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Colleges Try to Deal With Hovering Parents
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:09 pm PDT
 AP - They're called "helicopter parents," for their habit of hovering — hyper-involved — over their children's lives. Here at Colgate University, as elsewhere, they have become increasingly bold in recent years, telephoning administrators to complain about their children's housing assignments, roommates and grades. Full Story | Top |
Java Joy: Study Touts Coffee's Benefits
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:08 pm PDT
 AFP - When the Ink Spots sang "I love the java jive and it loves me" in 1940, they could not have known how right they were. Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday. Full Story | Top |
Katrina Floods the Big Easy, Moves Inland
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:39 pm PDT
 AP - Announcing itself with shrieking, 145-mph winds, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast just outside New Orleans on Monday, submerging entire neighborhoods up to their roofs, swamping Mississippi's beachfront casinos and blowing out windows in hospitals, hotels and high-rises. Full Story | Top |
Education Could Be Key to Stop Bedwetting
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:48 pm PDT
 AP - To help a 7-year-old overcome bedwetting, Dr. Howard Bennett reaches for red water balloons and a superhero named Bladderman. Bedwetting is a problem for more than 5 million U.S. children age 6 or older. Full Story | Top |
Hurricane Katrina Rips Superdome Roof
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:38 pm PDT
 AP - They lined up by the thousands, clutching meager belongings and crying children. A few hours later, the power went out, turning the building into a hot and muggy mess. Then the part of the roof blew off. Full Story | Top |
Equity Is Altering Spending Habits and View of Debt
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT
Los Angeles Times - As they happily watch their houses swell in value, Americans are changing their attitudes toward mortgage debt. Increasingly, a home is no longer a nest egg whose equity should never be touched, but a seemingly magical ATM enabling the owner to live it up or just live. Full Story | Top |
Church: God Punishing GIs Over Gays
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:16 am PDT
AP - Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq. Full Story | Top |
French Quarter Battered but Unbowed
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:02 pm PDT
 AP - Gail Henke could think of no better way to celebrate the French Quarter's survival of Hurricane Katrina than to belly up to a bar on Bourbon Street with a vodka and cranberry juice. Call it a libation to the storm gods. Full Story | Top |
New Orleans Facing Environmental Disaster
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:02 am PDT
AP - As Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Monday, experts said it could turn one of America's most charming cities into a vast cesspool tainted with toxic chemicals, human waste and even coffins released by floodwaters from the city's legendary cemeteries. Full Story | Top |
8 years in a Louisiana jail, but he never went to trial
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:34 am PDT
USATODAY.com - When he was charged with murder in 1996, James Thomas, an impoverished day laborer in Baton Rouge, became like many other criminal defendants: With no money to hire a lawyer, he had to rely on the government to provide him with one. Full Story | Top |
AP: Air Force Discourages Public Prayer
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:56 pm PDT
AP - The Air Force's new guidelines for religious tolerance will discourage public prayer at official functions and urge commanders to be "sensitive" about personal expressions of religious faith, according to a draft obtained Monday by The Associated Press. Full Story | Top |
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