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  • Special Report: Violence In Schools, Part One Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 5:14PMOur schools: a safety zone for kids. That’s what we’d like to think. But listen to this list. Possession of a weapon. Assault on school personnel. Bomb threats. Kidnapping. These are crimes on campus: and the state tracks how many happen in each county’s schools. And it’s happening in your county.
  • Kolkata man slaps aunt to death Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 4:37PMShibapada has been arrested along with his younger son Biswanath for the death of 72-year-old Gouribala Ghosh at Astaraduttapur in Tarakeswar, Hooghly. Tarakeswar: A woman died on being slapped by her nephew after an altercation over property...
  • Man slaps aunt to death over property Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 4:24PMTARAKESWAR: A woman died on being slapped by her nephew after an altercation over property.
  • Happily spreading truckloads of joy Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:42AM COLONIE ? Richard Birdsall is a gleaner ? he gathers stuff that others cast off. When the 72-year-old grandfather is off duty from his job at Colonie Janitronics maintaining floor machines, buffers and wet vacs, he keeps busy by collecting household items for homeless people who are moving out of their temporary lodgings at the Schuyler Inn in Menands. "When people leave the shelter, they ...
  • Happily spreading truckloads of joy Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:39AM COLONIE ? Richard Birdsall is a gleaner ? he gathers stuff that others cast off. When the 72-year-old grandfather is off duty from his job at Colonie Janitronics maintaining floor machines, buffers and wet vacs, he keeps busy by collecting household items for homeless people who are moving out of their temporary lodgings at the Schuyler Inn in Menands. "When people leave the shelter, they ...
  • Morning update: Grab the hat and gloves Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:38AMGood Tuesday morning, Quad-Cities. You’ll notice the change in temperatures when you step outside today. At  6 a.m. it’s a frosty 18 degrees (10 degrees with the wind chill) in the Quad-Cities with fair skies. Today calls for sun, but a high of only 35 dgrees. Wind will be from the north. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a  low around 27 degrees with south winds gusting as high as 20 mph.
  • 10 Tips: How to prepare for a layoff Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:33AMMillions will find themselves unemployed in 2009. If you have the sense that a layoff might be looming in your future, take charge of your situation while you still have a job and a steady paycheck. By Laura T. Coffey.
  • Morning update: Grab the hat and gloves Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:28AMGood Tuesday morning, Quad-Cities. You’ll notice the change in temperatures when you step outside today. At  6 a.m. it’s a frosty 18 degrees (10 degrees with the wind chill) in the Quad-Cities with fair skies. Today calls for sun, but a high of only 35 dgrees. Wind will be from the north. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a  low around 27 degrees with south winds gusting as high as 20 mph.
  • 10 Tips: How to prepare for a layoff Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:16AMMillions will find themselves unemployed in 2009. If you have the sense that a layoff might be looming in your future, take charge of your situation while you still have a job and a steady paycheck. By Laura T. Coffey.
  • Hill looks to remain unbeaten Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:02AMAlumni Notebook: Dickinson grad Eugene Hill will face a smaller, but faster, opponent Thursday as he tries to hold onto his undefeated record.
  • It was a memorable weekend Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 4:14AMLocal sports fans are probably still catching their breath after what was a hectic - and memorable - weekend.
  • London trader tries life as professional fighter Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 6:37PMTue 18 Nov, 2008 00:17
  • London trader tries life as professional fighter Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 6:17PMSteven Hopwood has traded the cut and thrust of financial markets for the jabs and kicks of cage fighting -- a fast growing mix of martial arts and an old-fashioned pub brawl.
  • Planning starts for ’09 Relay Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 5:54PMOne in three people will be diagnosed with cancer. The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will bring together those who have fought the disease, who have loved ones who have battled cancer and to fight back against a disease that takes too much.
  • Kolkata girl to be sold off to Arab rescued Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:58PMMUMBAI: Seventeen-year-old Ria Das (name changed) thought she had seen the worst when her father, a retired militaryman from Kolkata, started having an affair with her friend, leaving her mother badly disturbed.
