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    Jun 14, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  1. Conference expansion: Big 12 future up in the air as political pressure grows

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    Conference expansion: Big 12 tries to save itself....
    2. May 6, 2010 |Story| Associated Press

  2. Cell Phones Raise Teen Nighttime Driving Risks

    Austin, Texas - Nighttime driving is becoming more hazardous for American teenagers and the likely cause is talking and texting on cell phones while operating a vehicle, according to a study released Thursday.
    The Associated Press
    Austin, Texas - Nighttime driving is becoming more hazardous for American teenagers and the likely cause is talking and texting on cell phones while operating a vehicle, according to a study released Thursday. The report by the Texas Transportation...

    Tags: Teen-agers, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Health and Safety at School, Cell Phones

    3. Oct 12, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Cameron Todd Willingham: Former head of Texas forensics panel probing 1991 fire says he felt pressured by Gov. Perry aides

    Tribune reporter
    Just months before the controversial removal of three members of a state commission investigating the forensics that led to a Texas man's 2004 execution, top aides to Gov. Rick Perry tried to pressure the chairman of the panel over the direction of the...

    Tags: Rick Perry, Punishment, Career and Workplace, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice

    4. Jul 21, 2009 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  4. Mother Arrested for 555 lb. Teenage Son

    Alexander Draper, 14, of South Carolina tips the scales at more than 550 lbs. Health officials say he gains weight at a rate of half a pound a day. He's now in foster care. His mother, Jerri Gray, is charged with child neglect.
    Alexander Draper, 14, of South Carolina tips the scales at more than 550 lbs. Health officials say he gains weight at a rate of half a pound a day. He's now in foster care. His mother, Jerri Gray, is charged with child neglect. "If those decisions that...

    Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Vanessa Brown, Dallas, Children

    5. Mar 24, 2009 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  5. Infanticide Bill Being Considered

    The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would give some women who kill their children a legal defense. Under a proposed legislative measure, Texas would become the first state to have an infanticide law. Democratic state representative Jessica...

    Tags: Murder, Death, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes

    6. Jan 12, 2009 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  6. Immigration Will Be Hot Topic for Texas Legislature

       Immigration will once again be a hot topic in the upcoming legislative session.  More than a dozen bills have already been filed as some state lawmakers are tired of waiting for the Federal Government to reform immigration.     In 2006, throngs of...

    Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Labor Legislation, Politics, Career and Workplace

    7. Mar 30, 2009 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  7. Guns on Campus?

    UNT junior Josh Perkins carries his licensed, concealed handgun almost everywhere the law allows. But that doesn't include school, the one place he'd really like to have it. Josh Perkins says, "The same reason I carry it anywhere else. It's not an issue...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia Tech, Crimes

    8. Oct 9, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Girl alleges sex abuse in Texas prison

    Tribune senior correspondent
    When the Chicago Tribune published the story last March of Shaquanda Cotton, the 14-year-old black girl from Paris, Texas, who was imprisoned for shoving a hall monitor at her high school, the article quickly provoked a national civil rights scandal...

    Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, Abusive Behavior, Witnesses, Juvenile Delinquency

    9. Oct 13, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Texas prison official to review girl's case

    Tribune senior correspondent
    The acting executive director of the scandal-plagued Texas juvenile corrections system is reviewing the case of a troubled teenage girl from the small east Texas town of Paris whose prison sentence was extended for assaulting a guard despite mitigating...

    Tags: Teen-agers, Prisons, Suicide, Punishment, Abusive Behavior

    10. Mar 31, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Girl in prison for shove gets released early

    Tribune senior correspondent
    Shaquanda Cotton, the black teenager in the small east Texas town of Paris whose prison sentence of up to 7 years for shoving a teacher's aide sparked nationwide controversy, was released Saturday. Her release, ordered by a special conservator...

    Tags: Lawyers, Prisons, Teen-agers, Racism, Justice and Rights

    11. Jan 23, 2009 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  11. Lower Drinking Age Pushed by Educators

    There is renewed interest in lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 years old.  Those who support the plan are surprising some people. One hundred college presidents across the nation say lowering the legal age would stop binge drinking.  The...

    Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, High Schools, Schools, Health and Safety at School

    12. Feb 25, 2009 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  12. Hospital-acquired infections are a hidden epidemic

    By definition, hospitals are supposed to boost our health. But they often do quite the opposite. An estimated 2 million Americans annually acquire infections in hospitals, and 90,000 of them die -- twice the number of those who die in all traffic...

    Tags: Litigation, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation Accidents, Long Term Care

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