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U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 21, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- The 92-year-old sister of boxing great Joe Louis was found frozen to death outside her apartment at an assisted-living center, authorities said. The body of Vunies High, who had Alzheimer's disease, was found Monday outside The Heatherwood retirement comp.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Dec 16, 2007 @ 7:58pm neoform

Associated Press -- A teenager was arrested after a leader of the Church of Satan turned over to the FBI an e-mail the high school student had written to the sect in which he threatened to kill his grandparents, authorities said. Andrew Culver, 18, told police the e-mail.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 12, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Assailants shot six young people Tuesday at a school bus stop, wounding two critically, in a midday attack that followed a fight over a high school girl, authorities said. School police arrested three teenagers in the fight hours before the shooting in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:47am neoform

MSNBC -- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a level of 40 ppm of lead as the maximum that should be allowed in children’s products. Lead poisoning can cause irreversible learning disabilities and behavioral problems and, at very high levels, seizures,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- PDT FREMONT - A 17-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with killing a Fremont man across from a high school, court records show. Keith Stamps was charged with one count of murder in the shooting death last week of Elric Wheeler, 24, at a strip ma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 12, 2007 @ 12:30pm neoform

USA Today -- Brittany Vojta survived boot camp. It was high school she couldn't make it through. So the National Guard ran her through a program it started this year in Pennsylvania for privates who drop out of high school after having joined the military. In an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 15, 2007 @ 10:04pm neoform

FOX News -- Text messages were sent and received on a 17-year-old driver's cell phone moments before the sport utility vehicle slammed head-on into a truck, killing her and four other recent high school graduates, police said. Bailey Goodman was driving her friend.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Californians who have been taking cover from scorching heat could expect a little relief Friday, although triple-digit temperatures were forecast to set records in other parts of the West. Forecasters predicted a high of 107 in Boise -- six degrees higher.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:17am neoform

CNN -- A high school in Colorado was locked down Thursday amid unconfirmed reports that two masked men were seen entering the building. Officers from various law enforcement agencies could be seen outside Boulder High School, and the entrances to the parking.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

FOX News -- A teenager shot and killed himself Wednesday shortly after pointing a handgun at two other students in a high school parking lot, police said. Schools in Huntersville were locked down after the 16-year-old, whose name wasn't released, made threatening.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 5:50pm neoform

USA Today -- A high school principal was acting reasonably and in accord with the school's anti-drug mission when she suspended a student for displaying a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner, her lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday. "The message here is, in fact, critical,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 20, 2006 @ 8:23am neoform

Pantagraph -- A physics teacher was taking inventory of chemicals in a storage room at Tri-City High School when she noticed a container that looked a little strange... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 9, 2006 @ 4:02pm neoform

Washington Times -- A 15-year-old girl's effort to start a Caucasian Club at her California high school has won her some support — and an avalanche of anger... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- Developing nations have subsidized fuel to ensure peace and to support economic growth. But those policies have begun to falter. Malaysia and India, groaning under the weight of high fuel prices, have just begun cutting subsidies. Analysts such as Mich.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A scorching spring Sunday saw the Los Angeles area bake under record heat for a second day in a row. Anaheim was tied for the hottest spot in the contiguous United States at 102 degrees Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. The city's prev.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 10, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12 to 25 — or about 5 percent of the age group — have used over-the-counter cough and cold medicine to get high, a U.S. government survey found. In large doses, cough syrups and cold pills can be used to.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 17, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

SF Gate -- All lanes of northbound Interstate 880 near High Street in Oakland are now open, though traffic remains slow because two lanes were blocked for more than six hours while workers repaired a sinkhole. The sinkhole was reported about 9:20 a.m. in the two.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 8, 2007 @ 12:01pm neoform

New York Daily News -- A mild-mannered Brooklyn high school teacher says he was nearly scared to death by NYPD cops who mistook him for a perp. When the violent encounter was over, Lester Jacob, 50, suffered a heart attack and was left on his own in the street by cops, who a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

USA Today -- As sweltering heat and humidity remained settled over Missouri with no relief in sight, health experts and forecasters on Monday urged residents to stay in the air conditioning and take it easy. The hot weather of the past several days is getting hotte.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 2:12pm neoform

Washington Post -- Black students in Montgomery and Fairfax high schools are far more successful in Advanced Placement testing than their peers in nine of the 10 school systems in the nation with the largest black populations, according to a Washington Post analysis. Par.. Read More