steamy episode of teen drama GOSSIP GIRL - with a leading parents' group calling for the network to drop the sexy scenes.

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Related Topix: Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Teenagers, Blake Lively

Detroit News

Detroit parents charged with selling kids' Social Security numbers

Twin sisters from Detroit are charged with selling their children's Social Security numbers so income tax filers could claim the kids as their dependents and boost their refunds.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Kids, Tax

KAAL-TV Austin

Guilty plea in fatal NY stabbing of immigrant

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - One of seven teenagers accused in the fatal attack on a Hispanic immigrant pleaded guilty Thursday to gang assault and hate crime charges and agreed to testify against the other defendants.

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Related Topix: Riverhead, NY, Teenagers, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Suffolk County, NY, Patchogue, NY

Cumbernauld Today

Parenting 'should be top of agenda'

The Tories have called for parenting to be put at the top of the social agenda. More than 100,000 youngsters have no parent in work, Tory children's spokeswoman Liz Smith said ahead of a Holyrood debate on supporting families.

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Related Topix: Parenting

News.com.au

Rape accused teens a 'flight risk'

THREE teenagers charged with raping and threatening to kill two men are at risk of fleeing to Lebanon, a court has heard.

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Related Topix: Teenagers

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Washington Times

Obama: Education must be reformed

President Obama sent an unmistakable message to the nation's teachers unions and school administrators Wednesday during a speech at a Wisconsin charter school: Don't stand in the way of education reform.

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Related Topix: US News, Kids

ABC News - Brian Ross

Unemployed Husbands Help at Home but Will It Last?

Lily Pabian and her husband Jeff learned to tag-team household tasks when he lost his job and she went from stay-at-home mom to part-time consultant.

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Related Topix: Chatham, NJ, Recipes, Parenting, Entertainment

Athens Banner-Herald

Group urges CW stations not to air 'Gossip Girl'

On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl" have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affiliates of the CW network to pre-empt the show.

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Related Topix: Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Teenagers

WPTA

Indiana Dentist Buys Halloween Candy From Kids

Most children get enough chocolate and sweets on Halloween to make dentists cringe, so some dentists are offering children an alternative treat: cash.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Kids, Halloween

WSHM - News - News Now

Mass. lawsuits: 2 kids ill from E. coli meat

Lawsuits against two meat companies claim a Massachusetts girl and a Rhode Island boy were sickened by ground beef contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

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Related Topix: E. Coli, Health, Kids, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Life, Food, Hamburger

Science Blog

Experts favor broad medicare reforms to control costs and foster health-care innovations

A vast majority of leaders in health care and health policy believe Medicare has been successful in providing access to care and stable coverage to the elderly and disabled individuals; however only a small percentage think the program has realized its potential to achieve other important goals, like using its leverage as the country's largest ...

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Health Care Policy, Elderly

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Study: Our kids are stressed out

It may be no shock to learn Americans are stressed out, but in the latest snapshot from the American Psychological Association, the annual stress survey has some surprises, especially for parents.

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Related Topix: Kids

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