On ratifying the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php? … geId=87929 The UN’s treaty, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, known as…
Controversial gossip website shuts down
http://chronicle.com/free/2009/02/10973n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that JuicyCampus, which had established gossip sites for…
10-year-old, hanged in Evanston school bathroom, dies
http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/47326/group/home/ The Associated Press is reporting (Feb. 4, 2009) that a 10-year-old boy has died after…
Teen charged with sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in Urbana, Ill., with molesting a 9-year-old girl.
Movie about school killings stirs controversy
A movie has stirred controversy because of its subject: the mass shooting at the Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
College grads face a bad job-hunting environment
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6218501.html From the Houston Chronicle … Jan. 18, 2009 … Facing what experts have called “one…
Exclusionary rule narrowed in 4th Amendment case
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/washington/15scotus.html In the Supreme Court of the United States, it was decided today that evidence obtained…
Snow keeps piling up, temps keep falling
It’s cold out there. Western Suburbs Champaign-Urbana Wednesday morning rush hour was a nightmare, and flights…
15-year-old sentenced for molesting a 6-year-old
A mandatory sentence of jail time was imposed on a 15-year-old boy who molested a 6-year-old.
Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/01/live-blog-of-il.html Illinois House votes to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich From the Chicago Tribune Jan. 9, 2009…