Thursday 23 February 2012
Source: The Huffington Post Black and Asian adolescents are much less likely to turn to drugs or alcohol than teens of other races, according to a new study. The survey of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reveals that in total, 37 percent used alcohol or drugs in the past year, and 7.9 percent met...
Source: Nick Carbone | Time Setting a course record in this year’s Boston Marathon, it was more of the same for marathon sprinter Geoffrey Mutai, who set a new course record in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon. Crossing the finish line in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds, the 30-year-old Kenyan...
Source: Mark Sherman | AP | The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide whether to insert themselves into the center of the presidential campaign next year. The high court began its new term Monday, and President Barack Obama’s health care...
Blue Shield of California will no longer pay for the use of the drug Avastin to treat breast cancer, a sign that support for the widely debated and expensive treatment may be eroding among health plans.
Source: Sam Duillion / The New York Times WORCESTER, Mass. — Joe Nystrom, who teaches math at a low-income high school here, used to think that only a tiny group of students — the “smart kids” — were capable of advanced coursework. But two years ago, spurred by a national program that offered cash incentives...
Source: The Huffington Post Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall says she “can’t accept that there is a culture of cheating” among Atlanta schools. She made the comment in an interview published Thursday with The New York Times. Her response draws on the findings from a two-year investigation that found widespread cheating among at least 44...
Source: Michelle Faul / The Huffington Post Johannesburg – The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself “the first lady” and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps, another couple of years to live. “I call myself a first lady because I’m the first black...
Source: The New York Times The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a blunt acknowledgment that thousands of young black and Latino men are cut off from New York’s civic, educational and economic life, plans to spend nearly $130 million on far-reaching measures to improve their circumstances. The program, the most ambitious policy...
Source: Steven Hoffer | The Huffington Post A Minnesota school district allowed a homecoming event called “Wigger Day,” during which students wore clothes and behaved in a manner that “from their perspective, mimicked black culture,” according to a federal class action lawsuit filed against the district on Friday. The suit alleges that despite student council...
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