Concern grows over recent cluster of child suicides
3 suicides in IL in 3 weeks, and officials are concerned that we are not paying enough attention to the signs of depression.
Social Studies
On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday
President Obama will be in Springfield, Ill., this evening, in attendance at a dinner to honor…
Bur. of Labor Stats: Blacks with more school have jobs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021003449.html According to a report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in celebration of Black…
Fla. 4-year-old missing from her bed. Abduction?
A 4-year-old girl is missing in Florida, and police are interviewing people in her life to find out what may have happened.
Blacks with more school have jobs
Young Black men without a HS diploma have a whopping-high unemployment rate. With a degree, the rate is much lower.
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…
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…
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.