PRINTABLE PAGE Overweight Teens May Go to Extremes to Shed Pounds Originally published by Reuters Health, February 18, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Nearly one in five adolescent girls who are very overweight may resort to extreme weight-control measures…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Investigative Report: UF Hired Sexual Predator Florida Public Colleges, Universities Have No Background Check Policy Hannah Field, Investigative ReporterOriginally published by Click10.com (WPLG-TV Miami), May 30, 2001 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hiring policy at some Florida public colleges and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Britain Could Approve Prescription Cannabis Drugs Originally published by Reuters Health, February 19, 2002 LONDON (Reuters) — British doctors could be filling out prescriptions for cannabis-based pain-killing drugs as early as 2004 if clinical trials prove a success,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE ‘Chocolate Slaves’ Carry Many Scars British factories were warned about child bondage By Neil TweedieOriginally published by The Daily Telegraph, April 17, 2001 British children love chocolate. Each year they spend £1.2 billion of their pocket money to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE UNICEF Warns India of Phony Foreign Adoption Deals Originally published by Reuters, Friday February 9, 2001 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — UNICEF, the U.N. Children’s Fund, warned India on Friday that some foreign agencies seeking to adopt children orphaned…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Detective in Sex Case: ‘It’s All Fantasy Talking’ (Sun-Sentinel) By Andreas Tzortzis, Staff WriterOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, June 23, 2001 Gripping the sides of the courtroom lectern in front of him, visibly upset at being on the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Md. to Settle Suit Over Abuse at Boot Camps State to Pay $4.6 Million for Assaults by Staff That One Lawyer Called ‘Sinister’ By Maureen O’Hagan, Washington Post Staff WriterOriginally published in The Washington Post, March 30, 2002…
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PRINTABLE PAGE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE 2002: More Time Sought To Report Abuse By Rick Linsk, for Pioneer PressOriginally published in the Pioneer Press, April 1, 2002 Dale Scheffler thought he had justice within his grasp—a $1.1 million jury verdict against a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ritalin Use in Virginia is “Astronomical” By Elizabeth SimpsonOriginally published in The Virginian-Pilot, November 15, 2001 Portsmouth ranks in the top 1 percent of communities nationwide for use of Ritalin, the drug prescribed to treat attention deficit disorders,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE O.C. Judge Charged With Possessing Child Porn Crime: Investigators say they found computer images at Ronald C. Kline’s home of young boys engaging in sex acts. By Monte Morin and Jack Leonard, Times Staff WritersOriginally published in the…