  • Mumbai: Girl sold to Arab, rescued Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:55PMLittle did she know that she would land up in a Wadala bar, then to a brothel at Malwani and finally end up being sold to an Arab national.
  • New Yorker’s Hot Air on Poverty Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:43PMThings we really don’t like: Articles that pose a question with an obvious answer and then, pretending the answer is not obvious, spend thousands of words arriving at the conclusion we already knew.
  • ACLU says minority students arrested more Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:25PMA civil rights advocacy group released a report Monday saying that minority public school students in East Hartford and West Hartford, Conn. are more likely to be arrested for common disciplinary infractions than their white peers.
  • Metro Mother Works to Stop Teen Violence Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 10:51AMFrom fights at school to teens committing murders, violence among young people is an issue in the metro. Now, one metro mom said enough is enough and is hoping to stop the violence, over the airwaves.
  • Chiefs fall short 31-20 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 10:47AMChiefs freshman quarterback Brandon Sheets fights his way into the endzone during Friday’s game against West Florida High School.
  • Binh Dinh villagers look for greener pastures Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 9:56AMVietNamNet Bridge – Farmers are leaving Cat Tuong Commune in the central province of Binh Dinh in droves since its population has exploded and farming is no longer a viable occupation for most.
  • Multiple Factors Influence Teen Alcohol Misuse Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:53AMResearchers have discovered characteristics present in the four social environments in which young people live — families, peers, schools, and neighborhoods — contribute both positively and negatively to whether teens misuse alcohol. The risk from one area may magnify or decrease attributes of another. That’s the finding of a new longitudinal study conducted by researchers [...]
  • District to Consider New Security Steps Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:30AMFollowing discussions at its Oct. 8 meeting, the East Aurora School Board on Oct. 29 approved an assessment of new technological approaches to improving school safety. Though the board has not made any decisions on new security measures, electronic door locks, automated card readers and digital surveillance cameras are potential options.
  • AHS student hurt in fight outside school Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 10:47PMGODFREY - Squad cars from six different police agencies and an ambulance were called to Alton High School about 3 p.m. Friday after two separate fights broke out at the same time.
  • Crockett principal says racial tension not prevalent Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 10:35PMContrary to some local news reports and community rumors, racial tensions have not reached the boiling point and images of the Confederate flag have not been altogether banned at David Crockett High School, according to the principal.
  • As a Memoirist, a Chilean Diplomat Takes Off the White Gloves Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 9:53PMHeraldo Muñoz overcame his initial reluctance to write about his past when he realized that General Pinochet had affected an entire generation in Chile.
  • Greenfield seeks control of high school Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 9:46PMIt was, perhaps, inevitable. After decades of sending their students to King City, Greenfield residents have enjoyed about a dozen years of having a high school in their own community.
  • City Plans to Beef Up MATA Security Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 8:08PMComplaints from MATA bus riders has the Memphis City Council taking action. The council is now stepping in to improve safety on city buses.
  • Survey: Unprotected sex common among teens Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 8:55AM More than 10,000 teenage girls and young women took part in an anonymous survey over the summer on TyraShow.com, the Web site of “The Tyra Banks Show.” Brace yourselves, parents: You may not like what the survey results reveal about girls and sex.
  • B’s pay tribute to Saugus twins Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 7:03AM Sarah and Mae Norton were among the tough competitors at a recent Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs game held at TD Banknorth Garden.
  • RFTA misses bus, raises fares, considers dogs Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 5:16AMCARBONDALE — After voters approved a big tax increase for regional transit last week, RFTA board members may have expected a warm and fuzzy meeting Thursday.
  • Warrior mom Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 9:14PMLike any parent, Esther Kandel is crazy about her kids. For years, she has led the typical Jewish parenting life: PTA meetings, carpooling, after-school activities, nightly homework and dinner with the kids, preparing for Shabbat and holidays, and so on.
  • Speech, After Obama Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:01PMAaron Thomas, a black sophomore from Jackson, said that 10 minutes after Obama captured California on Election night, he had a reaction like many people across the country, screaming outside Kincannon residence hall, “Obama won, Obama won!”
