Month: January 2011

For more than a century, children who commit crimes have been treated differently than adults, with separate juvenile courts, detention centers and programs designed to treat and rehabilitate youthful offenders. With a rise in violent crimes among juveniles and doubts about the efficiency of rehabilitation programs, however, has come public and political pressure to treat …

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The popularity of Facebook, Twitter and other social media Web sites has led to a revolution in disclosing personal information. Millions of people daily give updates on the most minute parts of their lives, from going shopping to going to bed. But there’s a downside to social media sites, especially if you’re a fugitive and …

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New teen drivers often cause concern for parents, as well as other drivers sharing the road with teens. Young people with new driver’s licenses cause a disproportionate number of accidents and deaths in the United States. But, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, teen car accident fatalities are slowing down, with the …

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In October 2009, motorists on a busy Indianapolis interstate were startled to see a gigantic fireball rising above the highway, miles ahead. Drawing near, they found that a tanker truck hauling propane had lost control, smashed into a guardrail, and exploded. The accident has prompted an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to …

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