Sex Crime Penalties Just Got Tougher
Tampa Bay Online - ORLANDO - Florida’s sex predator penalties became among the nation’s toughest Monday as a new law took effect tripling maximum sentences to 15 years for solicitation and child pornography. It also makes Florida the first state to specifically
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Kids who don’t fit mold
Baltimore Sun - Alex is what is now known as “twice exceptional” — a bright child who has a learning disability. Until recently, there was no name for these kinds of students, and certainly no strategy for educating them. But that is starting to change, thanks in
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Nations renew global commitment to stop the use of child soldiers
International Herald Tribune - UNITED NATIONS : France’s deputy foreign minister in charge of human rights encouraged U.N. member states Monday to “break the vicious circle of violence and indifference” concerning the use of child fighters in armed conflict. Uganda and Darfur were
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Tennis coach accused of sex with 13-year-old
Guardian Unlimited - A top tennis coach accused of having an affair with a 13-year-old she was teaching appeared in court yesterday on five charges of unlawful sexual activity with a child. Claire Lyte, 29, is a former Wimbledon competitor who, following an injury
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Does early schooling harm our children?
Daily Telegraph - Child development expert Elizabeth Hartley Brewer on why she supports the call for children to start school later. Just as we are all in a state of angst about Britain’s depressed, underperforming, over-eating offspring, teachers are recommending
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that there is no bumper sticker that proclaims- “My Child is the Silent Observer Fugitive of the Month.” ;0 
Seriously, getting this information by whatever method is important. One such alert caused a co-worker to realize that one their kids’ playmates was in a home with a registered sex offender. It turned out to be one of those 16 year-olds dating a 17-year-old things but that is beside the point.
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Investigating child abuse: Questions and answers 
Eleven-year-old Ricky Morales died of internal bleeding in a filthy closet of his aunt and uncle’s Corona duplex. Investigators found the body of his brother, Conrad, 13, encased in a concrete-filled trash bin the next day. His aunt and uncle are accused of murdering Ricky.
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Jury process guilty- of inconvenience 
If one could hand-pick a jury of their peers, Pamela Wood, state jury commissioner, would bring considerable weight to the scales of justice and love it. Because, after arranging for child care, fighting…
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Corinne Bailey Rae, ever contradictory 
The singer has an indie-rock past, jazz leanings and uncalculated songs. People have been making assumptions about Corinne Bailey Rae since she was a child. The 28-year-old English singer-songwriter grew up in Leeds, the oldest daughter of a father from the Caribbean and a mother from Yorkshire.
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Allen man indicted for sexual assault of a child 
A former Collin County Community College teacher has been indicted for sexually assaulting a young girl. According to the Collin County District Attorneys office, the grand jury charged John Preston Creech of Allen with aggravated sexual assault of a child on March 20.
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City officials commit to battle child abuse 
Mayor Phil Hardberger, other city officials, and Child Protective Services administrators and staff will host a declaration signing ceremony to help battle child abuse and neglect.
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‘Pit bull’ kills girl and mauls grandmother
Daily Telegraph - When a child loses her life in such circumstances it has an effect on the whole community. Ruben was a pit bull-type. Until we have ascertained the breed there is no point in speculating what offences, if any, may have been committed.” The road near
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Stricter checks on child workers
The Australian - Those convicted of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to a child, along with sex offenders, kidnappers and child murderers, are automatically banned from working with children, even as volunteers. The changes mean those convicted of the most
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Why Oprah spent millions on S. African school
MSNBC - I wanted to hear those things as a child.” Oprah says she decided to build her own school because she was tired of charity from a distance. “When I first started making a lot of money,” she says, “I really became frustrated with the fact that all I
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Family Speaks about Child Killed in Accidental Shooting
KXAN - A tragic accident has turned this holiday season into a time of mourning for a local family. On Thursday, 12-year-old Daniel Castro died when a 13-year-old friend accidentally shot him in the head with a pellet gun. The two were out hunting in a
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Researcher Studies Meth Exposure on Kids
CBS News - Wells’ work with the Montana Alliance for Drug Endangered Children has led to proposed legislation seeking to expand the offense of child endangerment, making it a felony to expose children to meth. “The fact that there is no good data out there
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Child-protection advocates aid immigrant kids at shelter
Chicago Sun-Times - The 16-year-old Central American boy was on U.S. soil for just an hour when border patrol agents took him into custody. Traveling alone last April, the teen from Olancho, Honduras drove to Mexico and crossed the U.S.-Mexico border on foot in hopes of
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DOJ case may redefine child porn
ZDNet - Jeff Pierson is a photographer whose action shots of hopped-up American autos laying waste to the asphalt at Alabama drag ways have appeared in racing magazines and commercial advertisements. Pierson’s Web site boasted he has “the most wonderful wife
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AIDS Epidemic Remains a Serious Socioeconomic Hurdle in Developing
Digital Chosunilbo - The mother won’t be able to look after its health and its own nutrition as well as otherwise, the family may be caught up in trying to save the mother or treat her for as long as possible and doesn’t buy as much food for the child. There are a whole
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Just Looking: Should Internet Ignorance Be a Defense to Child Porn
Law.com - Two appellate courts recently ruled that an individual who intentionally visited Web sites to view child pornography, but who did not intentionally save those images to his computer’s hard drive, could not be convicted or punished for possessing
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Mom who killed child impassive in court
Boston Online - ELIZABETH, N.J. — A woman who bludgeoned her 14-year-old daughter to death with a hammer and shovel sat impassively in court Friday as her stepchildren and ex-husband called her evil and said she deserved to die instead of going to prison. Lynn
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