  • Shotguns used in fight; 19 injured Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 6:15PMGUANGZHOU -- The local police are investigating a fight between two villages in Heping county, Guangdong province, in which shotguns were used. The fight, which occurred last Thursday, involved about 100 people, and 19 were injured.
  • Lady Longhorn volleyball teams gets introduced to playoff atmosphere Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 6:51PMThe Lady Longhorns finished the regular season on top in district and now are competing in practice games before the playoffs begin.
  • Acclaims and a shame for Nov. 10, 2008 Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 4:20PMIn death, Enrique “Kiki” Camarena fights in the war on drugs just as heroically as he did in life more than 20 years ago.
  • Centipede theft charges dropped Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 2:19PMProsecutors in Wuhan City, China, have dropped theft charges against two young students accused of stealing 3,760 centipedes.Authorities said the two middle-school students, surnamed Liu and Ye, took the centipedes April 29 from a businessman surnamed Guo, but prosecutors decided to drop the charges due to the young ages of the suspects and because the crime was minor, Shanghai Daily reported ...
  • News: Kessler Wantas Calzaghe or Hopkins; Proa vs Martinez; Ballroom Boxing Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 2:03PMNEW YORK—Barack Obama and John McCain ended their American presidential campaigns last Tuesday. But for the world’s finest super middleweight boxer, Mikkel Kessler of Denmark, the campaigning continues.
  • Top News Stories Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 1:58PMThe UFT has filed a grievance on behalf of approximately 130 teaching fellows who face termination on Dec. 5 because they have no full-time teaching assignments.
  • News and Features for Rio Rancho, New Mexico Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 5:29PMWhile his daughter was learning her ABCs at Colinas del Norte Elementary, David Boling of Rio Rancho was half a world away, working with IEDs. All in a days’ work, it seems, for Boling, 38, a third-generation army guy who is well skilled at disarming the Iraqis’ improvised explosive devices.
  • Texas-San Antonio - Team Notes Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 1:11PMAnother season, another large recruiting class, more hope for coach Brooks Thompson that his team -- filled with personnel turnover -- can stay intact for more than a season.
  • Movie Review: RocknRolla Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 11:00AMVisually stylish gangster film that fails to involve the viewer. I was really looking forward to the latest Guy Ritchie film. I cannot claim to be the biggest fan of the guy, although both Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch are both quite good. I have not seen Swept Away, Revolver or any of his other works. So, there I went, into the darkened theater filled with what seemed to be ...
  • Election drama in schools nothing more than a rumor Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 7:28PMBy BECKY CRISSMANbecky.crissman@gaflnews.comCORDELE — School officials here are taking measures to control a number of rumors that have circulated following Tuesday’s election.
  • Westwood Heights students officially debate dress code Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 5:49PMWESTWOOD HEIGHTS, Michigan -- The decision is in. After months of debate over the dress code at Hamady Middle/High School, students on Wednesday officially argued their opinions in front of a panel of judges -- which is making a recommendation...
  • Newsom was central to same-sex marriage saga Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 9:58AMA week before the election, Mayor Gavin Newsom was walking out of City Hall when an elderly man stopped him. He looked to be in his mid-80s, and he had an accent, German or Austrian. He said in a quiet voice, "Mr. Mayor, thank you," Newsom recalled. "Thank...
  • Election prompts extra security at Palm Bay school Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 9:51AMPALM BAY – Police officers turned up at Bayside High School this morning after concerns for a potential politically-tinged confrontation spurred on by Tuesday’s presidential election.
  • Democrats have to perform tight balancing act Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 9:29AMThey captured the White House under a mantra of change and scored big gains in Congress, promising a new direction.
  • Odd Situations Spice Up Election Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 11:01AMBarack Obama is the first African-American elected president, but one town elected a dog mayor for the second time. e
  • President-elect Obama faces daunting challenges Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 10:54AM His storied election behind him and weighty problems in his face, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building an administration in times of crisis as Americans and the world absorbed his history-shattering achievement as the first black leader ascending to the presidency.
  • President-elect Obama faces daunting challenges Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 10:43AMHis storied election behind him and weighty problems in his face, Barack turned today to the task of building an administration in times of crisis as Americans and the world absorbed his history-shattering achievement as the first black leader ascending to the presidency.