A £650 million Labour-initiated program called the Youth Justice Board and local Youth Offending Teams that was begun in 2000 has gotten some bad reviews in a report issued today. The Centre for Crime and...
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"ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. But Hedviga Golik never left her tiny apartment in Croatia's capital -- until her mummified body was carried out this week, 35 years after she died....
An iguana caused 20,000 people to lose power in Florida. The iguana unfortunately lost his life after he came in contact with the high-voltage equipment. "An iguana apparently caused a power outage...
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In an effort to help educate the young people of India about safe-sex practices, a Bollywood style condom video has been made by the Nrityanjali academy. It is quickly becoming a hit on YouTube among western...
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UPDATE: 4:39PM EST - May 3A hostpital in California was shut down last night due to an unknown substance causing a patient and an officer to feel ill. Turns out the substance was just a bag of powdered alfredo...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's anti smoking ban may be the Prison reform needed to rehabilitate criminals who smoke. Die hard Convicts with a die hard cigarette habit may think twice next...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorClay, a byproduct of decaying sea creatures or rocks is finding it's way into modern medicine. Clay found most everywhere long used since time began from facials,...
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A fire in Brixton in south London has disrupted transport services around the capital today following a fire opposite the Brixton underground station."At its height, about 75 firefighters were at the scene, where...
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" STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The electrocution of a fat rat in an electric station Saturday caused a three-hour power outage in Stockholm's central train station, halting elevators and escalators....
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"Tens of thousands of city commuters face long delays getting home as wild weather wreaks havoc on Melbourne's public transport system."This is one of the worst episodes we've ever seen," a Connex spokesman said....
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" New Hepatitis C case Desert Shadow Nevada Endoscopy Center
NEWS March 19, 2008: Another case of Hepatitis C:
State health officials in Nevada have found evidence of another Hepatitis C case related to the first outbreak at the Shadow Lane facility that was closed...
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"Multiple 9/11s every day of the year
Almost 10 million children die needlessly every year.Why is there no war on this terror?by Shreeram Krishnaswami" "Another child will die in the time it takes to read this sentence. And the death of that child, a child who had a...
"An army of shell-crushing crabs is poised to invade parts of the Antarctic Ocean that were off limits to the crustaceans for millions of years because of the intensely cold water.
Scientists believe that, as...
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A nasty snowstorm on Sunday caused a 68-car pileup on Interstate 81 near the town of Hazleton, Penn. One motorist was killed and several dozen were injured. "Firefighters used ropes to rescue people who had scrambled out of their cars and jumped down an embankment to avoid...
A dusk to dawn curfew is in effect in N'Djamena and six other provinces after reports of rebels regrouping. The Chad government has been fighting back rebels who got as close as the city gates last week after a failed coup. Ironically, this is the same manner that current...