Posted by singhdadwal, at 01:40PM 12/31/06 : CNN.com - Page Not Found
Note: Ethics charges filed against the prosecutor at the center of the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case might constitute a conflict of interest that forces him off the case, legal experts said.
tags: ethics
· court
· case
· prosecutor groups: in Law
Posted by singhdadwal, at 11:59AM 12/29/06 : Ford, Nixon Sustained Friendship for Decades
Note: Months before Richard M. Nixon set a relatively unknown Michigan congressman named Gerald R. Ford on the path to the White House, Nixon turned to Ford, who called himself the embattled president's "only real friend," to get him out of trouble.
tags: gerald ford
· friendship
· nixon groups: in U.S. Politics
Posted by singhdadwal, at 11:45AM 12/29/06 : No Tests? College's Students Must Relearn How to Learn
Note: By the end of last year, Elizabeth Fleming had taken the SAT, the PSAT, four AP exams and seven IB exams. At Richard Montgomery High School, her classmates agonized over the scores they needed to get into a good college, and the entire jittery month of May was spent cramming for exams.
tags: university
· college
· students
· relearn
· learning groups: in Education
Posted by singhdadwal, at 11:44AM 12/29/06 : IM Shorthand Slips Off Computer Screens And Into Schoolwork
Note: Zoe Bambery, a senior at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, might send more than 100 instant messages -- IMs -- during a typical evening. So during the SAT exam, the 18-year-old found herself inadvertently lapsing into IM-speak, using "b/c" instead of "because" as she scrambled to finish her essay.
tags: school work
· language
· im
· kids
· school groups: in Education
Posted by singhdadwal, at 11:41AM 12/29/06 : Mental Health Bill to Face House Vote
Note: After years of trying, advocates think they have a good chance of getting Congress to pass legislation next year that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses, if their policies include both.
tags: mental health
· vote
· house
· bill groups: in U.S. Politics, Health
Posted by singhdadwal, at 11:40AM 12/29/06 : Many Kids Too Fat by Preschool
Note: Far too many kids are fat by preschool, and Hispanic youngsters are most at risk, says new research that's among the first to focus on children growing up in poverty. The study couldn't explain the disparity: White, black and Hispanic youngsters alike watched a lot of TV, and researchers spotted no other huge differences between the families.
tags: weight
· kids
· pre school groups: in Health
Posted by singhdadwal, at 11:31AM 12/29/06 : China Defends Military Program
Note: China warned Friday that the military landscape in northeast Asia is getting "more complicated and serious" because of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and tighter defense cooperation between Japan and the United States.
tags: china
· asia
· military
· program groups: in Politics