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The Gospel of Glee
Glee, the hit show about a high school Glee club, has very sharp claws, which is one reason kids like it so much. It is routinely, if hilariously, cruel .
Teen Obesity: Lack of Exercise May Not Be to Blame
You don’t have to spend much time with teenagers to know that the average adolescent would rather devote an afternoon to sitting in front of the TV, computer or video-game console than working out in a gym. And in recent years, as physical-education classes have been progressively cut from cash-strapped public-school curriculums, teens have had even more time to lounge, slouch, hang out or do anything but break a sweat.
The Ft. Hood Hero: Who is Kimberly Munley?
The west side of Killeen, Texas is like countless other places in America’s heartland, freshly carved out of prairie pastures with wide streets in bucolic neighborhoods like “Sunflower Estates” and “Bridgewood.” But on a glorious cloudless fall day, the flags at the home sales center nearby are at half mast in honor of the 13 fallen at Ft. Hood, victims of a gunman whose deadly attack was stopped thanks to a petite, long-haired blonde mom from the neigborhood.
Sixth person arrested in homecoming gang rape
Police arrested another teen Thursday, the sixth suspect jailed in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a northern California high school campus. Four other teenage suspects were arraigned Thursday on charges connected to the rape
China to investigate U.S. car subsidies
China is preparing to launch a trade investigation into whether US carmakers are being unfairly subsidised by the US government, according to people familiar with the matter.
Five arrested in alleged rape of girl at California high school
California police investigating the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl have arrested five people, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
5 gadgets from the near future
A radio without any knobs. A bathroom where a clear display wirelessly streams vital statistics on your health.
Uruguay headed for presidential runoff next month
A former guerrilla fighter jailed for 14 years and an ex-president were headed for a runoff next month for the presidency of Uruguay, after neither was expected to capture more than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election. Mujica had led in two polls last week, but both showed him falling short of the 50-percent-plus-one vote he needed to win outright.
New Jersey man held in priest’s death
A New Jersey man has been charged with murder in the slaying of a Roman Catholic priest who was found dead in the church rectory with wounds, the chief prosecutor said Saturday. Chatham Borough police had 50 to 100 officers and detectives investigating the case, according to Bianchi