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Middle Schoolers Expelled for "Field Trip Sex"

dirtyfratboy — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:23 EDT

Ever heard of popular drink "sex on the beach"? How about "sex on a school trip"? In Newberry South Carolina, eight middle school students, ages 13 and 14, have been expelled for having sex during a field trip.

Channel: News Tags: middle school students sex field trip

Memorial Day travel hit by high fuel costs: AAA

STONERS — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:04 EDT

Record-high fuel prices and a slowing economy will shrink travel in the United States over the coming Memorial Day holiday for the first time since 2002, auto and travel group AAA said Thursday.

Channel: Money Tags: Memorial Day High Fuel Costs Slowing Economy

New U.S. Canada Bridge To Promote Trade.

games1989 — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:44:42 EDT

The Ambassador Bridge is North America's most important international border crossing. Built over the Detroit river it connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario in Canada.At the time of its completion in 1929 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.

Channel: Money Tags: U.S.A Canada trade vehicles finance

Obama faces racism in West Virginia

jovial — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:30:00 EDT

Many blue collar Democrats are not ready for a black president

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama racism West Virginia

California Supreme Court approves gay marriage

SonOfTheMask — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:31:03 EDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Gay Marriage California

Scientists are building database of bite marks

STONERS — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:58:16 EDT

For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork.

Channel: Science Tags: Scientists Building Database Bite Marks Identify Criminals

911 Operator: ' I Don't Give A S**t What Happens To You'

TimALoftis — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:46:22 EDT

As we first revealed, when Sheila Jones needed help, help never came. That despite repeated calls to Metro Nashville's 911 over a three-hour stretch about an ex-boyfriend who'd assaulted her and was threatening to come back. (via rawstory)

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: nashville 911 operator

Clinton Says She Regrets Comment About Race

digitalfever — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:55:27 EDT

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she shouldn't have suggested in a newspaper interview that Barack Obama was having trouble winning over "hardworking ... white Americans."

Channel: Politics Tags: hillary clinton US election barack obama politics

Research links common chemicals to obesity

bibbicletus — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:53:45 EDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Exposure in the womb to common chemicals used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box liners may program a person to become obese later in life, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

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Bird flu pandemic seen needing multiple drugs

capn_caveman — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:02:10 EDT

Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs -- not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu -- to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: health bird flu pandemic H5N1 Tamiflu

Interior Dept. Declares the Polar Bear a Threatened Species

TechnologyExpert — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:24:56 EDT

The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.

Channel: Science Tags: Polar Bears Global Warming propeller eco news

Schools a big risk in earthquakes, and not just in China

dirtyfratboy — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:17:28 EDT

The enormous loss of life in collapsed schools around China's quake-stricken Sichuan Province could have been significantly reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones, several experts on global hazards said onÃ;â;;Ã;Â Tuesday.

Channel: Science Tags: schools risk earthquake China

Innovative brain surgery offers a cure

dirtyfratboy — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:17:24 EDT

Three-year-old Grace Webster perches on the operating table, tiny and cold, covered only by a diaper and her sandy-blond Raggedy Ann hair. Her blue eyes gaze warily at the machines sprouting tube tentacles that encircle her - machines that will guide surgeons four inches, or 10 centimeters, into herÃ;â;;Ã;&Ac

Channel: Science Tags: brain surgery cure

Meningitis B tests raise hope of vaccine

dirtyfratboy — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:15:58 EDT

A vaccine against one of the most feared childhood diseases, meningitis B, looked a little closer yesterday after scientists revealed that a second stage of trials, in babies, had been successful.

Channel: Science Tags: meningitis B hope vaccine

Russia plans to team with Europe on moonship

dirtyfratboy — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:15:55 EDT

Russia's space agency says it is teaming up with its European counterpart to build a spaceship that will fly astronauts to the moon, but the European Space Agency struck a more cautious note.

Channel: Science Tags: russia europe moonship